Potato News

ConAgra Foods announced Thursday they have dropped plans to build their much anticipated Lamb Weston Office in Riceland's Columbia Point Area. However, they are still going to expand their operation in the Tri Cities. They're now planning to build nex...

The Potato Council's provisional estimate of total production in Great Britain for the 2011 crop year was announced yesterday. The total crop estimate is 6.053 million tonnes, up 3.5% from 2010. The current crop has a planted area that is 0.4% lower ...

With multiple meals to plan and guests coming in from out of town, the holidays can become hectic for most hosts. But thankfully, there are products out there that offer stress-free meal preparation – like Simply Potatoes. With Simply Potatoes, you ca...

Zeker vanuit het Midden-Oosten en Noord-Afrika is er volop vraag naar pootgoed uit Nederland, meldt Peter Ton van Stet Holland. In tegenstelling tot Europa is er voldoende vraag naar aardappelpootgoed in de landen rond de Middellandse Zee. ‘Voor Stet...

Telers van aardappelen zijn al zwaar getroffen door extreem lage kiloprijzen. Nu krijgen individuele boeren ook nog op grote schaal te maken met aardappelrot, waardoor hun oogst verloren gaat. ,,Sinds 1998 hebben we dit niet meer meegemaakt", ver...

An oversupply of potatoes in the northern states is driving down potato prices in Australia. Peak industry body AusVeg expects the oversupply could last into the new year, and says it's a great opportunity for consumers to buy potatoes at a low price....

Colorado Agriculture Commissioner John Salazar is organizing a trade mission to Mexico that he hopes will be fruitful for potato farmers in the San Luis Valley. Salazar said Thursday that he and Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office hope to pave a trade pat...

Burts Chips are reintroducing their seasonal Aberdeen Angus flavoured potato chips following consumer demand. The re-launch, which continues Burts Chips’ strategy of limited edition seasonal varieties, follows on from the success of the brand’s summer...

The popular Yukon Gold potato was a winner at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto this year, where it topped entries in the seventh annual Seed of the Year competition (east division). Developed by the late Garnet (Gary) Johnston, a research...

Earlier this week the USDA has released their latest estimates of the 2011 fall potato production in the United States.

AJ Allan announces that the business of A.J. Allan has been acquired by Irish Potato Marketing Ltd (IPM). The business comprises two companies: A.J. Allan (Brechin) Limited and A.J. Allan (Potato Merchants) Limited. IPM is a leading player in the seed...

Penford Corporation (NASDAQ: PENX), announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Carolina Starches. Penford will purchase the company interests and certain assets of the businesses currently operated by Carolina Starches, LLC and Ke...