
Students gain experience working in MSU's seed potato program
juli 16, 2022
Students in tank tops with sunscreen-dotted noses walked down the rows of a potato field, frequently bending over to pluck leaves for sample boxes headed to the MSU potato lab.

España: Apuesta lagunera por el consumo de las papas tinerfeñas
juli 15, 2022
El pleno aprueba una moción del gobierno local que solicita limitar la entrada de papa de fuera. El Ayuntamiento de La Laguna apuesta por fomentar el consumo y producción de la papa tinerfeña.

Tong Engineering opens its new manufacturing facility for handling equipment for potatoes
juli 15, 2022
Tong Engineering, manufacturer of handling equipment for potatoes - officially opened the brand-new doors of a purpose-built manufacturing facility on the edge of the company’s hometown of Spilsby in the United Kingdom.

Gregory Porter awarded Honorary Life Membership by the Potato Association of America
juli 15, 2022
Gregory Porter, professor of agronomy in the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture, will receive an Honorary Life Membership from the Potato Association of America (PAA) at the organization’s annual meeting in July 2022.

McCain Foods building Aroostook Solar Projects to power Major Potato Processing Plant
juli 15, 2022
Potato processor McCain Foods is building five solar facilities in Maine, that it says will help power the production of french fries in Easton, one of its largest plants.

Kuldeep Sharma (TOMRA) on the Indian Potato Market: Unorganised but great Opportunities
juli 15, 2022
During InterFood Tech in Mumbai, PotatoPro interviewed Kuldeep Sharma from TOMRA Food on the Indian Potato Market, how it differs differs from the European and American Market and Sustainability.

Peeling in Potato Processing: The TOMRA Steam Peeling Revolution
juli 15, 2022
Peeling potatoes on potato processing lines can be a bit like peeling notes from a wad of dollar bills and then throwing them away. Because mechanized peel removal also removes potato flesh, a high quantity of saleable raw material.

How potato growers and processors can gain from the latest sorting technologies
juli 15, 2022
It’s not easy for potato growers and processors to always ensure food safety or meet customers’ specified standards. For one thing, all sorts of foreign materials get mixed up with potatoes when they’re harvested.

Facing high wheat prices, Nigerian bakers turn to (sweet) potato puree
juli 14, 2022
In the midst of a sunlit room in Nnewi, south-east Nigeria, a woman measures out four parts of sweet potato puree – the colour of apricot – into a large basin containing six parts wheat flour.

Pringles wants a spider named after it
juli 14, 2022
Pringles campaign to rename a spider. It shares a strong resemblance to the representative face of the brand. 'Araneus Mitificus' is the scientific name of the spider that 'Pringles' wants to rename. Araneus mitificus, commonly known as the kidney garden spider or pale orb weaver, Satara, Maharashtra, India.