Potato News

The Alliance for Potato Research and Education (APRE) is pleased to announce the launch of its new website at www.apre.org

Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty food marketer and manufacturer, today announced it has been added to the Russell 3000® Index and Russell 2000® Index when Russell Investments reconstituted its comprehensive set of U.S. and glob...

The biggest potato conference ever held in Britain, World Potato Congress 2012, took place in Edinburgh in May, attracting more than 800 delegates from over 50 countries to discuss the world’s third most important food crop.

Currently, eliminating a virus from an infected plant requires considerable time and money. The price is more than US$500, and the process can take up to a year. Searching for a more cost- and time-effective solution, scientists at the International P...

Grandevo is approved for use on ornamental plants and edible crops in field and greenhouse applications, and allows flexibility in air and ground applications.

Hyun-Jun Kim - Es Director del Proyecto Internacional Coreano para la Agricultura  (KOPIA, por sus siglas en inglés) para Bolivia y especialista en temas de agricultura, principalmente sobre la papa. Llegó a Bolivia con el objetivo de instalar dicho ce...

everal key actions to drive out waste from the potato supply chain, including improved agronomy, were outlined at the recent World Potato Congress in Edinburgh.

Por mandato legal, el Ministerio de Agricultura del Perú tiene la responsabilidad de implementar un Registro Nacional de la Papa Nativa Peruana (RNPNP). El Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) está encargada de inscribir las diferentes varie...

A Sainsbury's potato buyer who funded a millionaire's lifestyle by taking part in a scam that stole money from the supermarket giant has been jailed for four years.

Arable farmers in Britain are bracing themselves for a rough ride this summer as the unpredictable weather takes its toll on crops throughout Britain.

Potato prices are expected to remain firm for the next few months in West Bengal. Prices have gone up by almost 34% for regular variety of potato over the last few months.

La productora de papas McCain volvió a paralizar la producción y a suspender al personal en la planta de Balcarce. La firma canadiense debió frenar las operaciones el mes pasado por el cierre de importaciones que aplica el gobierno de Brasil a product...

Processed food player McCain Foods Pvt Ltd is set to double its retail network in India from the current 4,500 to 9,000-10,000.

Potato pests can vary across Canada’s potato-growing regions. Whether they are new or notorious, their reach and severity depends upon Mother Nature’s whims.

McCain Foods in Othello reached a settlement agreement this week with the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) over violations of the plant’s air quality permit, vowing to avoid any similar violations in the future.

The West Bengal government (India) would revamp the ailing potato seeds institute at Kalimpong to keep its supply line intact for the benefit of farmers in the state without depending on Punjab or Haryana.

Burger King Worldwide Holdings Inc. said on Friday it plans to open 1,000 of its namesake restaurants in China over the next five to seven years under a newly-formed joint venture.

McCain Foods Pvt Ltd will bring 8,000 acres under potato cultivation in Gujarat (India) by 2014.