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Potato growers in the United Kingdom have two additional blight fungicide choices this year after BASF launched two new products into an already crowded market.

Diamond Foods, Inc.(Nasdaq:DMND) today reported record sales growth and a more than doubling of earnings in its second quarter of fiscal 2011.

The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has granted EUR 2.5 million for developing potato cultivation in Tanzania.

Subway has surpassed McDonald's to become the world's largest restaurant chain in terms of units, the sandwich company confirmed Monday.

In October last year we wrote in a PotatoPro Newsletter about biodegradable snack bags and addressed the noise issues Frito-lay had with their SunChips packaging. Now Frito-lay has reduced the noise of the biodegradable SunChips packaging and are now introducing Quieter 100% compostable SunChips bags.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) rose for the eighth consecutive month, averaging 236 points in February 2011, up 2.2 percent from January

The Potato Council stand at Fruit Logistica (Berlin, February) received more than 150 industry direct enquiries for seed and ware potatoes this year.

For the first time Emsland Group will be part of the well known SNAXPO exhibition in the United States.

UGent, ILVO, VIB en HoGent hebben van de federale ministers Paul Magnette en Laurette Onkelinx (PS) toelating gekregen om een tweejarige veldproef uit te voeren met genetisch gemodificeerde aardappelen die bestand zijn tegen phytophthora.

ccording to Pakistani exporters, 200,000 tons of potatoes were expected to be exported to Russia during the current season

Potato Starch manufacturer AVEBE’s production campaign of 2010-2011 is almost finished.  The expected overall production of potato starch is about 20% less than last year.

On February 11, 2011, the first shipment of U.S. chipping potatoes from Washington State arrived in Japan.

Steeds meer bedrijven uit het agribusinesscomplex begeven zich op het terrein van de sociale media.

In het met een Michelinster bekroonde Restaurant Sonoy in aardappelhoofdstad Emmeloord trakteerde patron-cuisinier Paul van Staveren de 5 beste inzenders van de landelijke Gourmandine receptenwedstrijd op een workshop rondom de culinaire Gourmandine a...

Telers van fritesaardappelen zijn nog steeds bereid vlot aardappelcontracten te ondertekenen, ondanks de huidige hoge prijzen op de vrije markt van onder meer aardappelen, uien en peen.

AFFI commends the agreement announced by President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón to end a lengthy cross-border trucking dispute that has resulted in various U.S. frozen food exports being subject to punitive Mexican retaliatory tariffs.

Dynasty, available exclusively as a partner with CruiserMaxx® Potato insecticide/fungicide seed treatment, is a broad-spectrum and highly systemic fungicide that offers improved disease protection against the major classes of fungal pathogens.

Donderdag 3 maart 2011 is op het Lommelse industrieterrein Maatheide rond 6 uur brand ontstaan in een grote frietketel van het bedrijf Farmo, een onderdeel van Farm Frites.