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maart 19, 2010

Canada's Canola Industry Investments pay off

With new crushing capacity, millions of dollars for export market outreach, new research funding and facilities, and more, Canada's canola industry is poised for a decade of significant growth, said JoAnne Buth, president of the Canola Council of Canad...

maart 19, 2010

Canadian Certified Organic Potato Vodka awarded ‘Double Gold' and ‘Spirit of the Year'

When Tyler Schramm first laid eyes on the newly-planted potato fields in British Columbia's Pemberton Valley, he had no idea those same spuds would bring him worldwide acclaim. "We were staring at the potatoes and discussing ideas of what we c...

maart 16, 2010

McCain to cut New Brunswick potato sourcing by 20 - 30 per cent

Florenceville-based McCain Foods Ltd. is cutting its potato sourcing in New Brunswick by 20 to 30 per cent to respond to lower demand for french fries and other market issues.Weaker U.S. fry consumption, a high loonie, competition from low-priced Euro...

maart 16, 2010

Basic American Foods buys Hungry Jack retail potato Business from J.M. Smuckers

The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM) and Basic American Foods today announced the sale of and a licensing agreement for Hungry Jack(R) brand potato products that will allow Basic American Foods to expand its retail presence in the potato business. The...

maart 15, 2010

Demand for potatoes drops as Americans eat fewer fries

A delicate global balance in potato trading, and the changes tastes of fry-shy boomers, are hammering the Maritimes potato patch, industry experts say. “U.S. people are eating out less these days,” McCain’s Canada spokesperson Calla Farn told the Sta...

maart 15, 2010

Canadian Potato Growers gird for cutbacks

Joe Brennan and his fellow potato growers in New Brunswick are bracing for the fallout from the French fry meltdown.Mr. Brennan, who is also the chairman of Potatoes New Brunswick, the province's potato marketing board, says he will have no choice this...

maart 15, 2010

PotatoPro Newsletter: History and Future of GM Potatoes

Did you receive the PotatoPro Newsletter last Thursday? The History and Future of GM Potatoes If not, you may be subscribed only to the daily E-mail. Subscribe to the PotatoPro Newsletter to receive it directly by E-mail as it is published.

maart 15, 2010

Boletín electrónico de PotatoPro: Historia y futuro de las papas genéticamente modificadas

Recibió el último boletín de PotatoPro el pasado miercoles? Historia y futuro de las papas genéticamente modificadas Si no fue así, usted puede suscribirse al servicio de alerta por correo electrónico. Subscribase el boletín de PotatoPro para recibi...

maart 11, 2010

USPB President Tim O'Connor addresses declining demand

The U.S. Potato Board is targeting declining demand as a top priority. During the group’s annual meeting March 11, board President Tim O’Connor urged members, in approving the next long-term plan, to make fixing declining demand a priority, and to fo...

The genetically modified starch potato Amflora

maart 10, 2010

The History and Future of GM Potatoes

Last week the European Commission approved cultivation and processing of the genetically modified starch potato Amflora. The request for authorisation was submitted by Amflora's developer BASF in August 1996, more than 13 years ago!

In North America, currently no genetically modified potatoes are commercially grown. But the GM potato has already a colorful history in the US and Canada

maart 10, 2010

US Chip Sector Weighs Funding Expansion

During late January, the United States Potato Board (USPB) Chip Committee held a conference call with chip processors to gauge their interest in funding an expansion of the material development program to fast track the breeding of new chip-stock potat...

maart 09, 2010

SNAXPO 2010 Draws Worldwide Audience in Texas

SNAXPO 2010, the world’s largest trade show devoted exclusively to international snack foods, opened in Fort Worth, TX Thursday, March 4, where nearly 1500 industry professionals from some 35 countries gathered to explore key issues and ideas, as well...

maart 07, 2010

HVP recall due to possible Salmonella contamination affects several potato products

Hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) is now taking its place beside peanuts, pistachios, and powdered milk as a food ingredient causing recalls of many, many individual products.Hydrolyzed vegetable protein is a common ingredient used most frequently as...

maart 05, 2010

One year later, costly trade blunder still in effect

March 10 marks the one-year anniversary of Congress’s decision to terminate the cross-border trucking program with Mexico, a move found illegal under NAFTA and generating retaliatory tariffs on more than 90 U.S. products and subsequent decreases in export

maart 04, 2010

Potato growers take McDonald's Pesticide survey

Farmers who grow potatoes that end up as french fries at McDonald's and other fast food restaurants have begun taking surveys about how they produce the crop.About a year ago, McDonald's bowed to pressure from activist shareholders and agreed to make a...

maart 04, 2010

Safeway recalls red potato salad

Safeway Inc. has been notified by Reser's Fine Foods that it has voluntarily recalled several products that may be contaminated with Salmonella. As a precautionary measure, Safeway is participating in the recall by voluntarily recalling the following p...

maart 04, 2010

ARS tests powdery scab and black dot resistant potato varieties

Americans love potatoes, consuming about 130 pounds per person annually.

Colored potatoes (Source: California Farm Bureau Federation)

maart 03, 2010

Specialty potato market expanding

Researchers are developing new potato varieties that resist attacks by pests and diseases. There are even potatoes developed to resist pests in specific geographical areas. At the same time scientists are developing colored potatoes, which consumers pr...