Potato News

The scale of the Potato Mop-Top Virus problem on New Zealand South Island potato farms has widened. Eighteen Canterbury farms are now on the suspect list, after the virus was first confirmed on two properties last month.

Ocurrió en la ciudad chilena de Paillaco, durante un seminario organizado por el Ministerio de Agricultura y el INIA. El objetivo fue el de estudiar la situación actual de la enfermedad, su riesgo y el manejo preventivo.

After 40 years using the same food-cutting technology supplier, US potato chip producer Better Made needed just a few days to switch to the FAM Centris™ SureSet 16 cutting head product range.

Tiene tres toneladas de peso y una antena radar de 10 metros de largo. Producirá principalmente imágenes para el agro, la gestión de emergencias hídricas y la vigilancia del mar argentino.

Tasteful Selections announces rebrand of its full line of bite-size potatoes

Despite being an early bird in branded packaged snacks, PepsiCo India faces tough competition in this category. The company bets on its Kurkure brand combined with local flavors to keep up with the competition.

Innovation will take center stage at Produce Marketing Association’s (PMA) refreshed 2018 Fresh Summit Convention and Expo when it convenes in less than two weeks in Orlando, Florida, USA.

Li Jinfu started his potato-breeding business over 20 years ago. From 2009, he began to exploit overseas markets.

Potato chips manufacturer Walkers - a subsidiary of Pepsico - starts a recycling effort for potato chips bags in the United Kingdom after consumer protests.

NewCold has unveiled its newly-completed expanded deep frozen storage and distribution centre which, says the company, is now the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.

Son mercados abastecedores de frutas y hortalizas. Se reunieron en Buenos Aires con AFIP y Senasa para analizar la puesta en práctica del Documento de Transito Vegetal Obligatorio (DTV-e).

Calbee has acquired UK potato chip manufacturer Seabrook Crisps from Private equity investor LDC

Lo hace a través de la empresa familiar Papasud S.A., de Juan y Leandro Pérsico, proveedores de PepsiCo Argentina.

Researchers with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will lead a new DARPA program of $7.5 million to use potato plants as a new, revolutionary sensor platform to detect environmental threats to deployed troops and civilians.

Potatoes South Australia is searching and finding new applications for potato waste

Rezatec - a UK based company focused on the analysis and interpretation of satellite data - has in collaboration with AHDB Potatoes investigated the effectiveness of using satellite data to map the extent of potato crops in pilot locations across the UK.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 165.4 points in September 2018, down 2.3 points (1.4 Percent) from August and some 13 points (7.4 percent) below its level in the corresponding period last year.

Cape Cod Potato Chips has announced the limited release of Cape Cod Pink Himalayan Salt & Red Wine Vinegar Potato Chips in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October.