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Fresh Solutions Network today debuted a brand-new, industry-leading website for their Side Delights® brand of potato products, located at www.sidedelights.com.

A bumper crop, coupled with weak demand from other States, has led to a free-fall in potatoes prices in West Bengal.

AUSVEG remains wholly unconvinced of the benefits of a grower-funded generic potato marketing campaign despite claims from the Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia that the initiative has been a success in that state.

The president of the Potato Growers Association (Asopapa) of the state of Carabobo (Venezuela), Aldemaro Ortega, said the price per kilo, for the potato processing companies, had been set at 40 bolivars.

The United States Potato Board (USPB) is pleased to announce industry veteran Ryan J. Krabill has joined its staff in the newly-created position of Director of Research & Analysis.

Potato growers in Western Australia have invested heavily in a potato marketing program aimed at stopping the decline in consumption per capita of fresh potatoes.

The investigation into a food tampering case involving sewing needles inserted into potatoes is still active, reports Prince Edward Island RCMP spokesperson, Sgt. Leanne Butler.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 179. 4 points in February 2015, down 1.8 points (1.0 percent) from its January value and 29 points (14.0 percent) below its level in February 2014. The index has been on a declining path since April 2014 and has now reached its lowest value since July 2010.

A new WHO guideline recommends adults and children reduce their daily intake of free sugars to less than 10% of their total energy intake. A further reduction to below 5% or roughly 25 grams (6 teaspoons) per day would provide additional health benefits.

This could have been the last year for the Malin Potato Co-op. Instead, the 52-year-old company is building a state-of-the-art, $7 million facility to move it into the future of agriculture.

Ohio Potato Chip manufacturer Ballreich Bros. is set to expand its reach nationwide with a new sweet potato chip line that is being marketed as a healthier alternative to traditional potato chips.

Snyder's-Lance, Inc. (Nasdaq-GS: LNCE), maker of innovative, premium and 'better for you' snacks, is adding more gluten-free products to its growing product lineup.

On February 23-26, NPC hosted the 2015 Potato D.C. Fly-In, where more than 150 U.S. potato growers and industry partners from across the country came to Washington, D.C., to advocate for the industry's most pressing federal policy priorities.

The Washington State Potato Commission has hired a new director of industry outreach, Matthew Blua

Diálogo con María Andrea Uscátegui, directora ejecutiva de Agro-Bio, quien destacó los beneficios de esta tecnología en materia de protección frente a las plagas, resistencia a herbicidas, ahorros en los costos de producción y aumento de la productividad.

After San Carlo's success with the potato chips flavours 'Lime and Pink Pepper' and 'Flowered Mustard', the snack manufacturer surprises its Italian fans again with a new chips flavour: 'Più Gusto Mint and Chili'

Warren Buffett, the billionaire owner of Berkshire Hathaway, told Fortune that he was interested in buying Hanover-based snack maker Utz, but Utz plans to keep the company in the family.

The proverb 'two heads are better than one' has certainly proved to be true for best friends and owners of Corkers Crisps, Rod Garnham and Ross Taylor. Four years ago, the duo emptied their piggy banks and used every bit of cash they had to set up the firm.