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Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. will introduce 12 oz. Microwave-Ready Russet Potatoes at the Southeast Produce Council's (SEPC) Southern Innovations Symposium Bright Ideas Platform September 17 - 19, 2015.

Leatherhead Food International Limited was acquired by Science Group and will move to a new facility early 2016.

Fifty percent of the trucks used for the transport of potatoes to Avebe now meet the Euro 6 emission standards.

Equipment Manufacturer Triple/S Dynamics has announced the appointment of Chris Rippee as new President, succeeding Jeff Sullivan. Mr. Rippee has officially moved into the office September 14th.

This November over 6,000 growers, packers, processors, retailers, researchers, specialists, consultants, journalists, students and international visitors will head to the Harrogate International Centre, for the biennial potato industry event, BP2015.

Fresh Solution Network has expanded its line of Side Delights Gourmet Petite Potatoes line with two new offerings, Sweet Fingerlings and Choice Russets.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 155.7 points in August 2015, down 8.5 points (5.2 percent) from July, the sharpest monthly drop since December 2008.

Dutch start-up Caenator, in collaboration with StartLife and Wageningen University & Research Centre, presented a new fully automatic french fry vending machine.

Frito-Lay is bringing the Canadian favorite Ruffles 'All Dressed' Chips to the US for a limited time - and some funny videos to go with that.

The discovery of needles and nails in potatoes in a suspected case of food tampering earlier this year in Atlantic Canada have heightened the awareness of consumers and media alike. The latest case, reported by CBC Nova Scotia, is the finding of metal object in mashed potatoes in a Halifax restaurant.

Potato grower R.D. Offutt has agreed to scale back its expansion plans in Minnesota in a deal with regulators to protect sensitive groundwater and pine forests in central Minnesota.

In Taiwan, the Food and Drug Administration under the Ministry of Health and Welfare is taking steps to remove artificial trans fat from Taiwan’s food supply chain.

Las explotaciones del tubérculo están en situación muy crítica en el Sudeste de la Provincia y en el país en general, con dos perdedores claros en los extremos de la cadena: productor y consumidor. El plan de gobierno brilla por su ausencia.

Dutch processing equipment manufacturer Florigo, since March of this year a tna company, takes its processing capabilities to a new level with the company’s breakthrough high performance 25 t/h fryer for french fries.

En el marco de la campaña “La papa tiene lo suyo”, el MinAgricultura, Aurelio Iragorri Valencia, resaltó la importancia de este producto en la dieta alimenticia de los colombianos y les planteó a los ciudadanos el reto de aumentar el consumo por persona al año.

Accurately weigh 0.5 to 50 gram portions at up to 120 per minute using the new Ishida Micro multihead weigher from Heat and Control, Inc.

Armenian potato growers are able to export up to 10 thousand metric tons of seed potatoes to Russia, Hrachya Berberyan, head of the Agrarian and Peasant Union said recently.

With digging season just around the corner, eastern Idaho potato farmers say they are optimistic they will improve on a middling 2014 harvest this year.