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februari 02, 2012

Perú: Huancavelica tendrá planta procesadora de flakes de papa

Por primera vez en su historia, Huancavelica contará con una novedosa planta procesadora de flakes de papa en el distrito de Acostambo, que ayudará a mejorar los ingresos de los cientos de productores, puesto que la región produce más de mil variedades...

januari 30, 2012

Washington State newspaper is 'home grown' using potato starch

Some of the components that go into making the actual newsprint paper of the The Columbia Basin Herald come from Columbia Basin farms.

januari 27, 2012

Oregon Potato Company pays EPA penalty for failing to report ammonia release

Oregon Potato Company failed to report an anhydrous ammonia release at their facility in Warden, Washington and will pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a $66,235 penalty.

januari 26, 2012

Agrana successfully completes the 2011|12 sugar beet and potato starch campaigns

On 23 January, AGRANA completed the sugar beet campaign at its refinery in Tulln, thereby signalling the successful close of the 2011|12 processing season at all of its facilities.

november 22, 2011

US Potato Processing up in October

Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon used 7.49 million cwt of raw potatoes during October, an increase of 6 percent from last October. Accumulated processing of 2011 crop raw potatoes to November 1 was 20.5 million cwt, up 40 percent.

november 15, 2011

Danish Starch manufacturer KMC presents strong results

At KMC’s annual general meeting on 11 November 2011 Chairman Martin Arvad was very pleased to present a historically strong result. The result represented a highly positive development compared to last year’s result. After several years of investment ...

november 10, 2011

Penford Corporation to Acquire Carolina Starches

Penford Corporation (NASDAQ: PENX), announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Carolina Starches. Penford will purchase the company interests and certain assets of the businesses currently operated by Carolina Starches, LLC and Ke...

november 09, 2011

Simplot plans New Potato Processing plant in Idaho, closing 3 existing plants

The J. R. Simplot Company is planning to build a state-of-the-art potato processing plant in Caldwell, Idaho, with site preparation anticipated to begin next May and start-up expected by spring of 2014.

oktober 31, 2011

Farm Frites receives top honour as supplier of Pringles ingredients

Last week the Procter & Gamble Company recognized its top performing external business partners during an awards ceremony at its Business Partner Recognition Dinner. Potato Dehy supplier Farm Frites was among those receiving a top honour.

oktober 28, 2011

Sharp price drop potatoes and potato starch results in profit warning China Essence Group

Potato starch manufacturer China Essence Group Ltd issued a profit warning for Q2 FY2012 and H1 FY2012, saying the company expects a loss in these periods due to "unexpected sharp movements in the prices of potatoes and potato starch".

oktober 25, 2011

Idahoan Foods LLC adds Hash Brown Casseroles to its product line

Idahoan(R) is adding hash brown casseroles to Walmart's expansive grocery inventory -- just in time for fall's cooler weather and the holidays. This inventory expansion at some 3,500 Walmart stores across the country will be in the form of Idahoan FAR...

oktober 21, 2011

Potato Processors dig in Idaho's new crop with appetite

Potato Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon have used 13.3 million cwt of 2011 crop raw potatoes to October 1, up 75 percent from last year. Idaho potatoes accounted for 9.46 million cwt of the total processed.

European Union Common Agricultural Policy (CAP 2020)

oktober 20, 2011

European Starch Industry comments on new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP 2020)

Last week, the Commission presented its proposals for the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP 2020) to the European Parliament. That triggered a number of reactions from stakeholders. The European starch industry association (AAF), as a major user o...

oktober 19, 2011

AFFI applauds senate approval of Collins-Udall Amendment to block limit on Starchy vegetables in Schools

AFFI President and CEO Kraig R. Naasz issued the following statement today in support of an amendment to a Senate agriculture appropriations bill that blocks the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from limiting the amount of potatoes, corn, peas, li...

oktober 04, 2011

US Potato Production in 2010 down 7%

Recently the USDA has published a revised overview of the United States Potato Industry statistics for harvest 2010. This report contains a wealth of data on the production per state and utilisation, for which we refer to the report itself.

september 28, 2011

Tummers Methodic installs high capacity drum dryers around the world

Due to worldwide demand, Tummers Methodic developed the largest drum dryer in the world. It has been offered to manufacturers of potato flakes around the world for several years now. The high capacity drum dryers of Tummers Methodic have a diameter o...

september 28, 2011

Emsland Group fears for potato supply

Potato Starch manufacturer Emsland Group has provided an update of their outlook on the season. The press release was posted on the Emsland website on September 26, however the article is dated September 19. Since several areas in Europe have seen drye...

september 20, 2011

China released final ruling on anti-subsidy investigation EU Potato Starch

Below the final ruling of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China on anti-subsidy investigation against potato starch imports from the European Union: