Potato News from the Americas

Stanley Trout joins the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) foodservice marketing team as Promotions Director for the Southeast, based in Nashville, TN.

El Consorcio de Productores de Papa (Conpapa), que asocia a 300 agricultores de forma directa y otros 2 mil en siete cantones de la provincia, inauguró días atrás su planta de limpieza y clasificación de tubérculos en Riobamba.

Twenty potato growers from all over the Wisconsin converged on Madison last week for their annual “grill the professors” ritual.

Continuing in its journey toward zero waste, and in recognition of last week’s America Recycles Day, ConAgra Foods announced its annual Zero Waste Champion award winners.

En mes y medio se espera cosechar los seis millones de kilos de papa que van a abastecer el consumo interno del país hasta inicios de febrero.

El Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), del Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego, realizó el lanzamiento de un método eficaz para combatir el “Gorgojo de los Andes” que ataca a los cultivos de papa.

Con el empleo de semilla nacional comenzará este jueves la siembra de papa en la provincia de Matanzas. El proceso abarcará unas mil 150 hectáreas y producirá 25 mil 500 toneladas del tubérculo al cierre de la campaña 2015-2016.

Conagra Foods announces plans to separate into two independent public companies, Conagra Brands ('Diverse portfolio of Leading Brands') and Lamb Weston ('Leading Foodservice Supplier of Frozen Potatoes')

RPE Inc., announces their partnership with Discovery Garden’s. RPE will now act as the exclusive marketing partner for Discovery Garden’s brand of gourmet potatoes.

PEI Scalloped potatoes, a potato chip flavour submitted by Jordan Cairns, wins the Lay’s® Canada Do Us a Flavour™ Tastes of Canada contest.

Un universo de 126 variedades de papas se está plantando en un predio, propiedad de la Municipalidad de Puqueldón, con el objetivo de crear un museo vivo de este tipo de tubérculo, propio de la Isla de Chiloé.

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is very disappointed by the decision of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries to completely discontinue disinfection services effective December 31st, 2015.

Tis the season to get ready for holiday celebrations, and Kellogg Company is offering the sweet and savory flavors people love this time of year. Pringles brings back some holiday favorites while introducing new, on-trend flavored salted-caramel crisps.

Mcdonald's is testing sweet potato fries in a number of its restaurants in Texas

'Do you want fries with that?' is the question that prompts us to think about potatoes. But there is so much more to potatoes as visitors to The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (RAWF) are learning.

The Prince Edward Island government is cutting funding to provincially-funded disinfection service, aimed at controlling potato ring rot.

The US Agency for International Development has awarded Michigan State University (MSU) a $5.8 million cooperative agreement to improve potato production in Bangladesh and Indonesia. Additional partners include the University of Minnesota and J.R. Simplot as well as in-country partners in both Bangladesh and Indonesia.

During the Company's investor meeting today, McDonald's Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook and members of senior management provided an update on the Company's Turnaround Plan