Noticias sobre Las Noticias de Nuevo Brunswich

With the release of the global 2024 Sustainability Report, McCain Foods continues to make progress towards its goal to provide products that are more sustainably sourced – delivering good food to consumers, while supporting the communities where it operates.

McCain Foods, the maker of 1 in 4 fries worldwide, is making big strides towards its regenerative agriculture commitment, digging in with the aim to help combat climate change over time and secure the future of everyone’s favorite food, the golden French fry.

New Brunswick potato producers who endured extraordinary costs resulting from excessive moisture during last year's growing season will have access to financial assistance starting this November.

A fire destroyed Hartland company's factory in March, leaving questions about production and jobs. In a large warehouse in Woodstock, the smell of salt and vinegar overtakes anyone who enters its doors.

Picketa Systems is thrilled to introduce a significant new feature for our LENS platform: Custom Critical Levels. This innovation provides agronomists unprecedented control over nutrient management, making it easier than ever to optimize crop health and maximize yields.

Picketa Systems, an agricultural technology company founded to unlock agronomic potential, announces its expansion into 13 states across the USA with its groundbreaking LENS system.

The McKenna Institute at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) announced a CAD 3.75 million (USD 2.7 million) investment from a partnership led by potato processor McCain Foods that will revolutionize digital agriculture, progress regenerative farming practices and minimize the impact of climate change on farmland.

The processed potatoes market size is forecast to increase by USD 45 billion at a CAGR of 5.34% between 2024 and 2028. Market expansion is contingent on several factors, such as an increasing emphasis on expanding production capacities for potato processing.

Friday evening March 1, 2024, the most famous potato chips plant in Atlantic Canada - Covered Bridge Potato Chips in Hartland, New Brunswick - was totally destroyed by fire.

Total Canadian Potato Storage Holdings on February 1, 2024 totalled 74,031 million cwt which is up 8.2% over February 2023 and well above the five-year average

Potatoes are the premier vegetable crop in Canada, with CAD 1.5 billion nationwide in potato receipts in 2021. The agricultural significance of potatoes is particularly prominent in provinces like New Brunswick, the home of McCain Foods Limited, the world’s largest potato processor.

A well-known potato researcher, Dr. Gefu Wang-Pruski will commence a one-year term as Acting Dean and Principal, Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University, effective October 30, 2023.

Statistics Canada released their first estimate of potato acreage in Canadaas a result of data obtained from their survey of potato growers in Canada.

Every year, the earth loses 12 million hectares of farmable land due to erosion. That’s roughly one soccer field every few seconds. Erosion ruins farmable soil, and a lack of farmable soil means that the future of potatoes, and fries, are at stake.

In a critical move towards advancing precision agriculture, AgTech startup Picketa Systems has successfully closed a CAD 1.445M (USD 1.059M) (Seed investment round. The funding will broaden the development and deployment of their real-time plant tissue analysis technology, called LENS™.

It is time to update your shopping list. Cavendish Farms announced that it has won the prestigious Product of the Year Canada Award for its All-Day Breakfast Mini Quick Cook Hash Brown Patties.

Ontario Potato Board, Potatoes New Brunswick join the United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC) as the representative of their potato grower members, giving the organisation a truly national reach.

Pulsemaster da la bienvenida al Gerente de Cuentas Clave Ben Lemieux al equipo para cubrir la Región de las Américas. Con sede en New Brunswick, Canadá, Ben Lemieux se une a Pulsemaster con 28 años de experiencia en el procesamiento de alimentos.