
Mackie's invests in production facility to produce popped wholesums snacks
February 26, 2021
The joint venture behind Mackie’s Crisps is investing £750,000 (just over 1 million USD) in a new production facility to scale up production of a new snack brand.

Wyma partners with Grønt Maskin to serve Norwegian market
February 25, 2021
Grønt Maskin, Norway’s largest specialist retailer for vegetable producers, has entered into an exclusive partnership agreement with Wyma Solutions for the Norwegian market.

Potato Growers Select 2021 National Potato Council Leaders
February 25, 2021
At the National Potato Council (NPC) 2021 Annual Meeting held virtually due to travel restrictions, Dominic LaJoie of Van Buren, Maine was elected to serve as NPC’s 2021 President and to head the grower-led organization’s Executive Committee.

USDA, FDA: Food and food packaging highly unlikely to spread COVID-19
February 23, 2021
Food and food packaging are highly unlikely to spread COVID-19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a reminder last week.

West Bengal allows cold storages to buy 1 Million tons of potato
February 23, 2021
Predicting a bumper harvest of potato this season, the West Bengal Cabinet on Monday decided to allow cold storage owners to purchase at least 10 lakh (1 Million) metric tons of tuber from farmers at a fixed price, so that they do not have to suffer losses, a senior official said.

Kenya seeks funding for seed potato study
February 23, 2021
Kenya has applied for a Sh656 million grant from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to boost research on potato seed production and cut reliance on imports.

España: Productores de patata de A Limia estudian plantar menos cantidad este año
February 22, 2021
El sector de la patata en Xinzo siempre tuvo que capear contratiempos como el precio, la climatología y las pestes, y a todo ello se sumó en 2020 otro enemigo impredecible como es el COVID.

AHDB: We are making potatoes trendy again!
February 22, 2021
Our new marketing campaign 'The new packed lunch' has already proven to be successful by catching a spot in the top ten UK Twitter trending topics on 9 February 2021.

Junín, Perú: Movilizan brigadas agrarias para recuperar cultivos afectados por heladas
February 22, 2021
Gobierno Regional de Junín, Perú, movilizó brigadas agrarias para recuperar los cultivos afectados por una inusual helada que se registró en el distrito de Pucará, provincia de Huancayo.

México: Inicia cosecha de papa en el Valle del Yaqui
February 22, 2021
Se generalizan los cortes de hortalizas en el Valle del Yaqui al iniciar la cosecha de papa. Renán Cruz Valenzuela indicó que las expectativas son favorables, aunque apenas está iniciando la cosecha del tubérculo.

Bedford Industries Launches Plant-Based Bag Closure
February 22, 2021
Bedford Industries introduces CloseIt® Bio-Clip, its new plant-based bag closure containing 100% USDA certified biobased content that is commercially compostable.

Late blight resistance genes identified in potato relative Solanum americanum
February 22, 2021
An international team of researchers has struck an important blow in the ongoing evolutionary arms race with the notorious potato disease late blight (Phytophthora infestans).