Noticias

British Potato Industry event BP2011 expects a record number of visitors on November 23 and 24. The free-to-enter potato industry event to be held in Harrogate, Yorkshire, is expected to attract more than 6,000 delegates. Scottish potato seed grower A...

Agri-food company Donegal Creameries has bought Scottish-based seed potato grower AJ Allan. The deal was done through Donegal's subsidiary Irish Potato Marketing, which is based in Dublin. No financial details were given. AJ Allan is based in Brechin...

Fiji Potato farmers did not reach the target for this season. There are many reasons potato farmers did not reach the estimated target for this season says Senior Agriculture Officer - Adriano Tabualevu. Tabualevu says they targeted 1330 tonnes of po...

About 20 percent – or roughly 2,000 tons – of the potatoes that will be sold this year in the local Carrefour chain will come from Romanian producer Agrico-M, as the French retailer has signed a supply contract with the local company the Carrefour Qual...

Swedish machine manufacturer Rosenqvists has been busy lately with one of their specialties: industrial fryers. Rosenqvists recently installed a frying system designed for potato specialties like: rösti, hash browns, croquettes, pommes duchesse, etc. ...

Global demand for frozen potato products (comprised mostly of frozen fries) is forecast up 5 percent from last year, according a recent report by the USDA.

The Irish Farmers’ Association has today (Mon) launched a comprehensive survey of potato growing in Ireland, Trends &Challenges in Irish Potato Production, which identifies the power of the retail multiples as an increasing threat to the viability ...

Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has created a J$250-million (about 3 million USD) special line of credit for farmers of onion and Irish potato, accessible through the National People's Co-operative Bank network. Some 450 to 500 farmers are said to b...

Private labels and a switch back to paper bags are among the packaging trends cited by Prince Edward Island potato grower-shippers. In packaging, Gary Linkletter, president and co-owner of Summerside-based Linkletter Farms Ltd., cited a trend toward p...

Se llevó a cabo un interesante contacto entre la primera autoridad de la ciudad y productores paperos de la región, alrededor de veinte, a los efectos de iniciar el proceso de lo que puede ser la futura planta procesadora de papa. El intendente Juan P...

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. Vo...

De Nederlandse Akkerbouw Vakbond biedt hun visie over de aanpassingen asl gevolg van het gemeenschappelijke laandbouwbeleid: De Europese Commissie wil dat alle landen voor 2019 volledig overgaan van het historische model naar het regionale model. Oft...