Canadian potato industry on the upswing
A weaker loonie and promotion of potatoes prepared in more healthy ways are improving prospects for growers and processors
Norte Am. 05/02/2017
Potatoes get a bad rap they don’t deserve
Starch seems to be the key to the potato’s bad reputation in the world of nutritionists.
Norte Am. 05/02/2017
Australian potato shortage ends thanks to strong potato crops
Australia may be out of the woods as far as potato production goes. After a difficult year in 2016, filled with floods and storms that caused widespread potato shortages, the industry was in need of a break.
Oceania 05/02/2017
US potato exporters worried about impact of withdrawing from TPP
US farmers are wondering how local growers and farmers who export their products to Asia will be affected by the decision of the new president Donald Trump to withdrew the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Norte Am. 05/02/2017
Vietnam potato industry will continue
The cliché of Asian agriculture is endless fields with rice. But there is literally and figuratively speaking room for the potato. The project ‘Growing out of poverty with the potato’ is trying to make Vietnam self-sufficient in the production of pot
Asia 05/02/2017
India: Unions in India say potato boycott had limited effect on prices
The campaign to boycott potatoes in India due to rising prices had a “minimal” impact on the agriculture sector, sector leaders and activists said on Monday
Asia 05/02/2017
NZ fills Australia´s potato shortage
New Zealand potato farmers and processors are expected to profit from a shortage of the vegetable in Australia.
Oceania 05/02/2017
Duitsers kopen opnieuw minder aardappelen
De aardappelconsumptie in Duitsland is in 2016 opnieuw gedaald, meldt het Duitse agrarisch marktbureau AMI in Bonn.
Europa 05/02/2017