Potato News

Donald Trump has chosen ex-Georgia-governor Sonny Perdue as Secretary of Agriculture.

Arca Continental’s snacks division in Mexico begins the installation and equipping of its third production center for its Bokados snacks, to expand its brand presence and national coverage, an investment of close to Pesos 300 million (13.7 million USD),

El director de Bokados, Raymundo García, explicó que la nueva planta requerirá una inversión de cerca de 300 millones de pesos y que generará 150 empleos directos y cerca de 600 indirectos

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of $1.85 million in funding for regional potato breeding research to support the development of superior-performing varieties that can be brought to market as soon as possible.

El ministro de Agroindustria bonaerense, Leonardo Sarquís, presentó esta tarde "Estrategia Hortaliza 2020". Son una serie de pautas para que el sector crezca.

La superficie sembrada fue de 5.094 has y el rendimiento promedio de 27 t/ha. La producción corresponde a la campaña 2015/16.

Potato Farmer Peter Scott from the Otways region in Victoria, Australia expects to make up to a million packages of purple potato chips this year.

The Netherlands is exploring the possibility of starting a programme to grow salt-tolerant potatoes in Pakistan.

Este emprendimiento se anunció en septiembre del año pasado y llamó mucho la atención por su dimensión, por el monto proyectado que se iba a invertir, por las características y el rubro.

Everyone knows that Pringles® majors in flavor, and now, the snackable crisps are introducing a bold, new line-up – Pringles LOUD.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged almost 172 points in December 2016, unchanged from November. For 2016 as a whole, the index averaged 161.6 points, down 1.5 percent from 2015, representing the fifth consecutive annual decline.

The former McCain Potato Processing Plant in Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island, will be sold to local steel company MacDougall Steel Erectors (MSE), the company and the Province announced today.

Las técnicas y protocolos descritos en el presente manual son los que se utilizan actualmente en el
laboratorio de citogenética del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP).  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LW) has just published its second quarter 2017 financial results, for the first time as an independent company.

Boyd Foster of Vista Valley Ag in Ririe, Idaho, received the prestigious 2016 Environmental Stewardship Award during the National Potato Council’s (NPC) 2017 Annual Meeting

Potato Expo 2017, held January 4-6 in the city of San Francisco, featured one of the highest number of attendees and exhibitors, the second annual Spud Nation Throwdown Chef Cook-Off, and optimism over the future of the potato industry.

Latest industry research reveals growing demand for new and innovative F&B products

Fabcon Food Systems (FFS) has been appointed sole distributor of the Definitive Innovation range in the UK and Ireland.