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Bangladesh: Threat to potato cultivation
Potato cultivation in eight northern districts is likely to be seriously affected for seed crisis. The agricultural department has fixed a target to bring more than 1,50,000 hectares of land in the area under potato cultivation this season. But, according to reports, BADC has so far supplied some 2,000..... 0 comments

Herbert launch new 5m barrel washer at British Potato
Herbert Engineering are looking forward to rounding up a very busy year of shows at the British Potato event, being held in Harrogate on the 25th and 26th November. As the event is solely dedicated to the potato industry, Herbert has opted to display a range of its potato handling equipment including the..... 0 comments

Swedish potato crop down on last year
The potato harvest in Sweden this year will be significantly lower compared to last year’s figures, according to local media reports.The main reason seems to be the reduction in the total area planted to potatoes. More and more potato farmers are experiencing losses and leave the potato business.According to..... 0 comments

AgriLife Research pathologist to lead the charge
Zebra chip research gets $3.9 million in funding
Texas AgriLife Research plant pathologist Dr. Charlie Rush of Amarillo has watched the concern over zebra chip of potato grow in the past five years, both among researchers and those willing to fund the research.Now Rush is leading a team of 20 researchers and extension specialists in a $3.9 million..... 0 comments

India: Onion prices more pungent, vegetables stable in city markets
Prices of different essential commodities including garlic, ginger, local onion and lentil went up ahead of the ensuing Eid-ul-Azha festival while prices of vegetables barring a few held steady in the city's kitchen markets last week.At the retail level both local and imported garlic saw an upward trend. The..... 0 comments

India: Potato, onion push up food inflation to 13.68 p.c.
Higher prices of staple vegetables such as onion and potato pushed food inflation higher to 13.68 per cent in the last week of October.On an annual basis, prices of potato have doubled during the one-year period ending October 31, 2009, while onions were expensive by 42.58 per cent.High food prices also..... 0 comments

Holland: By far the most onions exported to Afrika
In the first fourteen weeks of the new season 2009/10 (6 July till 9 October 2009) 233 million kg of Dutch onions were produced, that is 25 million more than last season. In week 41 of 2009 (5 till 9 October) 17 million kg of Dutch onions were produced. The most important buyers were African countries (6,000..... 0 comments

Idaho Potato production up 12 percent from 2008
Idaho’s potato production is expected to total 131 million cwt, up 12 percent from last year’s 116 million cwt and 1 percent above the 2007 crop, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Planted acres of 320,000 and harvested acres of 319,000 are up 15,000 acres from 2008. Statewide, yield..... 0 comments

Nepal: Consumption of potato goes down
Potato consumption has decreased heavily following a massive hike in its price, reports RSS."It will be difficult to buy potatoes if price keeps going up in the same ratio," said housewife Sumitra Shakya who had gone Kalimati to buy vegetables.Sarita Acharya of Baneshwor said she stopped preparing potato..... 0 comments

Production of fall potatoes in NY at record low
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says production of fall potatoes in New York is estimated at a record low of 4.95 hundredweight. That's 13 percent less than a year ago.Yields are expected to average 300 hundredweight per acre, compared with last year's record high of 320 hundredweight per acre.Acreage for..... 0 comments

Canada: Potato harvesters eye disaster relief
Members of P.E.I.'s potato industry are waiting to see how much of this year's crop can be harvested following a long struggle with wet weather and mud.The P.E.I. Potato Board notified the federal government last week that the province would need disaster funding and said farmers in the province could lose..... 0 comments

Africa: $21m sweet potato project to aid food security, nutrition
The International Sweet Potato Centre has launched a $21.25 million research project in Uganda that will develop nutritionally enhanced sweet potatoes, in a project to reduce health problems related to vitamin A deficiency and improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa.Vitamin A is necessary for good..... 0 comments

"To-day cultivation is cross fertilization for 2021 varieties"
Agrico’s Ambition: to compete with established order in Mediterranean Sea area
North Africa is high on the agenda of potato cooperative Agrico as became clear at the variety and seedling presentation by Agrico Research. In 2030 as many people will live there as in Europe, whilst the available area of agricultural land per person will have decreased by 40%. The international potato..... 0 comments

Whip up spudtacular Holiday sides with the Idaho Potato Commission's Holiday Recipe Resource
Just in time for Thanksgiving, the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) debuts its Holiday Recipe Resource for Preparing Perfect Potatoes, which provides a wonderful variety of recipes for whipping up mashed Idaho potatoes in addition to recipes for au gratin-style sides and a special collection from the IPC wives..... 0 comments

Cubans are finally free - to buy peas and potatoes
Cubans can enjoy a new freedom from this week - citizens of the communist island can now buy potatoes and peas without restriction.The staples were removed from a list of rationed foods that most Cubans depend on, permitting them to buy as much of the products as they want – at 20 times more than they used..... 0 comments

Northern Cyprus seeks potato markets
Northern Cyprus would like to assess its potato production in Turkey’s market, a minister from the island has said.“We produce high-quality potatoes in our country and want to evaluate our crops with respect to the Turkish market,” said Nazım Çavuşoğlu, northern Cyprus’ minister of agriculture..... 0 comments

US: Rotary clubs selling Idaho potatoes
More than 600 boxes of Idaho potatoes have arrived in the area, kicking off one of the year’s primary fundraisers for both the Kellogg and Wallace Rotary Clubs.“It’s the only time to get Idaho potatoes,” Bob Stovern of the Kellogg Rotary Club said.Members of the associations sell the popular vegetable, he..... 0 comments

US: Minnesota farmers host USDA beginning farmer grant announcement
Program to 'make sure beginning farmers and ranchers have access to the resources they need to succeed,' official saysIt's not going to be easy.That's one of the first things Lisa and Eric Klein tell young people who want to farm when they come to their workshop on direct marketing.More than a decade ago,..... 0 comments

Cuba: Subsidized potatoes dropped from ration book
The government has eliminated potatoes from the subsidized basket of food purchased under the ration card in the capital.Before the change, effective Nov. 1, residents could buy four pounds of subsidized potatoes. Now, they cost 150 percent more than they did before.The government has given signs that it..... 0 comments

Pakistan: Onion export kicks off after three years
Onion export from the country has kicked off after almost three years as a result of healthy crop harvested this season, private News channel reported Wednesday.Exporters say the country has had a `good crop' this season and the statistics compelled them to export the commodity in the international..... 0 comments

USDA funding sweet potato chip
The US Department of Agriculture is funding genomics research into sweet potatoes that could help plant breeders develop new varieties, and has awarded $120,000 to support a post-graduate research position.Conducted by the Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service,..... 0 comments

GM potato gets roasting in South Africa
South Africa's Agricultural Research Council has appealed against the government's decision to reject a locally developed genetically modified (GM) potato it was hoping to release to farmers. The decision has split the industry.The Pretoria government's Executive Council for Genetically Modified Organisms..... 0 comments

Bangladesh: Potato likely to be dearer as growers face acute seed crisis
Potato growers of eight northern districts are facing crisis of quality seeds at the very beginning of cultivation season this year as the supply by Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) is too inadequate.Against the demand of around 2,25,959 tonnes of potato seeds in the region, the BADC has..... 0 comments

Peru: "Aerial potatoes" developed in Peru to fight against hunger
The aerial potatoe, cultivated by 'aeroponía' to get a bigger amount of seed of this tuber, could contribute to the food crisis of the world and reduce the effects of the global warming.Carlos Chuquillanqui, Agronomus Engineer, member of the 'aeroponía' project of Potatoe Internationa Center (CIP) made this..... 0 comments

India: No plan to ban onion export; rates to dip by January: Pawar
The government on Wednesday ruled out banning export of onion, saying the shooting prices of the edible is a "temporary" problem andrates may fall in two-and-a-half months with the arrival of the new crop."It's temporary (price rise). We are absolutely sure in two-and-a-half months, ample onion will be..... 0 comments

Bangladesh: No sign of prices coming down: TCB opens LC to import essential items
There is no sign of coming down of essential commodity prices despite market mechanism adopted by the government and sufficient stock of commodities in the city's kitchen markets yesterday.The volatility of market price is causing 'consumers concern' as the stability of market price is yet to come.The price..... 0 comments

UK: Food experts championing the merits of eating potatoes
Super-spuds could be set to invade more of Lincolnshire's dinner plates, with experts claiming foods like it should make up one third of our diets.Campaigners from the British Potato Council are calling for the humble potato to be given special super-carb status to recognise its position as both a starchy..... 0 comments

India: Onion prices to remain firm despite hike in export price
The spike in onion prices in the last two months is not likely to abate soon despite a steep hike in the minimum export price (MEP) by $ 145 per tonne announced by the government Tuesday.The MEP was raised to curb exports and augment local supplies. According to traders from Nasik , the hub of onion trade in..... 0 comments

Indonesia: South Sulawesi develops micro-organic onions
Government institutions, the provincial police and military command in South Sulawesi have started planting micro-organic onions in a bid to attain national food resilience.Army Chief of Staff Gen. Agustadi Sasongko Purnomo said the single-sliced onion was selected because it has been the main spice for the..... 0 comments

India: Prices of onion,potato finally on the slide
After remaining out of house budget of the city housewives for nearly a month, retail price of onion, an essential vegetable, has started showing a downward trend. From its earlier rate of Rs 30 per kg, it has spiralled to about Rs 23 per kg in the city’s Grain Market.While attributing the reason for the..... 0 comments

Recipe for the Perfect Baked Idaho Potato Featured
US : Idaho Potatoes savor the good times this fall with national multi-partner retail promotion
‘Tis the season’ and with a new multi-partner fall retail promotion, Idaho® potatoes can be a part of all the festivities. Idaho potatoes, along with Sutter Home Wines, New York Texas Toast, Beef and Mrs. Dash, will appear in a national FSI offering consumers savings and incentives to create a meal to..... 0 comments

Pakistan receives export orders worth $90m for onion
Pakistan has received export orders for onion worth $90 million from Middle East and Persian Gulf countries.The chairman of All Pakistan Vegetable and Fruit Market Association, Haji Shahjehan told Geo News that the Pakistani exporters are selling onion at $300 per tonne to Middle East, Malaysia, Singapore..... 0 comments

China: Potato industry to be more productive in years ahead
Potato industry has been turned into a vital agro-business in China to effect a remarkable change to the regional economic structure with its present potato grown acreage making up one fourth of the total grown acreage worldwide.Farmers around China no longer take potato merely as a favorite dish or food on..... 0 comments

Uganda: Potato worms attack Teso gardens
Worms that eat sweet potato leaves have attacked gardens in the Teso sub-region.Some farmers have started slashing the vines to get rid of the pests.The pests, identified as the sweet potato hornworm or hawk moth, can destroy a garden in one day.The Nabuin Zonal Agricultural Research and Development..... 0 comments

Surveys are designed to test new potatoes on their ability to improve french fry recipes.
WSU looks for new french fry potato
Monday is the last day for students and faculty to attend the WSU Horticulture Department’s french fry tasting survey, which is being done to find new potato varieties for french fry production.Located in room 31 at Johnson Hall, the surveys began last Tuesday and are open to all students, staff and faculty..... 0 comments

Ukraine: potato sales increased 14.6% from Jan-Sept
In Jan-Sept 2009 agricultural companies have improved potatoes sales to 156,818 MT, up 19,948 MT (+ 14.6%) against Jan-Sept 2008, reported State Statistics Committee.As for Jan-Sept 2009 potatoes sales structure, companies have sold 9.9% total potatoes to processors; 1.3% potatoes were given to population..... 0 comments

US: Scientists use genetic markers to develop potatoes that fry up light even after cold storage
In Idaho and across the nation, freshly harvested potatoes are in the early days of a storage season that—for some varieties—could continue through next August.When held at temperatures of 45 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, they won’t develop cold-induced “sweetening”—an undesirable process in which sugars..... 0 comments

US: Spud harvest limps along
Potato farmers in the Red River Valley are struggling to get the last few acres of taters dug, but it looks as though the muddy conditions and looming cold weather will keep some spuds in the field.Potato farmers in the Red River Valley are struggling to get the last few acres of taters dug, but it looks as..... 0 comments

UK: Potato plant for Biogen
BiogenGreenfinch is to build a new anaerobic digestion plant for Branston – one of the UK’s largest suppliers and distributors of potatoes.As revealed on www.mrw.co.uk on 14 September, Branston planned to build an AD plant to turn potato waste at the company’s premises near Lincoln into green electricity and..... 0 comments

UK: Potatoes show signs of growth as trade picks up
Once the staple of every other meal eaten in the United Kingdom, the potato has endured challenging times of late.Evolving and expanding national tastes and often-inaccurate dietary advice have led to slight decreases in consumption in recent years.However any reports of the death of the potato have been..... 0 comments

US (MS): New research to aid sweet potato growers
As Mississippi’s sweet potato industry continues to grow, researchers at Mississippi State University are developing even more innovative and effective strategies for growers.Sweet potatoes have been grown in the southeastern United States since 1648 and are an important crop for Mississippi. The state’s..... 0 comments

India: State stares at potato crisis
The state has less than a month’s stock of potatoes and the new crop is not expected till the last week of December. This emerged on Thursday at meetings held by the two cold storage associations in the state.“Around 660,000 tonnes of potatoes are left in 400-odd cold storages, half of which are required for..... 0 comments

Growers spent extra $2.5M on fungicides to protect from blight that ravaged tomatoes
US: Michigan farmers harvest healthy potato crop
Michigan shoppers will find plenty of locally grown potatoes in grocer bins -- and in bags of chips this fall.Thanks to preventative measures taken by farmers, Michigan's $156 million potato crop has largely been spared from a new strain of fungus that devastated the state's $34 million tomato harvest.Ben..... 0 comments

Uganda: Sweet potato project gets $21m boost
The international potato centre has launched a multi million dollar project to leverage the untapped potential of sweet potatoes to significantly improve the nutrition, incomes and food production of farming families in Sub-Sahara Africa.The multi-million dollar project is mainly funded by the Bill and..... 0 comments

Nepal: Potato price triples in six months
Decline in production due to long stretch of drought, coupled with diseases in potato crop during last winter, have pushed down supplies, triggering a sharp rise in the price of potato in the market. Potato prices have almost tripled over the last six months due to slow supplies amid rising demands.Govinda..... 0 comments

UK: Junior school wins national potato growing competition
SuperR spuds have earned pupils at a Doncaster school a top award.Askern Spa Junior School has won a national schools potato growing competition organised by the Potato Council, on behalf of Britain's farmers.Grow Your Own Potatoes is a project that thousands of primary schools participate in every year,..... 0 comments

P.E.I. aims to grow potato market in Algeria
A delegation of people representing P.E.I.'s potato industry returned this week from a trade mission to Algeria, hopeful about re-establishing markets for their products in that African country.Greg Donald, general manager of the P.E.I. Potato Board, said he was encouraged by the trip."They have some..... 0 comments

India: Hoping for greater profit, potato farmers switch to chip variety
This year, it is cheaper to make potato chips than to cook potato curry. One reason is that a number of farmers have switched varieties, opting to grow potatoes for chip manufacturers, slated to be more remunerative until last year, than grow the regular edible variety of potatoes. However, the edible..... 0 comments

Bangladesh: Potato cultivation changing conditions of farmers
Potato cultivation has brought smiles on the faces of a large number of farmers at Debiganj upazila of the district this year.The farmers of different villages of the district are now showing interests to cultivate potato more in lieu of cultivating jute and paddy."I have earned Taka 1.5 lakh to Taka 2 lakh..... 0 comments

Potato has become dearer by 50 per cent in just one year.
India: Price hike a potato too hot for the common people to handle
Over the past one year, the price of potato has increased by 50 per cent, musuro by 30 per cent, black gram by 21 per cent, rice by three per cent and wheat flour by six per cent. The price of cooking oil has, however, reduced — by around 15 per cent.“The prices of staple food items in Nepal have continued..... 0 comments

UK: Farmers launch campaign to rename potato a 'supercarb'
Potato farmers across Yorkshire and the Humber are today calling for potatoes to be renamed a 'supercarb'. Officially classified as a starchy carbohydrate, but also technically a vegetable, new research shows that the potato's dual identity is confusing consumers.Farmers say that we need to understand that..... 0 comments

Uganda develops new potato varieties
A joint research supported by agricultural organisations is developing a new breed of potatoes.The breed is said to be more nutritious, resistant to weevils, and can be grown across the sub-Saharan region.This was revealed by Dr. Robert Mukasa, a sub-Saharan Africa plant breeder working at the International..... 0 comments

US: Washington grant helps Northwest potato farmers 'Green Up'
Washington State University entomologist Bill Snyder has landed a $2.05 million USDA grant to help potato farmers reduce their use of pesticides in the Pacific Northwest."Currently, potato farmers are between a rock and a hard place," says Snyder. "They are going to have to learn to produce a blemish-free..... 0 comments

US: County requests federal aid for potato farmers
Gallatin County has thrown its hat in the ring for possible federal disaster relief after this month’s subfreezing temperatures likely destroyed unharvested potato crops.The Gallatin County Commission Wednesday voted to submit a request for a “disaster designation” to Gov. Brian Schweitzer, which would..... 0 comments

Philippines: PASG seizes P5-million onions from ice factory
At least 18 tons of onions worth P5 million were seized by the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) in an ice factory in Tondo, Manila.PASG chief Undersecretary Antonio Villar Jr. said the onions were discovered earlier this week concealed at the Luz 1 Cold Storage and Ice Plant Compound in Balut,..... 0 comments

India: Potato, onion and sugar prices shoot through the roof
There is good news for weight watchers: If self-control doesn’t work, food prices are doing the trick. In the last one year, potato prices have gone up by over 104 per cent, sugar by 45 per cent, onions by 35 per cent, pulses by 23 per cent, rice by 13 per and cent and milk 10 per cent. Processed food items,..... 0 comments

US: Food pantries receive spuds from state potato producers
The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Rhinelander Agricultural Research Station is taking its surplus potato crop and giving it to people in need. The research station announced this week that 20 tons of potatoes were delivered to charities such as the Salvation Army in Wausau and another food pantry in..... 0 comments

Canada: Island muck greets potato farmers
Seagulls and ducks were swimming in the potato field that grower Boyd Rose dug Sunday night near North Lake (Prince Edward Island).With that kind of water and sodden soil, Monday wasn’t a day when potato farmers were out in droves to make the fall harvest. Many won’t be out today either as a wet and dreary..... 0 comments

AU: Farmers suffer as potato demand dips
Ballarat region potato farmers have slashed the amount of seed they will sow this week because of a drop in demand.McCain Foods has reduced the quota it will take from growers after next year's harvest and will pay them about $35 less per tonne.The chairman of the McCain Growers Group, Dominic Prendergast,..... 0 comments

Guale farmers harvest sweet potatoes
East Guadalcanal farmers harvested their sweet potatoes for the first time last Friday.The pathogen free sweet potatoes were grown under the Australian Centre International Agriculture Researcher (ACIAR) funded project.Pathogen free means the potatoes are free from plant diseases.Local coordinator of Solomon..... 0 comments

South Africa: Government rejects 'Super Spuds'
The government has rejected the Agriculture Research Council's (ARC's) application to provide genetically modified potatoes to local farmers, saying it was concerned about its safety and economic effect.The development has been welcomed by lobbyists campaigning against genetically modified crops and local..... 0 comments

Poland: Potato prices fall significantly
The real price of wheat, milk and beef rose in September as compared to August, while the prices of rye, potatoes, pork and poultry have fallen, month-to-month. The Central Statistical Bureau (GUS) reports that, as compared to August, the largest price increase in September was for wheat, at 2.4 percent to..... 0 comments

South African govt rejects GM potato
In a damning and ground breaking ruling, South Africa’s GM body, the Executive Council (EC), has rejected attempts by the Agriculture Research Council (ARC) to bring GM potatoes to the South African market. The EC cited no less than 11 biosafety and socio economic and agronomic concerns for rejecting ARC’s..... 0 comments

US: Potato harvest almost finished
Agricultural Summary - For the week ending October 18, average weekly temperatures ranged from eight degrees below to six degrees above normal. All weather stations reported moisture. Major agricultural activities included irrigating, caring for livestock, planting winter wheat, and harvesting potatoes.Soil..... 0 comments

Bhutan: Potato sales and prices hit record highs
As you sow, so shall you reap! This phrase best describes farmers from the potato growing regions as they got one of the best prices for their produce in recent years.On October 16, potato price reached an average of Nu 15.02 a kg at the Phuentsholing auction yard. The minimum price per kilogram was Nu 9.75...... 0 comments

US: $400K grant to kick off sweet potato program
Gov. Mike Beebe presented University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Chancellor Lawrence A. Davis Jr. a $400,000 check Friday for the start of a program to benefit sweet potato growers in the eastern part of the state.The Sweet Potato Seed Program at UAPB is to be a partnership with local farmers to cultivate..... 0 comments

US (MT): Freezing temperatures damaged Montana beet, potato crops
Some Montana counties are considering disaster declarations after recent subfreezing temperatures damaged beet and potato crops.Yellowstone County Commissioner Jim Reno says last week's hard freeze injured sugar beets and potatoes still in the ground. More than a dozen counties may ask Gov. Brian Schweitzer..... 0 comments

US: State spud growers, processors working on deal
In early fall 2008, potato processors were ready to pay top dollar for the next year's spuds.The 2009 crop was looking to be lucrative for growers. Then the bottom fell out of the economy and by January, processors were back at the negotiating table, asking growers to accept fewer dollars.The relationship..... 0 comments

India: Onion prices soften, to stay firm till November
After staying high for the past two weeks following reports of crop loss owing to recent floods in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, onion prices have moderated marginally. The fall in prices is attributed to arrival of onion in mandis of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka during the last few days.However, prices are..... 0 comments

US: Sweet Potato Protection is more than skin deep
Sweet potatoes are a seasonal staple that earn U.S. producers some $370 million every year. Now Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found traits in sweet potatoes that someday may make the vegetable as appreciated in the lab as it is in the kitchen.All plants contain protective compounds..... 0 comments

Stand Back, Yukon Gold: There’s a new potato in town
CherylRogowskiand her family have been farming the rich black earth on their patch of Orange County, N.Y., for more than 50 years, but cultivating the simple potato had confounded her.The two best-known potatoes in the country — russets, those classic Idaho baking potatoes, and Yukon Golds — did not grow..... 0 comments

India: NCDEX not to launch potato futures till new crop arrives
Amid retail potato prices rising sharply up to Rs 35 a kg, commodity bourse NCDEX has decided not to launch futures contracts of the commodity till the arrival of new crop in March.Potato crop is mostly grown in the rabi season, which runs from October, and harvested in March."The potato contracts are..... 0 comments

India: Cabinet sanctions grant for potato, onion growers
The state cabinet on Tuesday sanctioned a sum of Rs 84.41 crore for providing grant to potato and onion growers of the state. The grant would be paid to the growers at the rate of Rs 1,000 per acre. The cabinet too sanctioned an amount of Rs 41.16 crore from the state government contingency fund to..... 0 comments

US: Bacterium identified as potato disease culprit
Studies tying a new species of Candidatus Liberibacter bacteria to zebra chip (ZC) disease in potato should speed efforts to better protect the tuber crop from costly outbreaks.Zebra chip is so-named because afflicted tubers form dark, unsightly stripes when they’re cut and fried to make chips or fries...... 0 comments

Potato yields drop significantly in Eastern Ukraine
The potato yield on potato farms in the eastern regions of Ukraine has significantly declined, according to a survey of the largest potato producers of the region conducted by the "APK-Inform: Vegetables and Fruits" Agency. The main reason for significant yield losses is said to be adverse weather..... 0 comments

US: Idaho Potato Commission slautes world cycling champion and Boise native, Kristin Armstrong
Three weeks ago Boise native and Idaho potato fan Kristin Armstrong won the 2009 UCI Road World Championships in Mendriso, Switzerland and today she hit the airwaves to talk taters to thousands of consumers across the country. Kristin became one of America's most prominent athletes when she took home the..... 0 comments

UK: £600,000 software investment freshnes up the Branston production system
Branston Ltd has announced a £600,000 investment in new software across its three UK sites, which will provide even greater working efficiencies.The company, which is the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes, is to introduce LINKFresh® 2 at its sites in Lincolnshire, Somerset and Scotland.Developed by Anglia..... 0 comments

India: Kurnool onions arrive, prices in city dip
Here’s a piece of good news for Hyderabad’s homemakers. Vegetable prices, especially that of onions, is finally set to dip in the nextfew days, thanks to the stocks that have arrived in the city from Kurnool, almost after a week.Price of the vegetable that shot up after the district, one of the primary..... 0 comments

India: No shortage of onion, says NHRDF
Even though onion prices are rising in the country in anticipation of crop damage due to floods in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, theNashik-based National Horticulture Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF) has said there is no shortage of the commodity in the country.According to the latest NHRDF report..... 0 comments

US: Cold temperatures threaten seed potato crop
Record-low temperatures in southwestern Idaho are threatening to destroy at least a portion of this season's crop of seed potatoes.Spuds still in the ground could be saved by a layer of snow; a dusting had fallen on Bozeman and the surrounding region by Sunday.Nina Zydak, director of the Montana State..... 0 comments

India: Delhi govt bans sale of onions in areas outside city
To keep prices of onions under check in the metropolis, the Delhi government today banned its sale to areas outside the city from the wholesale market here.The decision was taken at a high-level meeting attended by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Food and Civil Supply Minister Raj Kumar Chouhan."The..... 0 comments

US: Idaho onion production
Onion acreage harvested in Idaho is estimated at 8,800 acres, a 2 percent increase from last year, but 3 percent lower than 2007, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Yield is estimated at 740 cwt per acre, an increase of 3 percent from last year, but a decrease of 1 percent from 2007...... 0 comments

Rain delays County potato harvest
US: Weather delays harvest but potato crop ‘good’
Potato growers are “a little discouraged by the weather,” Don Flannery, the executive director of the Maine Potato Board, said Thursday, but they are “not discouraged with the crop” being picked out of the ground.Rainy weather has hampered the harvest of this year’s crop, which is approximately half..... 0 comments

India: Chief Minister blames retailers for steep hike in potato, onion prices
Blaming retailers for the steep hike in prices of potato and onion in the city, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today asked them not to make unjustified profits by creating artificial shortage." There is no shortage of potato and onion. We have enough stocks. Onion and potato prices are increasing..... 0 comments

US (IA): Cold weather means harvest delays for farmers
October 15th is a magical day for farmers. The final day of harvest season, so naturally the farming community wasn't thrilled by the overnight snow. When Rhett Summers woke up Monday, he knew it wouldn't be a harvest day. "The rain last night gave me the feeling snow was on the way," Summers said. Even..... 0 comments

Canada: Prince Edward Island potato growers worry about water damage
Prince Edward Island's potato farmers say heavy rain on Sunday and Monday has made it more difficult for them to successfully harvest their crop.Wayne Gorrill, co-owner of an Island farm, says the situation is "just short of a disaster at this point."So far his farm has managed to harvest only 60 hectares of..... 0 comments

United States Potato Growers respond to center for science in the public interest's risky foods list, provides important facts sbout food safety
Today's announcement by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) naming potatoes to the list of the "Top 10 Riskiest Foods Regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration" requires some important clarification so as not to raise unnecessary alarm or confusion among consumers."Potatoes are..... 0 comments

India: Onion prices recover as stocks reach city
Onion prices, which registered a steep drop in the city wholesale market on Monday, were restored on Tuesday with the arrival of 10,330 quintals priced at Rs 130 to 155 per 10 kg.Work at Chhatrapati Shivaji Market Yard halted for a few hours on Monday as onion growers protested the fall in prices and..... 0 comments

India: Record price tag for onion
The wholesale price of onion peaked at a new high of Rs 2,500 per quintal at Chhatra Bazaar here today, as its arrival touched rock bottom at the largest vegetable mandi in Orissa.According to Chhatra Bazaar Byabasayi Sangha spokesperson, only one truck load (each carrying 100 quintals) of onions reached..... 0 comments

India: Subsidy on onion, potato
The administration today began to supply onions and potatoes at reasonable rates across Cuttack as prices soared in the city.The administration took the decision after retailers were seen cashing in on the shortage by charging as high as Rs 28 per kg to Rs 34 for onions. While potato prices hovered between..... 0 comments

US (AZ): Nearly $10,000 worth of meth found hidden in potato chip bag
A Department of Public Safety officer stopped a Chevy pick-up for a moving violation and ended up making a drug bust.On October 1, the officer used his narcotics canine to sniff the outside of the vehicle.The canine alerted the officer to something and a search of the truck led to the discovery of a half..... 0 comments

Angola: At least 35 tons of potatoes expected in harvest in Chinguar
At least 35 tons of potatoes will be harvested until next December, in Chinguar district, central Bié province, Angop has learnt.The mentioned product was planted in 15 hectares by the greatest producer of that region, the farmer Afonso Vinevala.The product will be sold in the provinces of Luanda,..... 0 comments

Nepal: Potatoes, onions become dearer Imported potatoes dominate market
Impact of long spell of drought in last winter has been felt in supply of vegetables, mainly potatoes, in the market. Shortage of potatoes has promoted traders to import potatoes from Bhutan and China besides increasing imports from India, the largest supplier of vegetables to Nepal.Traders said they had..... 0 comments