Insights and Stories on Potatoes

Unseasonal rain, hail damage winter crops in India

Mar. 16, 2020 at 7:27 pm CDT

New Delhi | Reuters — Unseasonal torrential rains and hailstorms have damaged the winter-planted crops of millions of Indian growers, inundating wheat, potato, chickpea and rapeseed farms in large parts of the fertile northern plains, farmers said. Most farmers were caught by surprise by the repeated rain and hail that […]

Vietnam considers CPTPP-level tariff cuts on U.S. ag products

Dec. 9, 2019 at 8:20 am CST

By Reuters

McCain to dial up fry production in New Brunswick

Sep. 9, 2019 at 2:00 am CDT

By GFM Staff

EU set to halt imports of Canadian cherries, other fruits

Aug. 22, 2019 at 8:14 pm CDT

By Kelsey Johnson

Target Trump’s base if trade spat worsens, Mexican farm lobby says

May. 31, 2019 at 6:43 pm CDT

By David Alire Garcia Sharay Angulo

McCain Foods buys stake in Brazilian potato processor Serya

May. 4, 2019 at 11:27 am CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — McCain Foods, the world’s largest producer of frozen fries, has agreed to buy 70 per cent of Brazilian firm Serya for an undisclosed amount, in a deal that will allow the Canadian company to expand its footprint in Latin America’s largest market. The remaining shares […]

By Gabriela Mello

Prairie potatoes not expected to hit record yields again

Sep. 7, 2018 at 5:29 pm CDT

CNS Canada – The potato acreage may have increased this year in Western Canada, but it doesn’t look like it will be the same story for yields. “I think overall it’s too early to tell because we haven’t started the main harvest, but we are not expecting as big of […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Prairie potato planting slightly behind schedule

Apr. 30, 2018 at 8:46 pm CDT

CNS Canada — After a delayed start due to the long winter and spring flooding, western Canadian potato growers are out in the fields. “We’re probably only a couple of days behind… we had farmers out on the fields last week and I think quite a few more will be […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Simplot to supersize Portage la Prairie fry plant

Feb. 15, 2018 at 8:23 am CST

U.S. agrifood giant J.R. Simplot plans to bulk up its potato processing footprint in southern Manitoba with a $460 million plant expansion. The company and the provincial government on Wednesday announced construction will begin this spring on a 280,000-square foot expansion at its 180,000-square foot french fry processing plant at […]

By Staff

At least two killed in potato farmer protests in Peru

Feb. 1, 2018 at 4:30 pm CST

Lima | Reuters — At least two people have been killed in clashes at protests by potato farmers across the Peruvian Andes, police said on Thursday, as demonstrators demanded the government make good on promises to buy excess potatoes after a sharp price drop. Thousands of farmers took part in […]