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De rechtbank in Gent heeft de administratie gecontroleerd van het aardappelbedrijf Loyson in Koolskamp.

Beer, sausage and polka are the public faces of New Braunfels (TX) Wurstfest, this towns signature event. But the traditional kartoffelpuffer has become Wurstfest's cult favorite.

Biopesticides for use in oilseed rape and potatoes to help control diseases and promote crop growth could be on the market [in the UK] within five years

Potato ring rot has shown up on at least two Prince Edward Island farms, the provincial Department of Agriculture has confirmed

Los campesinos y cooperativista de la provincia de Ciego de Ávila, aplican la regulación de plagas en el cultivo de la papa, con medios biológicos a través del sistema del fertirriego, experimento utilizado en las Empresas de Cultivos varios el Mambí y...

A shortage of potatoes is to prompt a drop in European Union exports of the tuber this year, with poor weather more than wiping out the benefit of higher plantings in many countries.

Potato growers across the United States appear to have finished digging the 2010 crop, but a few potatoes remain in the ground on Canada's Prince Edward Island.

AUSVEG CEO Richard Mulcahy has welcomed the proposal for a briefing of the Senate Rural Affairs and Transport Committee on Zebra Chip disease, following a recent request by New Zealand to import fresh potatoes for processing into Australia.

A national potato shortage in Australia is providing a boom for growers in far north Queensland.

In the last PotatoPro Newsletter 'Chips bags from potato peel? Biodegradable snack packaging' we focused on the changes Frito-Lay was making to the 'noisy'biodegradable Sunchips bags. Sunchips original will continue to be sold in the 'noisy'compostable bags, but all other Sunchips versions will be packed in regular (non-compostable) packaging until an improved biodegradable packaging is developed.

This morning, with its partners and several guests from the food and packaging fields in attendance, Polytechnique Montréal inaugurated the NSERC/Saputo/Excel Pac Industrial Research Chair in Materials and films for safe, smart and sustainable (3S) packaging.

Potatoes in all shapes, colors and presentations were a hit at Latin America’s biggest ‘foodie’ get together this year, and highlighted the fact that biodiversity can be delicious