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The United States Potato Board (USPB) held its largest ever International Seed Potato Symposium in Denver, CO, August 1, 2011. This year’s seed symposium included buyers from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Nicaragua, Egypt, Uruguay, Hondur...

Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to allow tax-exempt donations to support agricultural research as a means to help keep American agriculture on the forefront of food production breakthroughs. The Charitable Agriculture Research Act (...

De NEPG verwacht onder invloed van een hoge hectareopbrengst en een groter areaal een recordopbrengst bij de aardappeloogst. Dat maakt de organisatie in een persbericht bekend. Pas 20 procent is geoogst. Wat opvallend is doordat de aardappelen dit seiz...

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs, waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, voor verwerking tot diepgevroren aardappelproducten , veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling. ...

Uit de recentste meting van de nVWA blijkt dat in het najaar van 2010 61 procent van de cafetaria’s vloeibaar frituurvet gebruikte. Daarmee is het aantal fastfoodbedrijven dat in vloeibaar frituurvet bakt sinds 2004 bijna verdubbeld. In 2004 bleek ui...

The U.S. potato industry is confident it can gain back the significant market share it lost in Mexico over a cross-border trucking dispute once the issue is resolved and remaining tariffs on U.S. products are lifted. Having watched its revenue from fr...

Calorie by calorie, first lady Michelle Obama is chipping away at big portions and unhealthy food in an effort to help America slim down. In the year and a half since she announced her campaign to curb childhood obesity, Mrs. Obama has stood alongside...

The National Restaurant Association is calling on foodservice equipment manufacturers to apply for its 2012 Kitchen Innovations Awards. Selected by an independent panel of experts, the award recipients represent the most groundbreaking equipment on the...

Potatoes South Africa reported that the potato industry in South Africa had lost at least 60.000 tons of potatoes this year, largely due to flooding and frost. As a result of a history of poor harvests, chip maker Simba (Pepsico/Frito-Lay) has adopted...

Although it has been one of the tougher years for potato growers in Aroostook County (Maine, US) with crop damage from three tornadoes and excessive rainfall, officials with the Maine Potato Board are downplaying rumors of extensive crop loss. Don Fla...

The Idaho® potato is certainly living up to its “Famous Potato” slogan. During the action-packed 2010-2011 fiscal year the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) generated a record number of media impressions -- almost 4.1 billion to be exact -- for America’s f...

Op 7 en 8 september 2011 vond Potato Europe plaats in Doornik. "In tegenstelling tot de matige stemming op de aardappelmarkt heerst er op het evenement een prima sfeer", vertelt Wim van de Ree van Nedato enthousiast. Meerdere standhouders wa...

The 83rd annual Idaho Grower Shippers Association convention, held here Aug. 31-Sept. 2, featured a plethora of educational sessions and networking opportunities as well as a dose of controversy, as the top officials of two leading potato organizations...

Washington potato growers have voted in favor of continuing their federal marketing order program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said 80% of growers representing 52% of participating volume voted in favor of the marketing order. The continuance ...

The legislative fight over to what extent potatoes can be served at schools in the United States is not over yet. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has delayed an amendment that would challenge the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposal to limit potatoe...

Bintje blijft voorlopig dé pijler van de Belgische aardappelteelt. Die boodschap kwam duidelijk naar voren tijdens de internationale aardappelbeurs Potato Europe, dit jaar in het Belgische Kain. Het bleek niet alleen uit de talrijke rassenproeven, wa...

Emmeloord staat bekend als 'aardappelhoofdstad van de wereld'. Al jaren bestond de behoefte bij betrokkenen om meer aandacht te geven aan die unieke positie. Dit heeft geleid tot het opzetten van de Potato Business School Emmeloord. De eerste cursuswee...

With less than a month until the doors open, PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011 (September 26–28;Las Vegas Convention Center) is still growing and is poised to break all show records, according to show owner and producer PMMI. PACK EXPO will occupy more than 65...