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With the dealer restructuring in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany complete, Dewulf & Miedema continue their dealer restructuring in Western Europe with the North of France.

Yorkshire crisp brand Seabrook embarks on a major growth drive to increase its market share after a management buyout backed by private equity investor LDC, a subsidiary of the Lloyds Banking Group

Spain's potato sector is once again hampered by a price crisis, with producers failing even to cover their production costs.

In 2014 Haith gave their R & D team the task of developing a more reliable and low maintenance roller drier which gives excellent moisture removal on potatoes.

Dutch potato company Nedato - specialized in handling and sales of ware potatoes and potatoes for the European processing industry - has launched a new website and corporate identity.

La papa ha salvado al mundo de hambrunas. Ahora, papas andinas poco conocidas podrían acabar con la malnutrición. El Centro Internacional de la Papa presentó en Bruselas un proyecto regional con aspiraciones globales.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 165.1 points in June 2015, down 1.5 points (0.9 percent) from the previous month and almost 44 points (21.0 percent) down from June 2014.

The updated NEPG 2015 area estimate, excluding seed and starch potatoes, is available, with total area now estimated down nearly 4% from last year and production estimated down over 12%

Dutch Potato Starch Manufacture AVEBE has developed a new house style including a new logo, which was unveiled July 2..

Ishida reports on their delivery of its Ishida Atlas Packaging Systems to Russia’s largest snack producer, KDV Group.

In Denmark, Kims has gone to court to stop Taffel's Super Snacks to sell square crisps.

The AHDB Potatoes ‘Next Generation’ tour kicked off in Yorkshire last month, visiting two progressive Yorkshire based potato processing businesses.

The first estimate of total potato plantings for the 2015 crop year in Great Britain from AHDB
Potatoes is 113,100 hectares. This is down 6.6% on the final 2014 planting figure of 121,100
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La superficie sembraba en la Provincia de Córdoba ha caído en los últimos años hasta casi las 700 hectáreas, sobre todo de media estación

TOMRA has launched a Spanish version of its website, underlining the importance of Spain and other Spanish speaking countries to the company’s global business strategy.

Manter International BV, manufacturer of weighing and packing equipment for the fruit and vegetable industry launches a new model of their Automatic Bagplacing system - called MBP 2 - onto the market.

En un encuentro celebrado esta semana en el Parlamento Europeo, las organizaciones representativas de la cadena alimentaria han mostrado su preocupación por la actual legislación de protección de las plantas y el impacto que ésta provoca en la cadena alimentaria.

Potato starch manufacturer AVEBE introduces a high amylopectin potato starch (ELIANE™ GEL 100) with unique properties that allow food manufacturers to create high quality, creamy and indulgent fat reduced soups, dressings and sauces.