Potato News

Andrzej and Irena Paszota, potato farmers in northern Poland, are in the vanguard of the modernisation of the agriculture sector. With 600 hectares of their own land and 120 hectares rented from neighbours, they run what is by Polish standards a very ...

Op basis van de beschikbare gegevens via de verzamelaanvragen en de eenmalige perceelsregistratie heeft Vlaams minister van Landbouw Kris Peeters de eerste resultaten bekendgemaakt van de land- en tuinbouwteelten die dit jaar ingezaaid of geplant werde...

Recently, there has been a lot of media attention and public discussion about the Idaho Fry Company's name. The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) would like to share its side of the story and correct some of the misinformation that has been disseminated. O...

Met een ludieke omruilactie wil marktleider Lay's de komende drie weken bij supermarkten op diverse plekken in Nederland laten zien, dat er duidelijk verschil is tussen Lay's en andere merken chips. En de consument? Die vindt deze ludieke actie van La...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced revised guidelines for potato cyst nematode (PCN) that will allow continued trade of seed potatoes between the two countries. While PCN do...

Video with a few glimpses of how Lamb Weston produces their Signature Range Crisscut French fries in their Richland (Washington) potato processing facility.

For 10 years, building a potato processing plant has been on Tom Rolfstad’s to-do list, and the Williston Economic Development director continues to follow up on it.“I do think we’re on the right path,” Rolfstad said. “I think it’s worth pursuing. It ...

Doubling its export volume over the last four years helped win the McCain team the prestigious Exporter of the Year Award for 2009.The award, a joint initiative of Business New Brunswick and Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, was presented by New Br...

A creative Boise eatery that spotlights Idaho's most famous crop has run afoul of the very agency that promotes its most famous crop. The Boise Weekly reports online that the Idaho Potato Commission has given newly opened Idaho Fry Company until the en...

In cooperation with scientists of the University of Hamburg and the Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (FNR) Emsland Group conduct successful attempts, where starch-based flocculation agents could replace synthetic polymers for the use in the Hamburge...

Walkers, the UK’s no.1 crisps and snacks manufacturer, is back on TV with a multi million pound advertising campaign for its Gary’s Great Trips on-pack promotion. This exciting promotion offers shoppers genuine value by collecting points which can be e...

Key Technology, Inc. announced today that it is a winner of the 2009 Progressive Manufacturing 100 (PM100) Award, presented by Managing Automation Media, a Thomas Publishing Company, LLC publication.  The global Progressive Manufacturing Awards Program...

A pesar de un antecedente negativo en un proyecto de girasol en la década de los 8o, campesinos de una zona del Valle del Guadiana no descartan sembrarlo de nuevo y explorar así nuevos mercados, luego de los resultados obtenidos al cierre del 2008 por ...

Rosenqvists, a Swedish supplier of machines to the food industry, is teaming up with a group of experts, to create complete and value-added solutions for the food industry. The focus is on processing lines for chips, snacks and French fries.The company...

McCain Foods USA announced to employees this morning that it will eliminate approximately 126 hourly and salaried jobs at its Fort Atkinson facility during the next three months.The cuts are the result of production realignments at its appetizer plants...

Consumers are being let in on a secret: ConAgra Foods is the face behind the brands they’ve had on their shopping lists for years. The company revealed a new brand identity today that highlights the tremendous appeal of its products to consumers-- the ...

Peruvians are celebrating the National Potato Day this weekend with cultural activities, gastronomic festivals, exhibitions on Peru's potato diversity, and potato-based food contests hosted by Lima's renowned culinary schools. On Saturday, Peruvian ac...

Manitoba has had a relatively wet spring and according to Tom Gonsalves, business development specialist for potatoes with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI), all the moisture in the soil certainly has the potential to negatively ...