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Under a bilateral deal with lead potato seed producer the Netherlands, the government has cleared four new potato seed varieties for use by local farmers.

No matter how you slice it, dice it or cook it, the humble potato has an almost revered place on Canadian restaurant menus.

A number of southwestern Idaho communities are bracing for the planned closure of three Simplot plants.

A new University of Idaho economic report shows potato procution costs have held steady.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) today announced that its board of directors elected company veteran Doug McMillon, 47, to succeed Mike Duke, 63, as president and chief executive officer, effective February 1, 2014.

El Ministro de Agricultura junto al director regional de INIA entregaron a productores de Chiloé y al alcalde de Puqueldón, material genético de la más alta calidad, con el que es posible producir más de 120 toneladas de papas nativas.

In Bangladesh, hoarders and wholesalers have started lifting huge quantities of potatoes from cold storages in the district Dinajpur as prices of the vegetable are rising fast in the local markets.

Como parte del compromiso de cero residuos para su operación de fabricación, el equipo de agricultura de PepsiCo en Turquía invirtió en tecnología de digestión anaerobia hace varios años para manejar sus residuos orgánicos.

La Federación Agraria Argentina (FAA) filial Córdoba presentará en los próximos días un proyecto que incluye la instalación de una planta de fabricación de puré con capacidad para elaborar 500 kilogramos del producto por hora.

A través de estos cinco documentos, el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) le explica cómo implementar esta importante innovación tecnológica.

Novozymes announced the launch of Acrylaway® HighT, the first thermostable solution that reduces acrylamide levels in food products that are typically processed at extremely high temperatures.

At the annual general meeting of Danish Starch manufacturer on November 15, 2013 Mr. Peter C. Petersen, Chairman of the Board, was pleased to present the results of an extremely busy and exciting year.

AVEBE has again achieved a higher performance price over the last year. This performance price was 77.36 Euro per ton of potatoes, therefore exceeding previous year's price of 76.94 Euro per ton.

HZPC Holland B.V. announces that the quotation of HZPC-certificates is determined at € 85.00. This is an increase of 9% of the quotation since the last stock trading day in last May.

The FDA has published a draft guidance for industry on Acrylamide in Foods. The guidance is being distributed for comment purposes only.

Sensor-based sorting systems pioneer TOMRA Sorting Solutions will showcase its whole potato capabilities at a forthcoming major UK industry event.

Seabrook Crisps has become the official crisps sponsor of the O2 Arena in London.

India Times reports that Pizza Hut is to introduce a potato topping at an outlet in the city Vadodara after extensive market research.