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De weersomstandigheden in West Europa dit jaar - een koud voorjaar, een warme en droge start van de zomer en een natte nazomer - zijn ongunstig geweest voor het groeiseizoen van zetmeelaardappelen

Potato chips manufacturer Tyrrell's has launched its Furrows range, a crinkle cut chip with peel.

Rain has hampered harvesting progress for potato growers in many regions in the United Kingdom

Rising commodity prices and lingering consumer uncertainty have been eating away at food companies' margins

Food and Farming Minister Jim Paice today welcomed the first Potato Day (Thursday 14 October), which marks the start of the new campaign ‘many faces of potatoes’

Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.) and Zip-Pak will showcase the Zipbox™ at PACK EXPO International 2010

What do you get when you combine a consumer society that is increasingly mobile, global, and “linked in,” one that demands the delivery of data to their fingertips 24/7, with packaged goods producers clamoring to differentiate themselves on and off the shelf?

Een Nederlands consortium van elf bedrijven wil nieuwe technieken en machines voor de akkerbouw verkopen in Rusland.

The Scottish Government has outlined further measures it is taking to prevent the spread of the highly aggressive potato bacterial pathogen Dickeya Solani.

With 80 percent to 85 percent of the estimated 55,000 acres of Aroostook County potatoes out of the ground, officials with the Maine Potato Board said Thursday that growers are seeing average yields of high-quality potatoes this year.

Shares in the company that runs Wendy's and Arby's restaurants jumped sharply Thursday on rumors of yet another high-profile buyout in the works.

Floods in Poland and a drought in Russia have wiped out large portions of the potato harvests in those countries, prompting their buyers to turn abroad in search of spuds.

Provincial and federal officials are seeking assurances from McCain Foods Canada as dwindling production and reduced shifts at its Borden Carleton facility have sparked worries

Clara Aguilera, consejera de Pesca y Agricultura de la Junta de Andalucía, ha apostado por la transformación y la modernización como ejes claves para consolidar el sector de Patata Temprana en la comunidad andaluza, tras su intervención en la inaugurac...

Food and Farming Minister, Jim Paice, will be celebrating Potato Day on 14 October with a visit to Frogmary Green Farm in Somerset, a farm which works to educate children about potatoes.

McCain Foods in Plover will be getting a significant grant from the Wisconsin governor's office in order to help increase energy efficiency at the plant.