Potato News from the Americas

Most Innovative New Product Awards at Sweets & Snacks Expo 2024

May 14, 2024

Sweets & Snacks Expo Announces 2024 Most Innovative New Product Awards Winners

Sweets & Snacks Expo has announced the winners of the 2024 Most Innovative New Product Awards, recognizing excellence in 13 categories and showcasing the most innovative ideas, concepts, and products across the candy and snack industries.

Jeremie Pavelski, President at Heartland Farms, Top Tier Ingredients, checks the potato flake optical sorter

May 14, 2024

Top Tier Ingredients facility built by Pavelski family to meet growing need for potato flakes

With knowledge and experience in the potato business dating back five generations, the Pavelski family of Heartland Farms, in Hancock, Wisconsin, is using that experience to improve its operations.

May 13, 2024

Brasil: mercados afectados por las lluvias y la escasez

Se mantienen altos los precios debido a restricciones en la oferta. Todavía se desconoce el impacto total de las lluvias en el sur.

May 13, 2024

Perú: precios bajos debido a sobreproducción

Los buenos precios de venta durante el 2023 alentaron una sobreproducción en el 2024 de la cual muchos productores ya se lamentan.

Lamb Weston actualmente ocupa decenas de cuadrillas de operarios de la construcción. (Cortesía: 0223)

May 13, 2024

Argentina: Lamb Weston retrasada con la apertura de su nueva planta industrial

Las trabas en las importaciones han dificultado el cumplimiento de los tiempos previstos para la inauguración. La nueva fecha tentativa sería en el 2025.

May 13, 2024

Calcium Can Protect Potato Plants from Bacterial Wilt

Scientists have discovered that calcium plays a significant role in enhancing the resistance of potato plants to bacterial wilt. This disease causes worldwide losses of potatoes costing USD 19 billion per year.

May 12, 2024

Potato Sustainability Alliance Releases 2023 North American Potato Sustainability Assessment Report

The Potato Sustainability Alliance (PSA) announced the release of its 2023 North American Potato Sustainability Assessment Report, communicating sustainability results gathered from 420 growers representing 589,120 potato acres across the U.S. and Canada.

Una vista panorámica de las inundaciones en Rio Grande do Sul

May 08, 2024

Brasil: históricas inundaciones en el sur tienen al país en alerta

Los estados del sur de Brasil están bajo agua. La catástrofe humana es total, y los precios de la papa en los principales mercados aumentan.

May 06, 2024

Bolivia: fuertes heladas afectan producción de papa

El clima no da tregua en Bolivia. En el norte del departamento de potosí, en el altiplano, fuertes heladas castigaron cultivos de papa.

The Little Potato Company's new facility in Alberta

May 06, 2024

The Little Potato Company Ltd. unveils innovative packaging facility in Alberta

The Little Potato Company, North America's leader in little potatoes, celebrated the grand opening of its innovative, sustainable potato packaging facility in Nisku, Alberta.

Productores de papa de Perote buscan erradicar el uso de agroquímicos

May 03, 2024

México: producción de papa agroecologica

Ya son varios los productores que optan por técnicas más regenerativas y sustentables

May 02, 2024

Crunchy Contender – Why Are Kettle Chips So Popular?

When it comes to savory snacks, there’s no denying the biggest product in the market is potato chips. Within this lucrative category, one crunchy contender continues to steal the spotlight.

PopCorners Jalapeño Popper with jalapeño heat with the taste of smooth and savory cheese flavour

May 02, 2024

PopCorners Debut New Limited-Time-Only Jalapeño Popper Flavor

PopCorners is adding a new flavor to its stable – PopCorners Jalapeño Popper, a limited-edition flavor that offers a mix of jalapeño heat with the taste of smooth and savory cheese.

Travis Getz, Senior Vice President, Operations at Reading Bakery Systems

May 01, 2024

Reading Bakery Systems Promotes Travis Getz to Senior Vice President, Operations

Reading Bakery Systems (RBS), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of snack production systems, has announced the promotion of Travis Getz to Senior Vice President, Operations.

Potato Museum with antique equipment at Schroeder's Farms

May 01, 2024

Patience, Persistence, Adaptability: The Schroeder Family’s Five Generations of Farming Legacy at Schroeder Brother’s Farms

The Schroeder Brother’s Farms in Antigo, Wisconsin, founded by Eric Schroeder’s family in 1879, has been around long enough to have its own potato museum on site.