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Insort, the leading provider of innovative sorting solutions for the food industry, announces a significant change in the company‘s management.

The Potato Sustainability Alliance’s (PSA) Board of Directors selected new executive committee members at its winter board meeting held last month month during the 2024 Potato Expo in Austin, Texas.

Across the entire packaging industry, there is increasing demand for simple and fully recyclable packaging.

Distintas regiones de Perú se han visto afectadas por lluvias y granizadas que desmerecieron la producción. Los pequeños productores son los más afectados.

La tendencia del consumo de papa es a la baja en Colombia y preocupa a los miembros del sector productivo que deben lidiar también con problemas de costos y el clima.

In the Netherlands, the weather affected the potato harvest and raises many questions about the future of production in the country.

Scientists have developed a more planet-friendly way to produce fertilizer, which is an essential component of global food systems.

Machine learning driven crop insights tool HarvestEye will be exhibiting on the global agronomy stage at Fruit Logistica. Fitting to harvesting or grading equipment provides visibility on the size, shape and mapping variability of potatoes and now also onions.

A Northwestern University-led team of researchers has developed a new fuel cell that harvests energy from microbes living in dirt.

Goodrich Cereals, a manufacturer specialized in the production of dehydrated potato products based in Haryana, India, not only focuses on the quality of its products, but also embraces innovation and sustainability.

Researchers of the Pennsylvania State University identified potential threats to the local potato crop by collecting potato stems or tubers that exhibited symptoms of black leg or soft rot from 26 potato fields. They were able to isolate, culture and identify 456 samples of bacteria infecting potatoes.

The DOWNS CropVision®, a new optical sorter for unwashed potatoes, is now available in the United States Market via MAT-Harvesting.

The progress McCain Foods is making towards its sustainability commitments was announced with the release of the company's annual Global Sustainability Report, which includes results from the past Fiscal Year.

China develops a new method for detecting viruses in potatoes capable of providing results in just 5 minutes.

Buoyed by the growing demand of French Fries from consumers all over the world, food processor Iscon Balaji Foods Pvt Ltd from India has undertaken a quantum leap in capacity expansion.

As of January 1st, 2024, the assets and business activities of Lalesse Extrusion are integrated into Kuipers Food Processing Machinery.

Global supermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in it stores in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy

Entrevista al presidente de la Federación Colombiana de Productores de Papa: "Consumir papa pero que se colombiana".