Potato News

Organizers say cool, wet weather put a damper on the annual attempt in Grand Forks to set a world record for french fries.

Six months before the start of FRUIT LOGISTICA 2011, the leading international trade fair for the fresh produce trade is almost fully booked.

De UGent, ILVO, VIB en HoGent kondigen een samenwerking aan rond een onderzoeksproject naar duurzame, genetisch gewijzigde Phytophthora-resistente aardappelen.

Products made from soy oil stand to benefit from two new germplasm lines that produce high levels of oleic acid, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and university scientists.

Las papas fritas son un elemento indispensable en la cultura gastronómica del Ecuador y la base de un negocio que se ve en cualquier parte: la venta de las conocidas ‘salchipapas’. Basta con recorrer establecimientos educativos, centros comerciales o ...

Serbian prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic opened new lines for production of potato crisps at the Marbo Product factory today in Backi Maglic, which will enable the employment of 100 workers and will also indirectly create 400 jobs in potato processing a...

Canada's provincial health ministers are ordering up mandatory sodium limits for packaged and prepared foods if voluntary measures don't shake out as hoped -- and are urging Ottawa to adopt the new targets.

Russia will have to import over 4 million tonnes of potato according to Agriculture Minister, Elena Skrynnik, following a pessimistic forecast of the drought impact on potato crops. Skrynnik said the drought would cause major potato losses.

The West Bengal government is set to keep its three-year-old commitment to ITC.

De burgemeester van Dongeradeel, mevrouw M. Waanders, heeft onder belangstelling van alle HZPC-medewerkers het nieuwe kassencomplex van HZPC in Metslawier formeel in gebruik gesteld.

De NEPG (North-Western European Potato Growers), de vijf landen met de belangrijkste aardappelproductie, hebben berekend dat de totale consumptieaardappelenoogst 2 miljoen ton minder zal zijn dan vorig jaar.