El portal de la papa en Argentina
PALMER, Alaska — This time of year, farmer Ben VanderWeele spends nearly every morning the same way. He oversees hundreds of tons of potatoes as they’re cleaned, set on a conveyor belt and put into storage.
Western Australia’s potato regulator has used its annual report to take a swipe at one of the state’s biggest growers, putting much of the blame for a difficult season on Tony Galati.
There will be no genetically modified (GM) potatoes grown commercially in South Africa, Agriculture Minister Senzeni Zokwana has ruled, ending a 12-year battle to get GM spuds on the shelves
Potato Marketing Corporation takes aim at state’s largest grower in annual report, singling Tony Galati out as contributing to a difficult season
P.E.I.’s potato harvest is now underway and many farmers have installed security cameras in their fields and around machinery due to potato tampering concerns.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania In many places the potato harvest has clearly got going since last week.
Americans are gobbling down a whole lot of potatoes and tomatoes — but often in the form of French fries and potato chips, and likewise, tomato sauce or ketchup, according to a recent report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Australian potato growers need to be wary of a destructive virus that can reduce yield by up to 80 per cent, according to a visiting international expert.