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粮农组织食品价格指数2021年8月平均为127.4点，环比上升3.9点（3.1 百分之），同比上涨31.5点（32.9 百分之）。8月食糖、植物油和谷物价格分类指数涨势强劲，带动总指数在连续两个月下跌后出现反弹。

During a special award ceremony on Wednesday, September 1st, a professional jury awarded the PotatoEurope Gold Innovation Award to the Microtubers of E Green Global (EGG).

The UK's leading manufacturer Haith's, has announced that it has appointed a new Managing Director. Duane Hill takes over the role as Haith's Managing Director as Nigel Haith moves to the position of Chairman as he prepares for semi-retirement.

Cooking oil is a key component of food processing, and taking steps to delay its degradation can result in reduced waste, costs, and risk of creating poor-tasting food products. Industrial Fryer specialist Heat and Control explains.

The hot, dry and smoky growing season has left some Idaho potato farmers bracing for a poor crop. For Randy Hardy of Oakley, harvest will likely be the worst of his career.

Yara Suomi Oy announced today the acquisition of Ecolan Oy, a Finnish producer of recycled fertilizers. This is Yara’s first acquisition in the organic fertilizer segment.

Productores de papa de Honduras emitieron un nuevo llamado de auxilio en demanda al gobierno de condonaciones de deudas y subsidios que les permita salir adelante con deudas financieras y recuperarse de pérdidas millonarias.

Grote Company, an industrial food slicing, and assembly equipment manufacturer, has acquired Precision Food Innovations (PFI).

Las lluvias recurrentes durante la primavera y el verano propician un crecimiento excelente de los tubérculos. Se espera buena producción y de calidad y un adelanto de la recogida. Preocupa el incremento de costos para productores y mayoristas por las limitaciones en los antigerminantes.

A medida que la pandemia va permitiendo la apertura de los distintos sectores de la economía argentina, uno de los negocios con perspectivas de crecimiento en el corto plazo, es el de las papas congeladas. En este contexto, la canadiense McCain, espera crecer en volumen más del 35 porciento en el próximo año.

Once productores fundan en Polientes la Asociación Calidad Diferenciada Patata de la zona. El consejero Guillermo Blanco ha ofrecido apoyo para avanzar en una Indicación Geográfica Protegida, IGP.

Thirty-four potato growers took the opportunity to discuss potatoes, exchange information about the potato market and simply make small talk again at a variety presentation at Europlant.