Potato News

Het middel 1,4Sight (1,4-Dimethylnaphthaleen) verlengt de kiemrust van aardappelen zodanig dat bijvoorbeeld ook Innovators tot juni-juli kiemvrij te bewaren zijn. Dat claimt althans BASF. Met het gebruik van huidige middelen wordt dit kiemlustige aarda...

Innovación para el Desarrollo: La Experiencia Papa Andina, es un libro que recoge 25 artículos que tratan, a partir de la experiencia de Papa Andina y sus socios, diversos aspectos de una estrategia que los centros del CGIAR y sus socios nacionales est...

Growers at the P.E.I. Potato Board's annual meeting Friday December 2 said they are feeling optimistic about the prices they will get for their potatoes this year. The prices so far are reasonable, but not high yet, said Gary Linkletter, the board's c...

Former dabur India head of innovation Vikas Mittal has joined McCain Foods India as its MD. Mittal was head of innovation at Dabur in July 2011, prior to which he was executive VP (marketing) for the personal &home care division. Mittal has also w...

Possibly the largest potato promotion in history is set to begin Dec. 17, during the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl college football game at Boise State University stadium. The promotion will celebrate the inaugural year for the Idaho potato industry’s spon...

United Potato Growers of America (UPGA) today announced that Jerry Wright will return to lead the grower-based organization as president and chief executive officer of the national federated agricultural cooperative headquartered in Salt Lake City. Wri...

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America announces ten new electric trucks will be rolling out in Orlando. These electric delivery trucks will ultimately be part of the largest planned fleet of commercial all-electric trucks in North America.

I just came across a very interesting piece of research, that was also very nicely described in a blog post by one of the authors. A must read for marketers of potato chips - especially if you want to sell your chips expensive...

Yuca, caña de azúcar, arroz, soya, café y papa entrarán próximamente al grupo de los alimentos genéticamente modificados que serán desarrollados en Colombia. De hecho, desde el país se viene creando una papa resistente a la polilla guatemalteca, una pl...

Burger King is now the second national fast-food chain to announce that it will comply with San Francisco's ban on toy giveaways with kids' meals that are high in fat, sugar and salt by not offering the trinkets for free any more. Instead, just like M...

Idaho should consider a more stringent cap on the percentage of seed potatoes infected with potato virus Y that may be replanted for more seeds, an industry expert advised. The current cap is 2 percent. PVY is an aphid-spread disease that reduces both...

Approximately 100 Greek-Cypriot potato packers in Vrysoulles went on strike yesterday against their employer’s intention to sack them and replacing them with EU community workers from Eastern Europe. The strike was organised by workers’ unions SEK and...

As convenience stores continue offering busy consumers more options for meals and snacks, new research by Technomic finds consumers are taking advantage of the expanding foodservice options, many times at the expense of quick-service restaurants. Of co...

On the food front, Americans may be finally accepting that we are what we eat and start walking the walk. Even our new taste for Nordic cuisine is fueled, perhaps, by images of the lean, robust, and outdoorsy. But what other things are trending on the ...

Restaurant Hospitality, a leading foodservice trade magazine reported on the top trends for 2012, according to hospitality and restaurant consultancy Andrew Freeman &Co.  These are the fifth annual choices for buzz-worthy trends in restaurants, spa...

The PVMI Board has agreed to a $300,000 contribution to the Tri-State University Research and Breeding Program. The money comes from royalties collected this year. Combined with two returns of $100,000 each for the previous two years PVMI has generated...

Like politicians who adopt regional accents to appeal to local audiences, the manufacturers of potato chips vary the wording on their bags to convey their products' authenticity in different ways to different buyers. Stanford researchers have analyzed...

Al igual que los políticos que adoptan acentos regionales para atraer al público local, los fabricantes de papas fritas varían la redacción de sus etiquetas para transmitir la autenticidad de sus productos. Un grupo de investigación de la Universidad...