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januari 14, 2009

Potato Donut a hit at Farm Show

Baked potatoes and French fries are some of the biggest sellers at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, and many are willing to wait in rather long lines at the food court to get them.However, those two items aren’t the only staple food products provided by the...

januari 13, 2009

Could high GI foods be addictive?

New Zealand scientists have reported that heavily processed foods with a high glycaemic index (GI) could be addictive in a similar way to drugs.Simon Thornley, from the Auckland Regional Public Health Service, noted that foods with a high GI caused blo...

januari 12, 2009

Survey shows Changes in American Shopping Behaviour

According to a survey of U.S. consumers commissioned by NCR Corporation, unprecedented price wars and product promotions by retailers may be saving consumers money, but also costing them more in terms of personal time. The research reveals that barga...

januari 12, 2009

NYC baked potato shop 'Totally Baked' closes, the result of a failed concept

Jason Apfelbaum's Totally Baked—baked potato restaurant—on 18th Street—has closed. After spending a ton of cash, the successful catering entrepreneur has been forced to accept that his business model was flawed. According to numerous comments on the In...

januari 09, 2009

Weak economy hits US Potato Industry

The outlook for the 2008 U.S. potato crop was just fine until recession reared its ugly head.The weak economy is reducing demand from restaurants because people simply aren't eating out as often, industry officials said this week during the 2009 nation...

januari 08, 2009

Lamb Weston looking at Maine, but not touching

Potato processing giant Lamb Weston has no immediate plans to develop a facility in Maine, although the company continues to watch economic and agricultural activity in the state.“We have been monitoring the opportunities for Lamb Weston’s potential in...

januari 07, 2009

Retail Food Prices Drop Slightly in Last Quarter of 2008

Retail food prices at the supermarket decreased slightly in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 basic grocery items in the fourth quarte...

januari 06, 2009

Former Kettle Foods executive joins popchips sales team to lead retail growth in east US

popchips inc., the pioneering all-natural popped chip company today announced plans to launch popchips in the eastern United States. Jim Marcum, a seasoned sales executive who recently joined popchips as director of natural channel sales in the eastern...

januari 03, 2009

USDA's Western Regional Research Center offers Potato Research ideas to Washington Potato Commission

Members of the Washington State Potato Commission's research committee recently returned from a trip to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Western Regional Research Center.Commission Research Director Andy Jensen said the reason for the trip to the A...

januari 02, 2009

Canadian AAFC Scientists Consider Potato Starch for Nutritional and Industrial Applications

Most cooks are familiar with the thickening properties of corn starch, but potato starch is every bit as much up to the job, say scientists with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). They’re working on a project to further examine the structure and...

januari 01, 2009

New York State Potato Production up 9 percent

New York production of fall potatoes for 2008 is estimated at 5.70 million hundredweight (cwt.), up 9 percent from a year ago. Harvested acreage at 17,800 was down 3 percent from last year. Yields averaged 320 cwt. per acre, breaking the previous rec...

december 31, 2008

North Dakota's potato production lower in 2008

Potato production in the state is expected to reach 22.7 million cwt in 2008 from 81,000 harvested acres, which is down 11 percent from last year. The average production per acre was higher, however, with the 2008 average yield pegged at a record high ...

december 27, 2008

50 potato facts

Fact sheets / flyer / leaflet-2008 (PDF, 434 kb)

december 27, 2008

50 verdades sobre la papa

Hoja Divulgativa -2008 (PDF, 434 kb)

december 23, 2008

US Table potato demand should pick up in January

US Potato grower-shippers expect more of the same strong pricing in the New Year, which should keep retailers from running perilously low on spuds, as they did last summer. Year-to-date, as of Dec. 10, Rosholt, Wis.-based Bushmans’ Inc. had shipped a...

december 23, 2008

Government Prince Edward Island sells FoodTrust

The owners of Prince Edward Island potato producer Mid Isle Farms and other local investors have bought the province's potato and blueberry marketing company FoodTrust.

december 17, 2008

CIP releases Annual report 2007: Roots and Tubers - the overlooked opportunity

Roots and tubers already make a substantial contribution to providing food and alleviating poverty in the developing countries. We are convinced that they will play an increasingly important role as food for the future, particularly in the vulnerable ...

december 17, 2008

US Potato Stocks Down 9 Percent From December 2007;Usage for processing down, especially for dehy.

The 13 major [US] potato States held 242 million cwt of potatoes in storage December 1, 2008, down 9 percent from a year ago and 7 percent below December 1, 2006. Potatoes in storage accounted for 66 percent of the 2008 fall storage States' production,...