Papas para el Procesamiento

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 16, 2015

Scottish potato crop suffers from wet summer

Experts fear that in Scotland the combination of scaled back potato planting and a drop in yield due to wet weather could lead to a shortage of potatoes.

Julio 13, 2015

Nedato launches a new website and corporate identity

Dutch potato company Nedato - specialized in handling and sales of ware potatoes and potatoes for the European processing industry - has launched a new website and corporate identity.

Julio 06, 2015

Simplot agreed to take surplus potatoes in Tasmania

This season, potato processor Simplot agreed to take surplus potatoes in Tasmania.

Junio 07, 2015

Acrylamide in Food; Scientific Opinion provided by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its Scientific Opinion on Acrylamide in Food

Mayo 26, 2015

VI Congreso Ecuatoriano de la Papa

Además del congreso habrá una feria de innovación y tecnología, una feria gastronómica y una rueda de negocios.

Abril 12, 2015

Idaho potato growers accept slight price cut in processing contracts

Southern Idaho Potato Cooperative growers have agreed to a contract that slightly reduces potato prices but requires processors to accept at least 90 percent of their 2014 acreages with individual farms.

Abril 08, 2015

Japan Approves Overland Transportation Route for US Chipping Potatoes

After several years of negotiations, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) has agreed to allow US chipping potatoes to be transported overland from an international port to an approved processing facility in Kagoshima.

Matthias Jeindl, CEO Insort with the award winning Sherlock Food Analyser

Marzo 29, 2015

FoodTec Award in Gold for Insort 'Sherlock Food Analyser'

At the Anuga FoodTec trade fair from 24 to 27 March in Cologne, Insort presents the latest innovation in process monitoring for food production with its 'Sherlock food analyser'.

Marzo 05, 2015

Venezuela: The price of potatoes for processing increases by 185%

The president of the Potato Growers Association (Asopapa) of the state of Carabobo (Venezuela), Aldemaro Ortega, said the price per kilo, for the potato processing companies, had been set at 40 bolivars.

Marzo 02, 2015

Venezuela: Agroindustria pagará 185% más por el kilo de papa

Productores de Aragua, Carabobo y Lara acordaron incrementar el precio de la cosecha de 14 a 40 bolívares.

Febrero 24, 2015

Black Gold Farms Expands Potato Production and Packing Capabilities with Acquisition of George Wood Farms

Black Gold Farms, an industry leader in potato production, sales and marketing, recently acquired the legacy potato production operation, George Wood Farms located near Camden, NC.

Some of Ore-Ida's retail potato products

Febrero 09, 2015

Heinz shakes up potato procurement for its Oregon potato processing factory

Heinz Frozen Foods, manufacturer of the Ore-Ida retail brand is changing the procurement process for the potatoes for its Ontario, OR potato processing plant. Heinz will now contract with the Oregon Potato Company, Pasco, Washington.

Russet Burbank (Courtesy Idaho Potato Commission)

Febrero 08, 2015

Large and growing price gap between small and large Russets in Idaho

Idaho is currently confronted with the unusual situation that large Russet potatoes are far more expensive than small Russets and the price gap is only increasing.

Enero 22, 2015

Costa Rica explores the local production of french fries

In Costa Rica, potato growers, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and the University of Costa Rica (UCR) are exploring the possibilities for the local production of french fries.

Enero 04, 2015

Cavendish Farms again finds needles in potatoes - not from Linkletter Farms this time.

Late December, Potato Processor Cavendish Farms detected again sewing needles stuck in potatoes processed at its New Annan plant on Prince Edward Island.

Enero 04, 2015

Nyandarua (Kenya) to introduce potato varieties suitable for processing

The Nyandarua government is partnering with the National Potato Council and German organisation GTZ to introduce varieties of potatoes suitable for processing

Potatoes New Zealand chief executive Champak Mehta (Courtesy Nigel Moffiet)

Noviembre 30, 2014

Potato shortage in New Zealand shuts down chip producers

There's a major potato shortage in New Zealand and it's big enough that it's forced chip producers to temporarily stop production in the countdown to Christmas.