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Event summary for 2023 CPMA Convention and Trade Show
May 09, 2023

Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show (CPMA 2023) sets records

The 2023 Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show (CPMA 2023) held last week in Toronto is CPMA’s biggest show in its history with over 4200 people attending the event.
Kiwi chips manufacturer Bluebird bags USD 66m for expansion
May 09, 2023

New Zealand potato chips manufacturer Bluebird bags USD 66m for expansion

New Zealand potato chips manufacturer Bluebird says its parent company PepsiCo has invested over USD 66 million into the development of its Auckland factory, with a USD 26m-plus vending machine packing machine under construction.
Francisco Moya
May 08, 2023

Francisco Moya, presidente de CNIPT: “Las necesidades de patata en el mundo son muy altas”

Hombre de consensos, firme defensor y creyente de las actuaciones a nivel de conjunto, Moya tomó el relevo de la presidencia del CNIPT a finales de 2022.
In Sumatra, potato appetite bites into a UNESCO-listed tiger haven
May 08, 2023

Expanding Potato cultivation on Sumatra, Indonesia cause for environmental concerns

Expanding cultivation of potatoes on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island infringes on Kerinci Seblat National Park, the largest protected area on Sumatra and one of the last refuges of the Sumatran tiger, Sumatran elephant and the Sunda clouded leopard.
May 08, 2023

Santiago Domínguez: one of the largest potato producers in Spain

The farmer Santiago Domínguez from Valladolid, achieves everything he proposes after experiencing it firsthand, he has also been a grape harvester and now has a winery: 'The secret is to suffer it, fight it and learn it'
New Red Lentil Snacks Bring a Flavor Punch to Snack Time
May 08, 2023

Harvest Snaps launches a fiery baked Red Lentil Snack

Harvest Snaps is heating up the salty snack aisle with new Crunchy Loops Hot & Spicy. Now available exclusively at Walmart locations nationwide, the ring-shaped snacks feature a complex blend of spices that deliver a fiery kick in every crunchtastic bite.
The FAO Food Price Index rebounded slightly in April 2023
May 07, 2023

The FAO Food Price Index rebounded slightly in April 2023

The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 127.2 points in April 2023, up 0.8 points (0.6 percent) from March and standing 31.2 points (19.7 percent) below its value in the corresponding month last year.
B-hive Innovations is developing a technology that goes beyond imaging the potato plant:  potato tubers are inspected using ground penetrating radar.
May 07, 2023

Watch your potatoes grow... Not the plants, the tubers!

Ground-Sensing technology TuberScan - developed by Agri-tech business B-hive Innovations and partners - is entering its final phase of testing both overseas and now in the UK following the start of this year’s weather-delayed potato growing season.
Nestle's Pizza brands find that TOMRA Food's smart Sort Tecnology is best for protection food safety
May 07, 2023

Nestle's Pizza brands find that TOMRA Food's smart Sort Technology is best for protecting food safety

Nestlé now has more than 2000 brands, including global icons and local favorites. Their products can be found in 187 countries worldwide - quite an expansion from their humble beginnings producing condensed milk and infant cereal in the Alps.
Nueva cortadora de patata de Sormac DMA-90
May 06, 2023

Nueva cortadora de patata de Sormac DMA-90

La nueva maquina, que trocea el tubérculo en mitades y cuartos, cuenta con más capacidad, necesita menos mantenimiento y obtiene mejores resultados de corte.
Big savings in reducing insecticide use.
May 04, 2023

Potatoes New Zealand meeting on the benefits of IPM: Big savings by reducing insecticide use.

By adopting integrated pest management (IPM) practices growers are not on their own, Australian entomologist, Dr Paul Horne, told Pukekohe potato growers at a Potatoes New Zealand research update breakfast meeting in late March.
Bangladesh to export potato to Japan
May 04, 2023

Bangladesh to export potatoes to Japan

A Japanese company has expressed interest to import potatoes from Bangladesh, said Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque. The minister said this while addressing a program at Westin Hotel in Tokyo on Thursday (April 27).

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