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The Capper-Volstead Act does not protect United Potato Growers of America from charges it illegally reduced the supply of potatoes in order to raise prices.

Potato grower Dominic Prendergast has hit out at new national guidelines advising adults to eat less of the vegetable.

McDonald’s Corp. previewed a new ad campaign Wednesday on Twitter, sharing a 15-second commercial that showcases the brand’s ingredients and recognizes the farmers and ranchers in its supply chain.

The first acrylamide test results have become available from the Washington and Idaho National Fry Processor Trials (NFPT).

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, McCain Foods Limited is the world’s largest producer of French fries and potato specialties with 53 plants on six continents and sales of over CAD$6 billion.

An independent researcher in a presentation at a meeting in Oregon, Nov. 30 challenged potato growers to stop relying on neonicotinoid and pyrethroid insecticides.

The Punjab government on Sunday announced freight subsidy for transportation of potato crop in domestic as well as export markets, but potato growers turned down the offer saying it would not bail them out.

Volgens actuele schattingen zijn er dit jaar in Duitsland zo’n 11,9 miljoen ton aardappels gerooid van een totaal aardappelareaal van 259.400 hectare.

a hoge aardappelprijzen vorig jaar, wordt er door de Britse telers dit jaar financiële pijn geleden.

Los productores de papa para industria británicos están preocupados por los bajos precios de la actual campaña.

New Zealand potato exports reached a record high in the past year as more than $100 million worth of produce left New Zealand shores. Over 93,000 metric tonnes of potatoes, including 30,000 tonnes of fresh potatoes and 62,000 tonnes in frozen product...

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. Vo...

For many years you didn’t hear much on french fries from fast food restaurants. And that has hurt the product. If there is no pride invested in the product and if there is no effort to distinguish it from the neighbour’s french fries, quality might slide, the product easily becomes a bulk item and innovation in the category suffers as consequence.

Production at Mister Bee Potato Chip Company is expected to be up and running by early next week after the the United States Department of Justice and Trustees Office approved post petition financing allowing an investor to start giving money to the co...

Many potato fields are being overworked in a bid to create the ‘perfect’ seed-bed, an expensive practice that does not increase yield and endangers the long-term health of soils. Thanks to Potato Council funding, researcher Dr Mark Stalham of Cambrid...

McDonald’s Corp. (MCD), the world’s largest restaurant chain, said sales at stores open at least 13 months rose 7.4 percent globally last month, driven by demand in Japan and China. Analysts forecast a gain of 5 percent, the average of five estimates ...

FAO Food Price Index November 2011 The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 215 points in November 2011, marginally (1 point) down  from October and 10 percent (23 points) below its February 2011 peak. Among the various commodities, a recovery of...

Poverty affects 40 percent of people in Bangladesh, and malnutrition is among the highest in the world, with 56 percent of preschoolers underweight. In an effort to combat these alarming numbers, the International Potato Center (CIP) is launching a ne...