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Aardappelcoöperatie Agrico maakt deze week in diverse telersbijeenkomsten de uitbetalingsprijzen over oogst 2009 bekend. De poolprijs is uitgekomen op € 24,69 per 100 kg over alle geleverde pootaardappelen. Door de hoge opbrengsten viel de financiële o...

Saratoga Potato Chips, LLC announced today that it will locate its U.S. headquarters here, creating up to 175 new jobs by 2013.The Canadian company, which produces retailer brand potato chips, kettle chips and popcorn, will invest $4.9 million to lease...

Manter International, manufacturer of weighing and packaging machines, has a new model added to the package.  Especially for large packers it is important to deliver quickly large numbers of packages in a short time. The available floor area is usuall...

The Plant Management Network (PMN), a nonprofit publisher of applied agricultural and horticultural information, announces the launch of  Focus on Potato, a resource that features webcasts and other science-backed information tools that will help potat...

Autoridades fitosanitarias del país están en alerta por la posible llegada de un insecto que ataca los cultivos de papa. Esta plaga conocida como paratrioza, se alimenta de las hojas y las flores de la papa y es transmisor de múltiples enfermedades, ...

La Red de Manejo de Cultivos (PMN, por sus siglas en ingles), una editorial sin fines de lucro con información agrícola y hortícola, anuncia el lanzamiento de "Focus on Potato", un recurso en ingles con emisiones por Internet y otras herramie...

Potato growers and scientists from Washington, Oregon and Idaho congregated at Washington State University’s Othello Research facility at Cox and Booker roads during Potato Field Day June 24 to exchange pertinent facts about pest control and water mana...

Aardappelcoöperatie Agrico heeft afgelopen week de resultaten van oogst 2009 gepresenteerd aan haar leden. Agria kwam als grootste industriepool van Agrico uit op € 10,24 per 100 kg en een hectareopbrengst van € 5.980. Het ras Gourmandine was met € 21,...

McCain Foods Limited, one of Canada’s most recognizable global brands and the manufacturer of frozen food products such as french fries, appetizers, pizzas, vegetables, desserts, juices, entrees and oven meals, has selected the SAP® for Consumer Produc...

During the International Potato Processing and Storage Convention (IPPSC), recently held in Edinburgh, Scotland the Belgian Electronic Sorting Technology (BEST), manufacturer of electronic sorting equipment, looked back at the European potato harvest o...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is inviting the public to submit comments and information to help the agency implement a new federal law that requires the posting of calorie content and other nutrition information on menu ...

Despite hot dry weather, Late Blight was found in a field in northern Walsh County in northeast North Dakota late last week.This is in addition to finds in Dickey County in southeast North Dakota and in the Carberry and Carman areas of southern Manitob...