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It was the Polish king Jan III Sobieski who first introduced his subjects to the potato after a visit to Vienna in the 17th century. This was the start of a love affair, which resulted in Poland becoming one of the 10 largest potato producers in the wo...

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) today announced registered attendees of 12,732 for PROCESS EXPO 2011, which took place from November 1-4, 2011 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Technomic, a leading foodservice research and consulting firm sees the following trends in the Foodservice and restaurant industry in 2012. Technomic offers different predictions for each of the following segments: United States restaurants, Foodservic...

Luis Miquel, gerente general del Consorcio Papa Chile SA, se sumó a los expositores del Seminario de Competitividad realizado el 10 de noviembre en Puerto Varas y organizado por el Gobierno de Chile, a través del Ministerio de Agricultura. El ejecutivo...

Management at McCain Foods manufacturing facility in Mehsana hosted senior Canadian government officials who were on a recent trade mission to India to strengthen and advance bilateral trade between the two countries. Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of I...

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) announced today that it has agreed to acquire National Pretzel Company, based in Lancaster, Pa., from Brookstone Holdings. National Pretzel makes private label pretzels in a variety of forms, including rods, sticks, bra...

ConAgra Foods announced Thursday they have dropped plans to build their much anticipated Lamb Weston Office in Riceland's Columbia Point Area. However, they are still going to expand their operation in the Tri Cities. They're now planning to build nex...

McDonald's is organising a contest around the famous phrase 'Do you want fries with that'. Please note that this McDonald's contest is held in the United States only. Here are more details from McDonald's.

The Potato Council's provisional estimate of total production in Great Britain for the 2011 crop year was announced yesterday. The total crop estimate is 6.053 million tonnes, up 3.5% from 2010. The current crop has a planted area that is 0.4% lower ...

With multiple meals to plan and guests coming in from out of town, the holidays can become hectic for most hosts. But thankfully, there are products out there that offer stress-free meal preparation – like Simply Potatoes. With Simply Potatoes, you ca...

An oversupply of potatoes in the northern states is driving down potato prices in Australia. Peak industry body AusVeg expects the oversupply could last into the new year, and says it's a great opportunity for consumers to buy potatoes at a low price....

Zeker vanuit het Midden-Oosten en Noord-Afrika is er volop vraag naar pootgoed uit Nederland, meldt Peter Ton van Stet Holland. In tegenstelling tot Europa is er voldoende vraag naar aardappelpootgoed in de landen rond de Middellandse Zee. ‘Voor Stet...

Telers van aardappelen zijn al zwaar getroffen door extreem lage kiloprijzen. Nu krijgen individuele boeren ook nog op grote schaal te maken met aardappelrot, waardoor hun oogst verloren gaat. ,,Sinds 1998 hebben we dit niet meer meegemaakt", ver...

Burts Chips are reintroducing their seasonal Aberdeen Angus flavoured potato chips following consumer demand. The re-launch, which continues Burts Chips’ strategy of limited edition seasonal varieties, follows on from the success of the brand’s summer...

The popular Yukon Gold potato was a winner at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto this year, where it topped entries in the seventh annual Seed of the Year competition (east division). Developed by the late Garnet (Gary) Johnston, a research...

Colorado Agriculture Commissioner John Salazar is organizing a trade mission to Mexico that he hopes will be fruitful for potato farmers in the San Luis Valley. Salazar said Thursday that he and Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office hope to pave a trade pat...

Earlier this week the USDA has released their latest estimates of the 2011 fall potato production in the United States.

AJ Allan announces that the business of A.J. Allan has been acquired by Irish Potato Marketing Ltd (IPM). The business comprises two companies: A.J. Allan (Brechin) Limited and A.J. Allan (Potato Merchants) Limited. IPM is a leading player in the seed...