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El lugar preponderante que ocupa FRUIT LOGISTICA, el salón líder internacional del sector hortofrutícola, se corrobora una vez más este año con la presencia de los principales actores y actuadores en el mercado, los responsables del sector y una asiste...

The 2011 Prince Edward Island potato conference and trade show is an ideal opportunity for producers to discuss new research and development in the industry, says Agriculture Minister George Webster.

During the Potato Expo, Frank van Schaayk (Regional CEO United States and South America McCain Foods) introduced the Alliance for Potato Research and Education in his presentation titled 'French Fries, Re-imagined'

PMMI, owner and producer of the PACK EXPO family of trade shows, is pleased to announce PACK EXPO has signed on as Platinum Sponsor of the World Packaging Organization’s (WPO) WorldStar awards ceremony.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing to change the nutritional guidelines for the school lunch program that would restrict students to just one cup of certain vegetables per week.

Baxters High Brow Produce says it has increased throughput by 38%, reduced production staff and improved potato packing since installing a new automated bagging line.

A clutch of Punjab-based potato farmers are in the final stages of signing a deal with Russian traders for exporting close to 10,000 tonnes of the crop to Russia for the first time.

Potato farmers near Koo Wee Rup, south-east of Melbourne, say their crops have been wiped out by the flooding on the weekend.

US Snack foods manufacturer Dirty Potato is all set to enter the Indian market.

Mercer Canyon of Prosser, Washington, and Walker Brothers Farms of Malin, Oregon were presented with the prestigious 2010 Environmental Stewardship Award at the 2011 NPC Annual Meeting.

De COGEM is verzocht te adviseren over de milieurisico’s van een kleinschalige (categorie 1) veldproef met genetisch gemodificeerde aardappelen (Solanum tuberosum) met een verhoogde resistentie tegen Phytophthora infestans, de veroorzaker van de aardappelziekte.

Team Onderzoek van DLV Plant gaat aan de slag met het onderzoeksproject “Tolerantie en rasgevoeligheid van aardappelrassen voor Pratylenchus penetrans”.

De aardappeltermijnmarkt beleefde een stormachtig einde van de week. Met een zeer hoge omzet van 942 contracten zakte de termijnprijs terug naar 24,70 euro.

Met de ‘shop in shop’ van Stamppot to go in het tankstation van Berkman Energie Service in Barendrecht kunnen klanten in plaats van een vette hap nu ook kiezen voor stamppot.

Fall rains devastated potato and vegetable crops across the Fraser Valley, BC and now producers face uncertainty about how much the government is going to help them.

A potato virus that has been around for years is mutating and that’s got both researchers and industry leaders worried.

A study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that consuming salty foods may impair the ability of blood vessels to widen.