Nieuws

Con el empleo de semilla nacional comenzará este jueves la siembra de papa en la provincia de Matanzas. El proceso abarcará unas mil 150 hectáreas y producirá 25 mil 500 toneladas del tubérculo al cierre de la campaña 2015-2016.

Conagra Foods announces plans to separate into two independent public companies, Conagra Brands ('Diverse portfolio of Leading Brands') and Lamb Weston ('Leading Foodservice Supplier of Frozen Potatoes')

RPE Inc., announces their partnership with Discovery Garden’s. RPE will now act as the exclusive marketing partner for Discovery Garden’s brand of gourmet potatoes.

PEI Scalloped potatoes, a potato chip flavour submitted by Jordan Cairns, wins the Lay’s® Canada Do Us a Flavour™ Tastes of Canada contest.

Nick Vermont, CEO of McCain Foods GB is this year's British Potato Industry Award winner

The entire potato industry of Great Britain gathered at Harrogate International Centre, North Yorkshire 12 and 13 November for BP2015, the key industry event of the year.

Key Technology introduces the all-new VERYX™ digital sorting platform to the European food processing industry at Fruit Logistica

Un universo de 126 variedades de papas se está plantando en un predio, propiedad de la Municipalidad de Puqueldón, con el objetivo de crear un museo vivo de este tipo de tubérculo, propio de la Isla de Chiloé.

University of Canterbury researchers have developed potato plants that are potentially resistant to cadmium, a highly toxic metal found in soil which is harmful to crops and can contribute to health issues in humans. End goal is to develop cadmium free potatoes.

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is very disappointed by the decision of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries to completely discontinue disinfection services effective December 31st, 2015.

Tis the season to get ready for holiday celebrations, and Kellogg Company is offering the sweet and savory flavors people love this time of year. Pringles brings back some holiday favorites while introducing new, on-trend flavored salted-caramel crisps.

Agritechnica features the new generation of the AVR Puma: the Puma 3. This four-row harvester is the 200th Puma to hit the field.

Mcdonald's is testing sweet potato fries in a number of its restaurants in Texas

'Do you want fries with that?' is the question that prompts us to think about potatoes. But there is so much more to potatoes as visitors to The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (RAWF) are learning.

The Prince Edward Island government is cutting funding to provincially-funded disinfection service, aimed at controlling potato ring rot.

The US Agency for International Development has awarded Michigan State University (MSU) a $5.8 million cooperative agreement to improve potato production in Bangladesh and Indonesia. Additional partners include the University of Minnesota and J.R. Simplot as well as in-country partners in both Bangladesh and Indonesia.

After mostly declines since March 2014, the FAO Food Price Index went up sharply in October 2015

During the Company's investor meeting today, McDonald's Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook and members of senior management provided an update on the Company's Turnaround Plan