Potato News

Latfood, the company behind Latvia's most popular potato chips 'Adazu cipsi', has begun production for its new export brand entitled 'Taffel', which will offer 'San Trope'potato chips on the Lithuanian and Estonian markets.

De eerstkomende drie weken kunnen we niets doen', zegt Jasper Cevaal. 'Het is veel te nat en de regen blijft nog een week aanhouden volgens de buienradar.

De aardappelopbrengst in Nederland komt gemiddeld uit op 52,5 ton per hectare, blijkt uit proefrooiingen van Verenigde Telers Akkerbouw (VTA).

Corn Products International, Inc. (NYSE: CPO), a leading global provider of agriculturally derived ingredient solutions to diversified industries, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of National Starch

Officials began totaling the millions of dollars in crop damage and loss to central Wisconsin farmers from last week's flooding. In Portage County, where more than half of Wisconsin's potato acreage is planted, losses to potato farmers could rise as hi...

Jack in the Box Inc. plans to close 40 underperforming corporate stores across seven states, mostly in the Southeast and Texas, by next week.

The high unemployment rate in California continued to hurt sales at Carl’s Jr. in the second quarter, deepening the loss for parent company CKE Restaurants Inc., the now-private company reported Tuesday.

Onderzoekers van Plant Research International (PRI) en de divisie Plant van de nieuwe Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit (nVWA) zijn in staat om DNA te isoleren van de veroorzaker van wratziekte bij aardappelen.

Uit de laatste proefrooiingen door het PCA blijkt dat de gemiddelde hectareopbrengst in Belgie van het ras Bintje uit zal komen op 46,5 ton.

El reporte incluye la siguiente información: Producción de papa para el año 2009 Producción de papa durante el invierno Producción final de papa durante la primavera Producción de papa durante el verano Producción de papa durante el otoño Produ...

Storage conditions can be ripe for diseases to develop and devastate potato crops, leading many universities to seek ways to control or prevent diseases before they become a problem. At the University of Maine (UM) a fungicide testing program looks at...

The USDA has recently published their annual potato summary, reviewing the 2009 potato crop.Potato production in 2009 is revised to 431 million cwt, down slightly from the estimate in the January Crop Production 2009 Summary but 4 percent above the 20...