Potato News

October 17, 2011

US Potato politics: The potato wars

Sen. Susan Collins is a more gentle soul than your typical Republican Steering Committee regular, but there she was in the Capitol last week: Ms. Maine Moderate lunching with the “Sons of Jesse Helms” — all in the name of the potato. It was a jaw-drop...
October 17, 2011

Morocco rejects Northern Ireland potatoes for silver scurf

Stormont officials are facing a grilling by Assembly Members over an embarrassing international incident in which potatoes exported from Northern Ireland were rejected for being diseased. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) represen...
October 17, 2011

Are the Common Agricultural Policy 2013 proposals an opportunity or threat for the Belgian potato sector?

The European Union Common Agricultural Policy has never been a priority for the member companies of Belgapom, the representative body of the Belgian potato trade and processing industry, because the potato sector was kept completely outside the scope o...
October 17, 2011

McTV: McDonald's to launch in-store TV channel

McDonald's customers will soon be able to have local school sports, movie previews and heartwarming human interest stories to go with their fries — McTV is here and in high definition. In one of the most unusual twists in niche programming, the global...
October 17, 2011

New Zealand potato farmer fined for illegal irrigation

A Christchurch man has been fined $10,000 for illegally taking groundwater to irrigate potato and onion crops. Ivan Court was fined after admitting illegally irrigating crops at a farm in Ryans Rd, Yaldhurst, for five years. Court's company, Birchbro...
 University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 17, 2011

University of Wisconsin to lead research effort to reduce acrylamide in potato products

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have been selected to lead a national, multi-institution effort to improve the quality and safety of processed potatoes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) ...
October 16, 2011

El Congreso de los Estados Unidos aprueba el TLC con Colombia, Panamá y Corea del Sur

El Congreso reinsertó el miércoles a Estados Unidos en el camino de la liberalización comercial con la aprobación de los largamente esperados tratados de libre comercio con Colombia, Panamá y Corea del Sur en medio de augurios de que los acuerdos ayuda...
October 16, 2011

Brand in bakoven Farm Frites Oudenhoorn snel geblust

Zondagavond 9 oktober om 18:26 werd de Brandweer van Oudenhoorn gealarmeerd voor een brandalarm bij frietfabrikant Farm Frites aan de Molendijk. Het vuur woedde in een bakoven met vet, en was snel geblust.
October 16, 2011

Grote brand verwoest aardappelloods PeKa Kroef in Venray

In een aardappelloods van aardappelverwerker PeKa Kroef in Venray heeft zaterdag een zeer grote brand gewoed. De brand ontstond iets na elf uur 's ochtends in een loods, waarin circa 6000 ton aan aardappelen ligt opgeslagen. De loods moet als verloren ...
 Blackstone
October 16, 2011

Burger King restaurants in New Zealand to change hands

The Blackstone Group announced today that its private equity funds have agreed to acquire Antares Restaurant Group in New Zealand from Anchorage Capital Partners. Headquartered in Auckland, Antares has the exclusive franchise development rights for t...
October 16, 2011

Potato prices in Deesa (Gujarat) at 10 year low

The potato capital of Gujarat - Deesa is facing acute price crisis with cost of the vegetable dipping to the lowest in a decade. The potato growing farmers and wholesale merchants are crying hoarse over the excess supply of potato from Agra, which has ...
Potato starch derivatives are used in mortar to set tiles
October 16, 2011

AVEBE offers top quality starch solutions for the building and construction sector

Potato starch has a wide range of applications beyond food. Ever considered the use of modified potato starch in the building and construction sector? Here is a recent news item from Avebe: AVEBE, global leader in potato starch, presents the latest in...

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