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2011 Idaho® Potato Crop Marks the
75th Anniversary for the Idaho Potato Commission
Milestone Year Kicks Off with a Tribute
to the Farmers and State’s Rich Natural
Resources The 2011 Idaho® potato harvest
season is in full swing and the 319,000
acres that will be harvested are expected
to yield more than 12 billion pounds...
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Tesco awards Branston as best supplier
for carbon reduction technology
Potato supplier Branston has scooped
a top retail award naming them as the
2011 Tesco supplier with the best technology
innovation to reduce carbon. Tesco congratulated
Branston for effectively innovating
throughout its production processes
and...
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Zimbabwe: Seed Potato Farmers frustrated
by High Costs of Production
Beneficiaries of the land reform programme
who are producing potato seed in Nyanga
(Zimbabwe) have expressed concern over
high costs of production. This, the
farmers say, was making it difficult
for resource-poor but interested farmers
to break...
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Colorado beetles could be in Finland
to stay
The feared Colorado potato beetle could
spend this winter inside potato fields,
warns the Finnish Food Safety Authority
(EVIRA). This would be unusual. EVIRA
official Raija Valtonen says that the
risk is higher than before. A record
number of the...
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Branston praised for its sustainable
water management
One of the UK’s leading potato suppliers,
Branston Ltd has been praised for its
excellent water management by a group
of sustainability experts who visited
from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium
and France. Branston installed a £1-million
water...
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"Indonesia Should Not Import Potatoes"
says Minister
Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan said that
Indonesia should not import potatoes
because the commodity could be produced
at home, Antara news agency reported.
"I do not quite agree if commodities
that could be produced at home must
be imported....
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Potato farmers ion Lebanon press
for compensation over losses
Potato farmers in Lebanon said Monday
they are unable to market their produce,
calling on the government to compensate
their losses. Farmers in Bekaa said
around 40,000 tons of potato were littering
the warehouses without being able to
export it....
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Potato price in Armenia expected
to double in spring 2012
Chairman of the Agrarian-Peasant Union
of Armenia Hrachya Berberyan said that
potato price at the local market is
expected to double in spring 2012 to
reach AMD 350-400 per kilo. This will
be conditioned by the summer drought
that resulted in loss...
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Idaho potato crop will be big, but
not a record
Coming off of two record years in terms
of total crop value and a record yield
in 2009, the Idaho potato industry will
probably have to be satisfied with merely
a good performance for the 2011-12 season.
“We will definitely be in the five-year...
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Dark Red Chieftain
Here at PotatoPro, we are always on
the lookout for new developments and
in particular new potatoes. Especially
if they are somewhat different from
what we are used to. The variety Dark
Red Chieftain, fits that profile and
that's why were pleased...
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In Kenya, a Maasai woman becomes
a potato seed production pioneer
A CIP project in Kenya and other African
nations is fostering private adoption
of a three-generation seed multiplication
strategy. Combined with improved knowledge
and skills the project should lead to
average yield increases of 20% for over...
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How the potato changed the world
When potato plants bloom, they send
up five-lobed flowers that spangle fields
like fat purple stars. By some accounts,
Marie Antoinette liked the blossoms
so much that she put them in her hair.
Her husband, Louis XVI, put one in his
buttonhole,...
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Additional potato cyst nematode
infected field(s) found in Idaho
Two new infestations of a microscopic
wormlike pest that attacks potato plants
have been discovered in eastern Idaho,
state and federal agriculture officials
say. Lloyd Knight of the Idaho Department
of Agriculture said that both infestations
of...
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Potato Processors dig in Idaho's
new crop with appetite
Potato Processors in Idaho and Malheur
County, Oregon have used 13.3 million
cwt of 2011 crop raw potatoes to October
1, up 75 percent from last year. Idaho
potatoes accounted for 9.46 million
cwt of the total processed. The remaining
3.79...
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Maine Potato Growers warily watching
stored crops for degradation from excessive
rain
With 99 percent of this year’s approximately
56,000 acres of potatoes harvested,
Aroostook County potato growers are
watching the stored product to gauge
the effect of massive amounts of rainfall
this past summer. Don Flannery, executive
director...
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Potato Processors dig in Idaho's
new crop with appetite
Potato Processors in Idaho and Malheur
County, Oregon have used 13.3 million
cwt of 2011 crop raw potatoes to October
1, up 75 percent from last year. Idaho
potatoes accounted for 9.46 million
cwt of the total processed. The remaining
3.79...
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Inventure Foods reports increased
revenue, loss in Q3
Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK),
a leading specialty food maker and marketer,
today reported financial results for
the third quarter ending Sept. 24, 2011,
highlighted by net revenue growth of
10.1% and continued sales momentum and
trade...
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Wachusett Potato Chip Co. sold to
Utz Quality Foods
The Wachusett Potato Chip Co., the last
independent potato chip company in New
England, has been purchased by a Pennsylvania-based
snack food company. Utz Quality Foods
Inc. of Hanover, Pa., purchased the
Wachusett Potato Chip Co.'s Water Street...
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Kettle Brand Campaign: "Nobody Likes
Kettle Chips. They Love Them"
Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) recently
launched a new marketing campaign to
expand national awareness for Kettle
Brand, a pioneer in the batch-cooked,
all natural potato chip category. The
campaign marks the first national television
campaign...
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Idahoan Foods LLC adds Hash Brown
Casseroles to its product line
Idahoan(R) is adding hash brown casseroles
to Walmart's expansive grocery inventory
-- just in time for fall's cooler weather
and the holidays. This inventory expansion
at some 3,500 Walmart stores across
the country will be in the form of Idahoan...
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Potato Processors dig in Idaho's
new crop with appetite
Potato Processors in Idaho and Malheur
County, Oregon have used 13.3 million
cwt of 2011 crop raw potatoes to October
1, up 75 percent from last year. Idaho
potatoes accounted for 9.46 million
cwt of the total processed. The remaining
3.79...
read more
Key Technology Appoints Richard
Hebel as Optical Product Marketing Manager
Key Technology announces the appointment
of Richard Hebel to the position of
Optical Product Marketing Manager. Hebel
is responsible for planning and managing
activities that support the development
and sales of Key’s laser / camera sorting
systems...
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Tong Peal introduces ‘sizeable’
technical advancements
Tong Peal, the UK’s leading designer
and manufacturer of handling and sorting
equipment for the vegetable handling
industry, has introduced a new and innovative
screen grading module which has been
specifically designed to bring together
the key...
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Wendy's opens first redesigned restaurant
in Canada
Beginning today, Wendy's customers in
Etobicoke, ON will have the opportunity
to try new menu items in an ultra modern
setting as the company opens one of
four new concept stores to be tested
in North America. It is the first Canadian
concept...
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Walmart strongest performer among
largest North-American hyper- & supermarkets
The hypermarket, supermarket and discounter
retail sector in North America is highly
organized, with large national and international
store chains dominating the marketplace.
In 2010, the region's top 10 hypermarkets,
supermarkets and discounters...
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Tesco awards Branston as best supplier
for carbon reduction technology
Potato supplier Branston has scooped
a top retail award naming them as the
2011 Tesco supplier with the best technology
innovation to reduce carbon. Tesco congratulated
Branston for effectively innovating
throughout its production processes
and...
read more
Branston praised for its sustainable
water management
One of the UK’s leading potato suppliers,
Branston Ltd has been praised for its
excellent water management by a group
of sustainability experts who visited
from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium
and France. Branston installed a £1-million
water...
read more
McDonald's: Incremental improvements
to drive growth
McDonald’s Corp. is eyeing opportunities
to gain global market share by continuing
to optimize its menu, updating restaurants
and expanding tiered value and premium-item
promotions, executives told analysts
in a call following the company’s...
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Hudson Institute: Better-for-you
Foods more profitable
Last week, we at Hudson Institute issued
a study titled "Better-for-you Foods:
It's Just Good Business." For the first
time, we now have evidence that packaged
food and beverage companies selling
a higher percentage of better-for-you...
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In the United States the potato is classified
as a vegetable.
