Potato News

The International Potato Technology Expo returns to the Charlottetown Civic Centre February 24-25, 2012. This popular event has been running in Charlottetown every two years since 1992. Over the years, this has become a must-attend industry event for...

Potato growers are needed to help put potatoes in the public eye and promote how great they are as a healthy, tasty and sustainable food. This final appeal comes as Potato Council continues its hunt for a new team of Potato Ambassadors. With the closin...

Personal del Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (Senasa) fortaleció los controles para prevenir el ingreso de la temida chinche kudzu bug, que afecta las leguminosas, considerando que Honduras está libre de esa plaga. La chinche ataca legumino...

Ets Gourgues, french potato, packers now wash their potatoes on a recently completed Herbert Engineering washline. The French potato packers are based near Bordeaux, producing approximately supplying 20,000 – 25,000 tons of premium quality potatoes e...

Snyder's-Lance, Inc. (Nasdaq-GS: LNCE), today announced the construction of a state-of-the-art Research and Development Center in Hanover, Pennsylvania. The center, located near one of the Company's largest bakeries, will research, develop and enhanc...

The restaurant industry’s strong monthly same-store sales in December carried into January driven by favorable weather and solid traffic trends, according to the latest NRN-MillerPulse survey. January same-store sales rose 4.9 percent, and while they ...

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) is pleased to announce that the 2012 AFFI Frozen Food Convention in San Diego has matched the convention's all-time attendance record set two years ago. More than 1,400 members of the frozen food industry ga...

A major controversy has broken out over government plan to import seed potato favoured for the production of high quality crisps and chips.

In Ireland, a Potato Promotions Group is to be established to plan and implement a major marketing initiative over the next three to five years, which will address consumer perceptions about potatoes and drive demand. New research shows that almost tw...

Last year BEST (Belgian Electronic Sorting Technology) opened an office in China. Now, BEST has hired extra staff to optimize local support and service. BEST Sorting Hangzhou also has an operational BEST Sorting Solution Center where demonstrations ...

La papa es un tubérculo serrano que se cultiva de manera óptima entre los 3 mil y 3 mil 800 metros sobre el nivel del mar, a temperaturas entre 15 y 25 grados centígrados. Sin embargo, estudios realizados por el Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agra...

Gezien de grote hoeveelheid beschikbare aardappelen in Nederland zal het velen verbazen dat de verwerking in de maand Januari 2012 lager uitviel dan in Januari 2011.