Potato News

Island farmers who don't properly dispose of bad potatoes will face much higher fines, as the province moves to stop the spread of diseases. Farmers are required to bury potatoes that can't be sold due to bruising or disease. Potatoes that are not di...

Potato harvesting season is just around the corner, and once more grower-shippers, industry officials, buyers and other interested parties are left to wonder: What can we expect this year? Last year at this time, the industry was faced with a situatio...

U.S fast food company McDonald's Corp (MCD) will move its European headquarters from London to Geneva later this year due to concerns over taxes in the U.K., the Sunday Telegraph reported. The report said McDonald's, which opened its first restaurant ...

The second annual report on Oregon pesticide use is likely to be the last. Just as the report from the Department of Agriculture went to press, the program was cut as a casualty of state budget problems. The state of Oregon absorbed 19 million pounds...

At first glance, the menu at La Papa may fail to impress some jaded NYC diners. After all, it’s “just” a place that sells topped baked potatoes. But to dismiss La Papa so quickly would be doing both the restaurant, and yourself, a disservice. Modeled ...

Area planted to fall potatoes in 2009 is estimated at 932,900 acres [=377,540 hectare], up slightly from the 2008 crop year [930,500].Harvested area is forecast at 922,700 acres, also up slightly from 2008.Idaho potato growers increased planted area 5 ...

The familiar sounds of baseball -- the crack of the bat and the thud of baseball hitting leather -- were momentarily superseded Friday night by the unworldly sound of 39,203 fans setting the Guinness World Record(TM) for most potato chips crunched at o...

Procter &Gamble Co. has unleashed the four-decade-old snack in a barrage of new flavors, shapes and sizes with new marketing even as speculation grows that Pringles could be among the next P&G brands to be sold or spun off. "More and mor...

BASF Plant Science hoopt over vijf tot zes jaar een aardappel op de markt te brengen die resistent is tegen phytophthora. De resistentie is tot stand gebracht door genetische modificatie. BASF gaat binnenkort een Europese toelating aanvragen voor For...

Prospects for growing blight-resistant potatoes created by genetic modification have received a setback in the UK after BASF's decision to suspend research into such varieties.BASF's blight-resistant potato Fortuna was five to six years away from comme...

Following a steep rise in prices of potatoes, the West Bengal government Thursday announced that it will now sell the tubers at Rs.13 per kg in the markets in and around Kolkata. "The government will directly buy potatoes from the cold storages i...

Agrico maakt deze week in diverse telersbijeenkomsten de uitbetalingsprijzen over oogst 2008 bekend. Met een poolprijs van € 30,17 per 100 kg over alle geleverde pootaardappelen is de coöperatie voor het derde opeenvolgende jaar boven de € 30 uitgekome...

With a rapidly increasing demand for premium, healthier and tastier potato chips , Federal Foods LLC the marketing company and nationwide distributor of top imported products and brands across the UAE, Qatar and Oman, can now confidently say that consu...

The economic downturn has not created a 'health crunch' when it comes to new product innovation, suggests research conducted for the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) by independent consultancy Mintel's Global New Products Database. Based on its tracki...

McCain Foods (GB) is proud to produce high quality products which allow our consumers to enjoy the natural, nutritious and great taste of potatoes as part of a healthy, balanced diet.

“The reformulation of our well loved McVitie's brand was the latest in a long line of projects that have delivered a significant health benefit for consumers – without any compromise on taste” Alice Cadman, Head of Strategic Projects, United Biscuits.

“At PepsiCo, our goal is to support healthier lifestyles by providing a range of great-tasting products that are as healthy as possible. We're very proud of the work we've done to transform the nutritional profile of some of the nation's favourite foo...

Jamaica Producers Group Limited (JP) has grossed as much as $50 million in sales from its St Mary Cassava Chips project since its launch in October 2008.Minister of Agriculture Dr Christopher Tufton made the announcement at his sectoral presentation in...