Potato News

The potato industry is behind a unified effort to learn more about acrylamide - which was discovered in food about ten years ago.

Children in the U.K. are finding vouchers for “Mudpuddle Farm” books in their Happy Meals next to the McNuggets and fries

Una serie de días de campo, orientados a transferir conocimientos y experiencias a agricultores de las regiones de La Araucanía, Los Ríos y Los Lagos, efectuarán el Consorcio de la Papa y el INIA durante los meses de enero y marzo.

Officials associated with the potato industry in the Pacific Northwest have indicated that acreage planted to potatoes in Oregon and Washington increased this season.

McCain Foods in Ballarat has denied plans to shift its local plant to New Zealand within 18 months.

JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT), a leading global technology solutions provider to the food processing and air transportation industries, announced cost reduction actions in its FoodTech segment in response to market conditions with an objective to improve...

Las tablas y los cuadros fueron tomados de Agrodata Perú, blog que ofrece información actualizada sobre las importaciones y exportaciones de productos agropecuarios del país. La base de datos es obtenida de la SUNAT Perú.

Barry C. Levin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Snak King Corp., announced on January 3 that his firm has acquired C.J. Vitner Company, a leading manufacturer and distributor of snack foods in the greater Chicago market. Terms of the transactio...

Entre 300 y 400 visitantes se espera que asistan al XIV Congreso Nacional de Papa Sur Sonora a celebrarse los días 18, 19 y 20 del presente mes en la ciudad, lo que permitirá que los productores de otros estados conozcan las condiciones de cultivo y av...

Con una inversión de un millón 11 mil 858 soles, la Municipalidad Distrital de Los Baños del Inca viene ejecutando el proyecto denominado “Mejoramiento de los niveles competitivos de la cadena productiva de la papa”.El proyecto beneficia a 400 familias...

oor het eerst biedt de aardappelleveranchier Greenvale AP een beperkte hoeveelheid pootgoed van het ras Vales Sovereign aan op de vrije markt.

McCain Foods has launched a new jacket potato product that it claims will be ready in just five minutes, offering consumers the taste of a slow-baked product in rapid time.

A Jersey potato grower has said the dry weather conditions were good for the start of the planting season.

One of the Potato Council’s biggest annual awareness campaigns of the year kicks off next month in the shape of ‘Chip Week’.

El Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA, por sus siglas en inglés), en colaboración con tres universidades más, ha lanzado recientemente un sitio web para difundir información relacionada con el virus Y (PVY) de la papa. Este sitio s...

The USDA, in cooperation with three major universities, recently launched a web site to disseminate information related to Potato Virus Y. This information will prove useful to all groups of people who need information about PVY, from potato growers, to scientists, to people working within the potato industry, to consumers of potatoes and potato products.

Tijdens een expeditie in Equador wist de Wagenings promovendus Alvaro Altaminaro 174 landrassen van de aardappel te verzamelen.

The Victorian Farmers Federation is worried about the long-term future of the giant McCain Foods' processing plant in Ballarat.