Potato News

At the National Potato Council’s (NPC) 2013 Annual Meeting, held January 11-12, 2013, in Las Vegas, Nels Iverson of Jefferson, Ore., was elected to serve as NPC’s vice president of the council’s Finance and Office Procedures Committee.

New University of Idaho research suggests copper concentrations in some sandy-soiled Idaho farm fields treated with dairy lagoon water may be nearing levels that could stymie potato root growth.

Arca Continental, la segunda embotelladora de Coca-Cola más grande de México y América Latina, anunció hoy la adquisición de las empresas de botanas Wise Foods (“Wise”), con sede en Pennsylvania, e Industrias Alimenticias Ecuatorianas (“Inalecsa”), bas...

Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation (GAIC) is looking for private partnership for a potato dehydration plant. GAIC is going to set up its first potato dehydration plant at Deesa in Palanpur town with a handling capacity of 500 kg per hour.

Kenya is expected to benefit from this bilateral agreement with the government of the Netherlands to produce new varieties of potatoes and boost potato growing in Kenya.

ConAgra Foods, Inc., announced last friday that Greg Schlafer will join the company on Feb. 25 as president of its Lamb Weston frozen potato business.

A drop in fresh potato consumption across the country has prompted the state industry body to call for a national promotional campaign to help boost sales.

KLN Family Brands, the Minnesota company that makes Barrel O'Fun snacks, announced a new partnership with NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. that will begin with the launch of four flavors of potato chips. KLN and Earnhardt formed Dale Jr. Foods, which ...

Urschel Laboratories, Inc. U.S.A., the worldwide leader in the manufacturing and selling of high capacity food cutting equipment, has out-grown its existing 250,000-plus square foot global manufacturing headquarters in Valparaiso, Indiana, and plans on...

Wholesale potato prices in West Bengal softened by nearly 15 per cent this week, due to arrival of new crop.

UK consumers may have to pay more for the 382 million fish-and-chip meals they buy annually after the second-wettest year in a century curbed the potato crop.

The P.E.I. Potato Board is holding district meetings to brief farmers about plans to expand the amount of agricultural research it is involved with.

Attendees at the Potato Business Summit in Las Vegas spent much of Jan. 9 listening to speakers discuss oversupply and declining consumption and ways to correct them.

Los micros del transporte urbano de pasajeros de la ciudad de Rosario, funcionarán en breve con biocombustible obtenido con el reciclado del aceite vegetal que usan restaurantes y bares para fritar comidas.

La campaña de papa se está acercando a la mitad y el tema del riego siempre es recurrente entre los productores. Especialistas del INTA Balcarce explican cómo y cuándo hay que usarlo para obtener beneficios en el cultivo.

Equipment manufacturer Heat and Control presents the savory snack industry with a new version of the vacuum fryer. They call it the Unitized Vacuum Fryer (UVF)

McCain Foods India today said the company plans to invest $ 69 million (over Rs 370 crore) at its potato processing plant at Mehsana in Gujarat, as it looks to cater to the increased demand.

El INIA del Perú y el Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) ofrecieron ayer (16 de enero) el "Taller de Planificación Técnica del Programa de Mejoramiento de Papa 2012 al 2020 de INIA y Priorización de los factores bióticos y abióticos adversos de...