Potato News

September 11, 2009

Free Tree Planted With Every DeeAmore Potato Purchase

One potato, two potato, three potato, four...the more DeeAmore potatoes America eats, the more forests are restored. It's the DeeAmore "Buy One Get One Tree"program, and it's just in time for earth-friendly, budget-friendly holiday gift-givi...
 Potato Europe 2009
September 11, 2009

Agrico druk bezocht op PotatoEurope 2009

De ca. 11.000 bezoekers op de internationale aardappelvakbeurs PotatoEurope 2009 kregen op stand A320 een impressie van de wereld van Agrico. Op beeldende wijze werd neergezet wat de aardappelcoöperatie van zaailing tot in het schap voor telers en afne...
 RAND Health
September 11, 2009

Lowering Sodium Consumption Could Save U.S. $18 Billion Annually in Health Costs

Reducing Americans' average intake of sodium to the amount recommended by health officials could save the nation as much as $18 billion annually in avoided health care costs and improve the quality of life for millions of people, according to a new R...
 Van Rijn KWS
September 10, 2009

Van Rijn - KWS bundelt krachten met Saatzucht Fritz Lange KG

Van Rijn-KWS maakte door middel van een persconferentie tijdens Potato Europe in Emmeloord bekend per direct de krachten te gaan bundelen met het Dutse bedrijf Saatzucht Fritz Lange KG bij de verkoop in de Oost-Europese landen Oekraïne, Bulgarije en Ro...
 Food Prices high
September 10, 2009

Food pricing becoming an issue as recession wears on

Canadian shoppers have been paying more at supermarket cash registers, but a price war could be on the horizon if the loonie continues to trek higher and consumers react to the weak economy, some industry watchers suggest. Supermarket chains across the...
September 10, 2009

Las ventas comparables de McDonald´s aumentan pero no alcanzan las previsiones

McDonald’s ha anunciado que sus ventas comparables globales han aumentado un +2,2% en el mes de agosto, lo que se sitúa por debajo de las previsiones del consenso de un aumento del +2,5%.
September 10, 2009

Potato chips price may rise on crop failure (India)

Potato chips may cost more this year. The Hassan potato (Karnataka, India), favoured by chip manufacturers, has been hit by blight, as a result of which only 1,000 quintals have arrived in markets across the district this month, against the usual arri...
September 10, 2009

Potato prices to remain firm till November (India)

With prevailing prices of potato ruling at Rs 18-20 kg, the potato seed companies are expecting the acreage to increase by 5-6% from 16 lakh hectares in 2008-09. Experts say this could double potato seed prices during the rabi season. "For the pas...
September 10, 2009

Scottish scientists complete sequencing Phytophthora genome

Scientists at the Scottish Crop research Institute (SCRI) have helped unlock the mystery behind potato blight - a disease that costs the global industry an estimated £4billion of losses every year. The same disease devastated crops in Ireland 150 year...
 United States Potato Board (USPB)
September 10, 2009

USPB's 'Quick and Healthy' potato recipes highlight the convenient, nutritious and budget friendly potato

Myth or fact? It is possible to create affordable and nutritious meals from scratch in under thirty minutes without ever turning on the oven. Fact! With the United States Potato Board's (USPB) new "Quick and Healthy"recipe series, potato sal...
September 09, 2009

Poitras, Barclay inducted into Hall of Recognition

All eyes are on Lionel Poitras and G. Melvin Barclay at the sixth annual Potato World Hall of Recognition Awards. More than 100 people joined in congratulating the potato innovators at Potato World in Florenceville-Bristol on Thursday evening. "T...
 Potatoes New Brunswick
September 09, 2009

New Brunswick potato cash receipts grow 32%

New Brunswick farmers have raked in one of the highest revenue increases in the country this year over last, thanks to the potato industry, newly released figures state. Higher prices for potatoes boosted farm cash receipt totals for New Brunswick in ...

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