Noticias

The Washington State Potato Commission announced the recent addition of Ryan Holterhoff to their organization as the Director of Marketing and Industry Affairs.

Home gardeners and commercial growers are alerted of the potential introduction of late blight this growing season, as it has been confirmed in Suffolk County.

UK and Ireland growers and packers can now count on the support of a new local approved service agent for Wyma equipment.

Key Technology introduces an enhanced vision capability for its popular Tegra® in-air color sorters. Featuring twice the number of cameras as other Tegra sorters with the same width, the new Tegra 7755E achieves unprecedented line-of-sight for better a...

A new study published recently in the Journal of American Medical Association challenges the notion that “a calorie is a calorie.” The study, led by Cara Ebbeling, PhD, associate director and David Ludwig, MD, director of the New Balance Foundation Obe...

Catering to the growing demand for snack options that pack a rich flavor experience with less fat than traditional potato chips, Lay's Kettle Cooked - one of the brands of PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division - today introduced in the United States two new pot...

Novozymes, the world leader in bioinnovation, recently announced today they have new, third party data that shows Novozymes Acrylaway® is effective in the industrial production of French fries. Acrylamide has been considered a potential health risk si...

Potato is not only a staple, it is also an important cash crop which is expanding year after year in Uzbekistan, and there is an obvious need for quality seeds necessary for local farmers to cultivate this crop.

Hurt by the steep price fluctuation in the mass variety of potatoes (Jyoti variety), farmers in West Bengal are taking to the production of Chandramukhi – a premium category of the tuber – to earn steady returns.

Liberibacter, the bacterium responsible for zebra chip, has been found in an Idaho potato field.

Starting around July 6 potato growers in the Yakima Valley will begin harvesting reds and yellows, as long as the weather remains cooperative.

The Idaho Potato Commission plans to conduct a price audit of random stores to investigate concerns that the premium customers will pay for an Idaho spud may be eroding.