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april 14, 2008

India: 'Potato prices to stabilise at Rs 5-6 a kg'

"The prices of potatoes are not expected to come down further as farmers will not sell below cost of production,"said Satish Bhonde, Additional Director of Nashik-based National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation.   The prices...
Will Chase sells Majority stake in Tyrrells potato chips to Langholm Capital and focuses on potato wodka
april 14, 2008

Will Chase sells Majority stake in Tyrrells potato chips to Langholm Capital and focuses on potato wodka

Will Chase, potato farmer and owner of Tyrrell's Potato Chips has sold a majority stake in Tyrrell's Potato Chips to private equity firm Langholm Capital for £30 million. Will Chase has overseen the rapid growth of his premium-end snacks - made using...
 Potato Starch
april 14, 2008

Potato Starch Manufacturers see commercial opportunity for amylopectin starch from GMO potatoes

AVEBE, Emsland and Lyckeby, the three leading European potato starch producers, are calling on the European Commission to approve Amflora for commercial cultivation in Europe. Amflora is a genetically enhanced starch potato developed by BASF Plant Sci...
april 14, 2008

Foodservice Sales Post Very Small Gain in March

Sales at the nation's eating and drinking places increased just 2.2% over the same month of 2007 during March, the smallest such increase since December of last year, according to Food Institute analysis of government reported sales data. Consumers ha...
april 13, 2008

West Bengal Farmers hit by distress sale

At a time when inflation has touched a three year high of 7.41 per cent and prices of all foodgrains have gone up, potato growers here are a distressed lot as prices of potato have remained low.West Bengal Agriculture Marketing minister Mortaza Hossain...
 Robert B. Zoellick
april 11, 2008

World Bank Leader Urges Action on Food

The crisis of surging food prices could mean “seven lost years” in the fight against worldwide poverty, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick said. “While many are worrying about filling their gas tanks, many others around the world are struggling ...
april 11, 2008

McCain employee's daughter wins American Kids' Safety-on-the-Job Poster contest

Promoting workplace safety at her dad's workplace – McCain Foods in Florenceville – has earned a 13-year-old Perth-Andover student a trip to the American capital and $1,000. Meghan Baker, a Grade 8 student at Perth-Andover Middle School, won first pla...
 Improved R.J. Herbert Engineering box tipper
april 11, 2008

Herbert Engineering improves UK's best selling vertical eject box tipper

Herbert Engineering’s latest product improvement can rotate their best selling Vertical Eject Box Tipper within 20 degrees of vertical inversion and thus making it ‘Super High Angle’. The already highly proven and well trusted box tipper offers reliab...
april 11, 2008

Washington State Potato Conference 2009 held in Kennewick instead of Moses Lake

At a special meeting Thursday, the Washington State Potato Conference and Trade Show board voted unanimously to relocate the 2009 event to the Tri-Cities Convention Center in Kennewick, instead of in Moses Lake, its base since its inception 47 years ag...
april 11, 2008

Study links trans fats to breast cancer

Trans-fats, which are being phased out of food because they clog arteries, may raise the risk of getting breast cancer, European researchers reported on Friday.They found that women with the highest blood levels of trans-fats had about twice the risk ...
april 11, 2008

New Brunswick lost a prominent agricultural voice with the death of Ron Piper.

Piper's love of potato farming was known to all in the industry, and it led him to work with Potatoes New Brunswick. Executive director Robert Gareau said Piper spent six years with Potatoes NB, five of which he served on the executive as treasurer, v...
 Canada
april 10, 2008

Canada proposes crackdown on food safety

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Tuesday unleashed a proposed consumer safety bill that could force food manufacturers in the country to improve tracking of suppliers and processes. Spurred on by a crisis in consumer confidence last year follo...

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