Potato News

Researchers at ETH Zurich and the Carnegie Institution for Science have shown how nitrogen fertilizer could be produced more sustainably. This is necessary not only to protect the climate, but also to reduce dependence on imported natural gas and to increase food security.

On Jan. 4-5, more than 1,800 U.S. potato growers and industry members from a dozen countries turned out for Potato Expo 2023, hosted by the National Potato Council, at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado

The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 132.4 points in December 2022, down 2.6 points (1.9 percent) from November, marking the ninth consecutive monthly decline and standing 1.3 points (1.0 percent) below its value a year ago.

Pulsemaster welcomes Key Account Manager Ben Lemieux to the team to cover the Americas Region. Based in New Brunswick, Canada, Ben Lemieux joins Pulsemaster with 28 years of food processing experience.

TOMRA Food continues to sharpen its focus on sorting and peeling solutions precisely tailored to food categories. TOMRA Food's Processed Food business area has appointed its first Global Category Director for Vegetables and Fruit.

Zweifel Pomy-Chips AG has been the leading potato chip manufacturer in Switzerland for many years. Every day, tons of raw material from Swiss fields are processed into high-quality, crispy chips for the food retail trade throughout Switzerland.

Maatschap Bouthoorn llevaba tiempo buscando una clasificadora de patatas adecuada. Durante mucho tiempo, este proveedor holandés de patatas de siembra no consideró que las máquinas hubieran demostrado suficientemente su eficacia; hasta que descubrió la U-Vision.

Se mantiene la prohibición en algunas parroquias de los ayuntamientos coruñeses de Arteixo, Cariño, Caión, A Laracha y Moeche, así como de los municipios lucenses de Burela y Trabada.

In 2020, HZPC Americas launched the multi-year project 'Potato Glory' together with the University of Massachusetts Dining Program (UMass) for the purpose of conducting research

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is awarding USD 202.7 million to more than 60 U.S. agricultural organizations to help expand export markets for U.S. farm and food products through the Market Access Program.

Farmers have been left outraged as Sainsbury’s, among other UK supermarkets, discounted the price of potatoes in the run-up to Christmas to 'less than the cost of production'.

The 35th project to be completed by Haith for Greenvale AP delivered the perfect Christmas present. Commissioned in June 2022, two new Haith wash lines allowed Greenvale's Cambridgeshire facility to handle the busy festive period easily.