Potato News

In the United Kingdom, McCain Foods is launching new limited edition Caribbean Wedges in a bid to capitalise on strong consumer demand for Caribbean flavours.

The pale cyst nematode, Globodera pallida, is one bad roundworm. Unchecked, it invades the roots of potato and other host crops to feed, obstructing the free flow of nutrients and causing stunted growth, wilted leaves, and other symptoms that can event...

The variable weather conditions in the United Kingdom, leading to a dramatic drop in potato stocks made 2012 the worst year in living memory for growers.

At SNAXPO 2013, held earlier this week in Tampa, Florida, Processing Equipment manufacturer Heat and Control showed its new products for snack food processors.

Idaho seems to have won an international trademark dispute over its most famous product.

For the past two seasons, Brendon Rockey has planted peas, chickling vetch and buckwheat in the same rows as potatoes, using a specially designed seeder.

Beloved fries and tots are taking another turn in the limelight, this time nestling under flavorful sauces and bold toppings.

This week, Potato starch manufacturer AVEBE will end its 2012 campaign.

The National Potato Council is investigating options to restore USDA potato stocks estimates cut due to budget sequestration, including industry funding to cover the work or identifying offsetting cuts to less important potato reports.

Restructuring and corporate advisory firm McGrathNicol was yesterday appointed as receivers following Heard Phillips being appointed administrators of the company.

Minka-dev está recibiendo propuestas de impulsores o inversores para agregar valor a la papa nativa y que esta pueda consolidarse como un producto de alto valor agregado.

Lay’s, marca de patatas fritas del grupo PepsiCo, lanza las nuevas Lay’s Xtra Onduladas: las irresistibles patatas Lay’s ahora con unas ondas únicas que aportan más sabor y más crujido en cada bocado.

Potandon Produce LLC announced that Kent Romrell, senior vice president of sales, will retire at the end of March after a career in produce spanning over 30 years.

Australian frozen food company Birds Eye has launched two new potato chip ranges.

A U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (USDA ERS) study shows that 43% of new food products in 2010 carried at least one health- and nutrition-related claim, compared to 25% of new products in 2001.

More than two decades after McDonald’s Corp. (MCD)’s outlet on Moscow’s Pushkin Square began offering a golden-arched alternative to grey communist eateries, the fast-food pioneer is on the defensive.

Entre los datos compartidos por el entomólogo Graham Walker de Nueva Zelanda, durante su visita a la Universidad de Chile, uno de los generó más impacto hace relación con el ingreso a aquél país del psílido de la papa. La pregunta obligada: ¿es esa pla...

Apartes mas importantes del documento "Best practice for seed handling and storage"que recientemente publicó el Potato Council del Reino Unido.