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september 01, 2016
Alsum Farms & Produce offers Convenient Potato Meal Solutions and Snacks for Back-to-School
Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. helps make it easier for busy families to get back into the school routine with ready-to-serve healthy potato offerings that are perfect for a quick dinner side or nutritious after-school snackFrom the archive

september 01, 2016
Popcorn maker MetCalfe's Skinny Ltd now 100% owned by Snyder's - Lance
Snyder's-Lance, Inc. today announced that the Company's Kettle Foods subsidiary completed the acquisition of Metcalfe's skinny Limited, by acquiring the remaining 74% interest in the leading UK premium popcorn brand. Kettle Foods had initially acquired a 26% stake in the business from Metcalfe in January 2016.From the archive

augustus 31, 2016
Norwegian Prime Minister praises TOMRA Sorting Solution's €10m manufacturing facility in Senec, Slovakia
Norway’s Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, has expressed her admiration for TOMRA Sorting Solutions’ purpose-built 12,600 sq m state-of-the art manufacturing and distribution facility after visiting it at the Prologis Park Bratislava in Senec, Slovakia.From the archive
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augustus 31, 2016
Potato Production in Bangladesh hits all-time high
In the last fiscal year (FY'16), Bangladesh's potato production hit an all-time-high of 9.47 million tonnes, the latest data showed. However cold storage facilities showed little progress compared to the higher output.From the archive

augustus 30, 2016
La nueva papa checo-latinoamericana será más sabrosa y resistente
Científicos checos están examinando patatas traídas de América Latina con el fin de ennoblecer la especie centroeuropea. La nueva variedad, que debería ser más sabrosa y resistente, podría deleitar el paladar de los checos dentro de unos 10 años.From the archive

augustus 30, 2016
Snack Brands Australia to be acquired by Universal Robina Corporation of the Phillipines
Universal Robina Corporation (URC), one of the largest branded consumer food and beverage product companies in the Philippines, is to buy Snack Brands Australia, according to a Snack Brands Australia statement dated August 17.From the archive

augustus 30, 2016
Bikanervala in talks with Private Equity funds to raise up to 30 million USD
Bikanervala Foods Pvt. Ltd, which sells Indian sweets and savouries under the brand Bikano, has initiated discussions with private equity funds to raise as much as Rs.200 crore [PP: about 30 million USD], said two people familiar with the development.From the archive

augustus 30, 2016
McCain Foods (Canada) names Super Farms Potato Ltd Champion grower for Grand Falls Factory
Super Farms Potato Ltd of Saint-André was named the 2015-2016 McCain Champion Potato Grower for Grand Falls during the 42nd annual McCain Growers’ Banquet held August 23 at Centre E.& P. Sénéchal.From the archive

augustus 30, 2016
Manual para la producción de semilla de papa usando aeroponía
Este manual describe y analiza las condiciones necesarias para implementar la aeroponía como alternativa para la producción de minitubérculos de papa; explica cómo se puede implementar la aeroponía y comparte las experiencias de Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y varios países africanos en el uso de la aeroponía.From the archive

augustus 28, 2016
Inauguran centro de innovación para mejorar calidad de la papa en Guatemala
Un centro de innovación y desarrollo de tecnología agrícola que servirá para mejorar la calidad de la producción agrícola en el departamento de San Marcos fue inaugurado hoy por el presidente Jimmy Morales, quien llamó a los productores a aprovechar las ventajas que el centro les ofrece.From the archive

augustus 28, 2016
Belgapom now provides pricing for potato varieties Challenger and Fontane in addition to Bintje
Starting from the 2016 – 2017 season, the Belgapom quotation will be made up of three parts, each supplemented by their own market sentiment: Bintje, Challenger and Fontane.From the archive

augustus 28, 2016
Latin America loses up to 20% of its potato to the drought
Several experts on potato crops stated in Panama that global warming destroyed between 10% and 20% of Latin America's annual potato production and that it had become the main threat faced by this crop, even more than late blight, an aggressive fungus that affects this crop.From the archive





