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El Consorcio de Productores de Papa (Conpapa), que asocia a 300 agricultores de forma directa y otros 2 mil en siete cantones de la provincia, inauguró días atrás su planta de limpieza y clasificación de tubérculos en Riobamba.

Precision agriculture is already the norm for many arable farms. New methods for collecting important cultivation data are currently being developed. Does this require future growers to become ICT experts?

Twenty potato growers from all over the Wisconsin converged on Madison last week for their annual “grill the professors” ritual.

The 'clean eating' trend has inspired a back to basics approach in product development and is an overarching theme in Innova Market Insights' Top Ten Trends list for 2016.

KETTLE® Chips (United Kingdom) is pleased to announce that it has introduced three seasonal flavours to its sharing range of delicious, hand cooked chips in time for the key Christmas sales period.

In financial year 2014/2015 Cooperative Avebe achieved a performance price of 78.41 euros. This is the highest performance price achieved so far (2013/2014: 75.07 euros).

Continuing in its journey toward zero waste, and in recognition of last week’s America Recycles Day, ConAgra Foods announced its annual Zero Waste Champion award winners.

Continued advances in automation and robotics are making the global food manufacturing and processing industries safer, more efficient and able to deliver higher profits, according to TOMRA Sorting Food.

The Afghan Ministry of Agriculture has funded construction of over 500 potato storages for farmers in Bamyan province.

En mes y medio se espera cosechar los seis millones de kilos de papa que van a abastecer el consumo interno del país hasta inicios de febrero.

El Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), del Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego, realizó el lanzamiento de un método eficaz para combatir el “Gorgojo de los Andes” que ataca a los cultivos de papa.

El proveedor de aperitivos de Mercadona, Grupo Ibersnacks, presentó ayer en la localidad vallisoletana de Medina del Campo su nueva planta de elaboración de productos de maíz, Agromaíz, y su Centro de Desarrollo y Mejora.

Con el empleo de semilla nacional comenzará este jueves la siembra de papa en la provincia de Matanzas. El proceso abarcará unas mil 150 hectáreas y producirá 25 mil 500 toneladas del tubérculo al cierre de la campaña 2015-2016.

Conagra Foods announces plans to separate into two independent public companies, Conagra Brands ('Diverse portfolio of Leading Brands') and Lamb Weston ('Leading Foodservice Supplier of Frozen Potatoes')

RPE Inc., announces their partnership with Discovery Garden’s. RPE will now act as the exclusive marketing partner for Discovery Garden’s brand of gourmet potatoes.

PEI Scalloped potatoes, a potato chip flavour submitted by Jordan Cairns, wins the Lay’s® Canada Do Us a Flavour™ Tastes of Canada contest.

Nick Vermont, CEO of McCain Foods GB is this year's British Potato Industry Award winner

The entire potato industry of Great Britain gathered at Harrogate International Centre, North Yorkshire 12 and 13 November for BP2015, the key industry event of the year.