Potato Production Canadian Prairie Provinces Manitoba and Alberta expected up
This year, potato yields should be slightly above average in the Canadian prairie provinces Manitoba and Alberta, but figures aren’t available because the harvest is only 10 to 15 percent complete.
Septiembre 15, 2015
New French Fry vending machine developed in Wageningen
Dutch start-up Caenator, in collaboration with StartLife and Wageningen University & Research Centre, presented a new fully automatic french fry vending machine.
Septiembre 08, 2015
Factory Clarebout Potatoes totally destroyed by fire
Monday morning, the production plant of Clarebout Potatoes in Nieuwkerke (Belgium) was totally destroyed by a major fire.
Septiembre 03, 2015
REYCO Systems® introduces its EcoMiser™ Oil Removal System
REYCO Systems® and its partner companies Idaho Steel Products and Kiremko today announced the release of the EcoMiser™ Oil Removal System.
Agosto 26, 2015
How to please with processed Idaho Potatoes
In a new Ranker poll, the potato tops the competition as the peoples’ #1 favorite vegetable. As such, potatoes hold an important position on foodservice menus as a foundation for profitable snacks, appetizers, side dishes, and entrées.
Agosto 23, 2015
Foodservice French fry cutter manufacturer aims at North American market
A UK company that manufactures machines that help restaurants make fresh-cut french fries is launching into the North American market with a small plant in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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Agosto 18, 2015
Cameroon planning to triple potato production in 2016
In the African country of Cameroon, the Delegate Minister of the Minister of Economy, Yaouba Abdoulaye, officially launched on 5th and 6th August 2015 two new agricultural plants or agropoles for the production, processing and sale of potatoes and pineapples respectively.
Agosto 13, 2015
Kraft Heinz to eliminate 2500 jobs in the United States and Canada
Kraft Heinz says it is cutting about 2,500 jobs in the United States and Canada as part of its plan to slash costs after the food companies combined.
Agosto 10, 2015
Quick action by employees prevents major fire damage at McCain Foods Plover
A fire chief credits quick action by employees for a short interruption of work at a McCain potato processing plant in Plover, Wisconsin.
Agosto 06, 2015
McCain Foods’ nurse crop project may help increase potato yields
Representatives from McCain Foods are excited about a new project under way in Aroostook County that has some farmers planting their usual acreage of potatoes right on top of a bed of winter rye, barley or oats.
Julio 29, 2015
Producers hope potatoes take root in China
Potatoes seem like an unlikely ingredient for ice cream, but the allure of tasting the strange concoction had dozens of visitors lining-up at the China Kitchen exhibition at the 2015 World Potato Congress in Beijing.
Julio 23, 2015
Peru to host World Potato Congress 2018
During a celebration of Agricultural Research Day on July 15, Alberto Maurer, the Head of Peru’s National Institute for Agricultural Innovation (INIA).
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McCain Foods Australia to invest $10 million in Smithton plant (Tasmania)
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