Noticias sobre las Papas Fritas y Especialidades de Papa de Las Américas

The J. R. Simplot Company is planning to begin construction in late 2013 or early 2014 of a new headquarters building in Boise, Idaho. Company officials anticipate the building will be about 10 stories high and measure roughly 300,000 sq. ft. Final si...

Plant Health Technologies (PHT), the proprietary products division of Simplot Growers Solutions (SGS), launched an innovative application for iPhone and Android smartphones customized for crop advisors, applicators, and growers.

The United States Potato Board (USPB) International Marketing program is proud to announce US exports of all potatoes and potato products for FY12 (July 2011-June 2012) were 1,506,557 metric tons (MT) valued at $1,583,563,167. This was a 10 percent i...

Margate Farms Ltd. of Kensington was named the 2011-2012 McCain Champion Potato Grower for P.E.I. during the annual McCain Growers’ Banquet.

PotatoPro has learned that Tomra Sorting Solutions has won major contracts for the delivery of optical sorters and peeling equipment for the new Simplot Potato Processing facility in Idaho.

The U.S. Potato Board has agreed to quadruple its annual contribution to a year-old organization charged with defending the french fry. Effective this crop year, USPB will increase its investment in the Alliance for Potato Research and Education (APRE...

Conocer las necesidades de los productores de papa en Caldas y generar de este cultivo una posible fuente empresarial es el primer paso que está dando la multinacional Mc Cain, durante su visita al departamento. Su meta es definir las oportunidades que...

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of the Bertolli® and P.F. Chang’s® Home Menu frozen meals businesses from Unilever PLC, for total cash consideration of $267 million, subject to adjustment. The comp...

The former Klamath Basin Fresh Direct has officially changed its name to Klamath Basin Fresh Organics. Chairman Dan Chin said the business is solely focused on organic production, and the name change makes that direction clear.

Transcurrido cerca de un mes de superado el conflicto que afectó a la empresa McCain, la cual se vio imposibilitada por espacio de dos meses de poder ingresar a Brasil sus papas prefritas supercongeladas para abastecer a las cadenas de comidas rápidas,...

The Town of Florenceville-Bristol, French Fry Capital of the World and hometown of McCain Foods hosted National French Fry Day celebrations with free fries and fun activities for all. People of all ages enjoyed hot, crispy golden McCain French Fries ...

Después de casi dos meses, Brasil decidió destrabar el ingreso de papas congeladas argentinas y las fábricas locales anunciaron el reinicio de sus operaciones. Ayer se llegó a un acuerdo que permitiría un normal tránsito de las exportaciones argentina...

Novozymes, the world leader in bioinnovation, recently announced today they have new, third party data that shows Novozymes Acrylaway® is effective in the industrial production of French fries. Acrylamide has been considered a potential health risk si...

The University of Idaho extension today announced that the potato psyllids found last month in Idaho tentatively tested positive for Liberibacter, Zebra Chip disease.

La productora de papas McCain volvió a paralizar la producción y a suspender al personal en la planta de Balcarce. La firma canadiense debió frenar las operaciones el mes pasado por el cierre de importaciones que aplica el gobierno de Brasil a product...

McCain Foods in Othello reached a settlement agreement this week with the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) over violations of the plant’s air quality permit, vowing to avoid any similar violations in the future.

Cavendish Farms celebrated the official opening of its natural gas receiving station at a ceremony held at the New Annan site on Prince Edward Island.

Para poder abastecer al mercado del país vecino, Farm Frites reemplazó las papas prefritas que produce en su filial argentina por otras europeas, más caras por los costos de flete. Las trabas impuestas al comercio bilateral implementadas por Argentina...