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Manitoba, the second largest potato growing province in Canada, has a potato shortage as 8 percent of its acreage goes unharvested.

Potato company HZPC has named Dr. Marie Rasochová (80) as Potato Woman of the Year 2018. She is a great promotor of potatoes in the Czech Republic.

During the annual potato variety show at Agrico the topic of discussion was not limited to unique varieties on display. The impact of the excessive heat and drought this season on the seed potato market was also a hot topic.

REMA Environmental Machinery BV has developed a 48 Volt fully electrically driven haulm puller / root cutter for mechanical potato haulm (foliage) destruction in (seed) potatoes.

Food Ingredient company Ingredion has introduced a new clean label potato fibre to its portfolio in order to bring increased functionality, quality and potential cost savings to manufacturers of bakery, savoury and meat products.

Plant protection products should end up where they belong. Drift must be reduced to maximum. To help growers in a good application, Syngenta has developed the action 'Go Low - Go Slow - Get covered'.

Leading vegetable handling equipment manufacturer, Tong Engineering, is once again exhibiting at the UK’s largest farm machinery show LAMMA, on stand 8.600 in Hall 8.

Potato Processing Equipment manufacturer Kiremko has appointed Ton Hendrickx as General Sales Manager starting December 1, 2018

Un grupo de 16 científicos de la Academia de Agricultura y Ciencias Forestales de Qinghai, China, estará en Osorno participando del “Programa de Entrenamiento en Mejoramiento Genético de Papa”, dictado por el INIA.

Ubicada en Apote (entre Tiquipaya y El Paso), la compañía Pa&Pa procesa cerca de 6.000 kilos de papa al día, ofrece empleo directo a más de 55 personas y beneficia indirectamente a más de 2.000 familias a las que compra la materia prima.

El país suramericano quiere aplicar impuestos contra las papas fritas de Bélgica, Países Bajos y Alemania.

AVR bvba, a Belgian manufacturer of agricultural potato equipment, has enlarged its dealer network in Canada with 3 new dealers offering their entire range of equipment.

Con el objetivo de promover la obtención de variedades competitivas en el mercado, autoridades del INTA y del INIA Uruguay firmaron un convenio que habilita el intercambio de material genético.

The total potato harvest in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France in 2018 will be at least 20 percent lower than last year, according to the latest estimates of the North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG).

Last Thanksgiving, Pringles® launched the Pringles Thanksgiving Dinner. This year, Pringles brought back the favorites from last year. Unfortunately supplies were (too) limited. They were all sold out after only 41 minutes.

Potato Processor Aviko, a Royal Cosun company, has decided to terminate operations at its factory in Oberdolling (Germany). The Amberger factory will be closed before the end of the year.

Kawsay, desarrollada por el CIP, tiene el potencial de mejorar los ingresos y la seguridad alimentaria de las comunidades con pocos recursos, ubicadas en tierras altas.

Mongolia can now fully secure its domestic demand for wheat and potatoes, the country's Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry said Monday.