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Científicos del Servicio de Investigación Agrícola (ARS) en Dakota del Norte están evaluando la capacidad de nuevas variedades de patata de tolerar el almacenamiento a largo plazo.

For a long time Finland had no native potato chip manufacturers. So when a group of entrepreneurs with a high yielding potato farm selling French fries and other potato products were looking for a new way to sell their produce, the market was wide open...

The Inventure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty snack food company, will expand its Bluffton, Ind. manufacturing facility to add extruded snack production capabilities later this year. The $4 million expansion is expected to be complete b...

Heavy rain and frequent frost during the winter in most Mediterranean, Northern European and Middle Eastern countries has had a large effect on early potato production.Imports to European markets are later and lighter in volume than in most recent seas...

Potato farmers selling potatoes to McCain Foods have seen their contract improved after going to arbitration.The farmers had complained McCain's offer price was not even close to what Cavendish Farms is giving its farmers. The issue went to arbitration...

In Manitoba, the potato crop is off to a record start - over half the potato acreage has been planted -, but that does not mean potato growers are pleased with how the spring has progressed. Growers of processing potatoes are still without price cont...

Frito Lay India is looking at increasing contract farming of potato in India by almost four-fold over the next three years.   “Currently, there are 15,000 farmers doing contract farming of potato for us while we are sourcing the commodity from 40,000 f...

Frito-Lay India - with a market share of 60%- is drawing up a fresh game plan to drive volumes. To start with, the company is increasing its manufacturing capacity by setting up a new plant in West Bengal in the second half of 2010.“We are extending ou...

Frito-Lay, the snack food division of PepsiCo India, is contemplating export of indigenously-developed products Kurkure and Aliva to markets such as the US and UK. 'We are looking at markets where the Indian diaspora is strong'.

McCain Foods is permanently reducing the number of production shifts from 3 to 2 at its Borden-Carleton, P.E.I., plant this fall, leading to the layoff of 35 people.Calla Farn, vice-president of government and public relations and corporate affairs for...

Potatoes are America’s number one vegetable crop. Per capita, Americans consume about 130 pounds annually.

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in North Dakota are evaluating the storage properties of promising new potato varieties that could greatly improve potato quality for growers throughout the United States.

Organic farms may be seen as wildlife friendly, but the benefits to birds, bees and butterflies don’t compensate for the lower yields produced, according to new research from the University of Leeds. In the most detailed, like-for-like comparisons o...

Miembros de la Junta de Papa de Estados Unidos (USPB, por sus siglas en inglés) expresaron sus dudas sobre la salud de la industria de producción, comercialización y consumo de papas. Esperan que la industria sufra las consecuencias disminución de dem...

The results for the 'Give Us Your Dillicious Flavour' that was launched in October 2009 by Frito Lay's have been declared. Four flavours have been shortlisted from around 1.3 million entries from consumers. Each of the entries that got shortlisted get...

Generating national newspaper coverage every single day and slots on prime time and day time television and radio programmes;the success of National Chip Week 2010 speaks for itself. An official review shows that the Week generated coverage worth ove...

Energy efficiency is a major consideration for many food processors concerned about optimizing operations without further impacting the environment. If processors can reduce their energy usage while maintaining production yield, food quality and equipme...

Potato processors see lots of energy disappear through the chimney of their fryer, dryer or steam peeler. This is a pity, since this is energy that can be recovered and can be re-used in the process.For decades Kiremko has supplied heat recovery system...