Potato News

This FoodProcessing.com article provides more insight in how auctions of Food Processing equipment can be used to buy or sell equipment, processing lines or entire plants.   It addresses the pro's and cons of buying used equipment, elaborates what typ...

USDA reported that North Dakota planted 90,000 acres to potatoes in 2010, an 8000 acre increase compared to last year.

Con el inicio de un nuevo año fiscal, el Consejo de la Papa de los Estados Unidos (USPB, por sus siglas en ingles) ha publicado en línea la estrategia que sus programas seguirán para cumplir los objetivos propuestos. Se encuentra en ingles en http://ww...

En su doble carácter de intendente de Villa Dolores y de director de la Agencia ProCórdoba, Juan Pereyra encabezará en setiembre una importante misión comercial con productores paperos de la región que intentan obtener nuevos mercados en distintos país...

McDonald's Corporation today announced global comparable sales growth of 7.0% in July. Performance by segment was as follows: U.S. up 5.7% Europe up 5.3% Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa up 10.1%

A tribunal ruling allowing the P.E.I. Potato Board to set the rules for negotiating contracts between potato processors and farmers is a victory for growers, says the board.   The rules were designed to put in place a process that would ensure a c...

Production of potatoes in Malta is growing and exports, which up to a few years ago only went to the Netherlands, have now diversified to the UK, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, Resources Minister George Pullicino said today.

A total of 1,909 metric tons of fresh US chipping potatoes were shipped to Japan under the February – June 2010 shipping window.

With the start of the USPB’s new fiscal year (FY11) July 1, the newly revised Long Range Plan (LRP) is now available at www.uspotatoes.com/120lrp.html. The Long Range Plan is the USPB’s annual strategy document that guides each and every program the B...

The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Blight Line reports the finding of a potato insect pest new to North Dakota, the potato psyllid.

Als wereldspeler in aardappelverwerking heeft Aviko duurzaamheid hoog op de agenda staan. Dat vertaalt zich logistiek gezien in een toenemend gebruik van meermalige verpakkingen. Aviko is voor het transport van verse friet deels overgestapt op klapkrat...

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has announced the full schedule of sessions for its 'Manufacturing Excellence Conference', to be co-located with PACK EXPO International 2010.