Potato News

About 5,000 loaded-down semi-trucks of really nice Northwest french-fry-making potatoes are set to plop into cattle troughs or be destroyed. Dale Lathim is the President of the Potato Marketing Association of North America

The Fera-led R&D project, Enigma I, is reporting impressive results halfway through its investigation into sustainable wireworm control – a pest issue causing significant annual yield losses in root vegetable and salad crops.

Last month, the North American Potato Market News (NAPMN) projected the US 2023 potato crop to come in at 429.6 million hundredweight (cwt), more than 37 million cwt more than last year's unusually small crop.

Home consumption and retail sales continue to prosper with the current weather conditions increasing demand.

If you’re looking to up your potato game this holiday season, you’re in luck. There’s a new potato variety in town, and it’s said to be so creamy that you don’t need to add butter, cream, or anything else to dress it up - it’s delicious right from the field.

A scientist from Prince Edward Island has issued a challenge to Island farmers: Guess the yield of a potato field grown using only fertilizer left over from last year's crop.

AURA® oil recovery systems and CentreQ® unit measurement and control systems are the innovations by FoodeQ that are gaining rapid adoption, revolutionizing the industry and contributing to healthier, cost-effective, and more efficient French fry production.

In the presence of the Governor of Nineveh and the Turkish Consul, the second edition of 'Our Industry, Our Identity' exhibition opened in Mosul.

Potato and cereal crops are likely to have been heavily damaged by the recent devastating floods across the United Kingdom, farmers have warned.

Según el listado de precios del mercado Mayorista de Ambato, el precio de la papa aumento entre un 30% y hasta un 50%—dependiendo de la variedad—en el último mes.

La campaña de siembra 2023/24 en Peru comenzó con una reducción considerable en el área con respecto a años anteriores

Equipment manufacturer FPS Food Process Solutions has entered a partnership with OptiCept for PEF Technologies. OptiCept’s PEF application for solid foods (JÖRD) will be further developed jointly. In the collaboration, OptiCept will deliver CEPT generators and FPS will deliver the system that handles and processes the products.