Potato News

En los últimos cinco años, la demanda por las papas congeladas prefritas se incrementó en un 35% por año a nivel mundial. Y se espera que siga creciendo de manera sostenida, así lo indicó Armando Espinoza La Torre, gerente de ventas de la empresa Del A...

Over two and a half tons of french fries were served at the annual Potato Bowl French Fry Feed at University Park in Grand Forks on Thursday evening September 22, 5,010 pounds to be exact! This breaks the old record by 120 pounds set in 2008. Sco...

A new extraction method promises to deliver large-scale extraction of potato fibres rich in the are especially rich in the pectin rhamnogalacturonan I, could help to produce new ingredients and functional hydrocolloids, say researchers. Writing in Foo...

The following statement is from Randy Hardy, Vice President of Trade Affairs for the National Potato Council (NPC) and owner of Hardy Farms, a potato growing operation in Oakley, Idaho, on the transmission by the Obama Administration of the pending fre...

Potato late blight, that same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine, resurfaced in Alaska this fall. This wasn’t the first time the disease, widespread in the Lower 48 and worldwide, came to Alaska. Plant pathologist Jenifer McBeath suspects it...

Will a newly discovered russet potato variety make the Red River Valley a yield contender with the Pacific Northwest? Carl Hoverson of Larimore, N.D., thinks so, and — as one of the key growers for the Simplot-processed potato plant in Grand Forks, N....

Anuga Frozen Food: The meeting place for the international frozen food industry Many are called, but few are chosen. This year two more extraordinary leaders of the international frozen food industry - Kees Meijer, co-chairman of Lamb Weston/Meijer, a...

Wyma, designer and manufacturer of post-harvest vegetable handling equipment, is pleased to announce the appointment of Everett Bros Engineering Ltd as the sole agent for its full range of products in the United Kingdom. Wyma and Everett Bros have a l...

The Germans are buying more potatoes again. After a several-years of continuing decline of the amount of potatoes consumed, German per capita consumption increased to around 63kg in 2010, up from 60kg in 2009, according to Martin Umhau, chairman of t...

Machine manufacturer Heat and Control, Inc. has purchased Spray Dynamics, Ltd. The purchase is a continuation of Heat and Control's commitment to provide food processors with complete single-source support, and to help expand its selection of coating s...

Soil stuck on leeks and potatoes may have been the source of an E. coli outbreak in the UK earlier this year, according to the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

United Potato Growers of Canada has hired a potato industry veteran as its new General Manager. Kevin MacIsaac, of Bear River, Prince Edward Island will join United in this senior role, effective Monday, October 3rd. Along with his brother, Kevin has ...

Denmark is to introduce one of the world’s first-ever “fat taxes,” in a pioneering move to slim the country’s waistlines and combat heart disease. From this Saturday, the price of a pack of butter will soar by 50 cents, a bag of potato chips by 12 cen...

Food Bank of Alaska executive director Susannah Morgan called it one of those rare and glorious "all is right with the world"kinds of days. It's what happens when an active Rotary Club, 42 caring individuals and one generous potato farmer te...

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011 was 'a ringing success', according to show owner/organizer PMMI. 'Record-breaking only begins to describe it' boasts the headline on packexpo.com.

Aunque la biodiversidad ecuatoriana de papa menciona 400 variedades nativas identificadas, no más de seis se siembran comercialmente en la Sierra y de estas el 1,5% utilizando semilla certificada . En buena parte esto explica el bajo promedio del rend...

After the wet weather Maritimers experienced from spring until mid-August, this might take some by surprise: a little bit of rain would be welcomed just about now. Bill MacKendrick, a Department of Agriculture employee in O’Leary, said the current con...

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has appointed William Kitchen to the Michigan Potato Industry Commission. The Michigan Potato Industry Commission works to foster and promote an economically sustainable potato industry in Michigan. "William's backgroun...