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juli 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.

juli 06, 2015

Simplot agreed to take surplus potatoes in Tasmania

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

juni 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

mei 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.

april 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.

april 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

maart 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'.

maart 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.

maart 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.

februari 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

februari 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)

februari 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.

januari 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.

januari 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.

januari 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)

november 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.

september 28, 2014

Farm Frites signs joint venture with Inner Mongolia Linkage Potato Co. Ltd

Farm Frites has signed an agreement with Inner Mongolia Linkage Potato Co. Ltd (Linkage) to set up a joint venture in Wudan Town, Chifeng City in Inner Mongolia in China

september 14, 2014

New Zealand Potato Production 2014

New Zealand Potato production in 2013, at 525,000 metric tons, was marginally (5%) ahead of 2012 production. t is likely planted areas in 2014 will be similar to 2013, with production in the range of 500,000 to 550,000MT.