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De situatie op de aardappelmarkt is volgens Jaap Kodde van aardappelgroothandel Flevostar Dronten momenteel ondoorzichtig. "Volgens tellingen kan de aanvoer uit het buitenland nog wel tegen gaan vallen. De vorst bepaalt de stemming. Uit berichten ...

It's time to bury that negative fast-food cliché, "Would you like fries with that?" In today's restaurant world, whether it's quick service or full service, operators are finding new ways to present and flavor fries, and customers are eating...

On February 17, at the Potato Research Centre in Fredericton, experimental potato selections were unveiled, including a number of red skins. Red skinned potatoes are hot thanks in part to a consumer and restaurant industry trend toward potatoes that ca...

Pubs will have the opportunity to stock a completely new range of bagged snacks next month when Warburton, the Bolton-based baker, launches two new products. The baker, which began making kettle chips three decades ago but quit the snack game five ye...

Avebe dient geen nieuwe aanvragen in voor veldproeven met het genetisch veranderde aardappelras Modena.De reden is dat de bestaande aanvragen nog steeds niet zijn gehonoreerd.Avebe voert een aantal jaren veldproeven uit met het genetisch veranderde aar...

As a result of rapid international growth, tna, a leading supplier of integrated packaging and processing solutions for food production companies worldwide announces the promotions of three of the company's top sales people.Bachar Ghadri is promoted to...

The Obama Administration today released details of an over $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which will bring grocery stores and other healthy food retailers to underserved urban and rural communities across America. The initiative was an...

Buhler Aeroglide - world’s largest conveyor drier supplier - announced a license agreement with Ronning Engineering Company, Inc. of Overland Park, Kansas, USA.The license agreement includes the utilization of Ronning’s rotary drying technology for spe...

About 193 million cwt. of U.S.-grown potatoes were in storage on Feb. 1, 5% more than last year at the same time, but 3% less than two years ago. About 77 million cwt. of that total are in Idaho sheds, according to the Feb. 17 Potato Stocks report fr...

Potato supplier Greenvale AP has revealed plans to install a wind turbine at its factory in Fenland.Plans have been submitted to Fenland District Council for a temporary 60-metre tall wind mast at the Flood's Ferry factory, near Doddington.A spokesman...

The 13 major potato States held 203 million cwt of potatoes in storage February 1, 2010, up 11 percent from a year ago and 2 percent above February 1, 2008. Potatoes in storage accounted for 53 percent of the 2009 fall storage States' production, 3 per...

Cuban scientists hope to successfully produce in around three years a potato seed created in the country, with which it would save some 15 million dollars in imports, reported IPS.Several research centers are working towards this aim, among them the Na...

The government of Bangladesh has planned to subsidise potato export to boost its shipment after a bumper harvest saw cold storages teeming with the new crop and farmers worrying over major slide in prices, officials said Sunday.The move comes after pot...

About 100 P.E.I. potato growers met with international representatives of the industry Tuesday to hear the market forecast, and there was little in the way of good news. "It is depressing news,"said Cary Hoffman of the United Potato Growers...

United Biscuits UK today announces the launch of the Phileas Fogg marketing campaign for the first quarter of 2010. The campaign, which is worth £2m, will include new pack designs and a TV new advert that starts on 15th February.   The new TV advert e...

According to Plimsoll Publishing Ltd, the UK’s leading financial research company, 43 of the top 264 businesses in the UK Potatoes industry are woefully exposed to being snapped up as a “bargain acquisition”. Their research suggests companies that have...

We came accross this Letter to the Editor (by Popy Sultana) in the Financial Express, a Bangladesh Newspaper. We include the letter here in PotatoPro, because the letter so rightfully stresses the stabilizing role of the potato processing industry on ...

The total potato crop harvested in Armenia the past season will exceed the demand in the domestic market, according to the Minister of Agriculture in Armenia, Gerasim Alaverdyan. "The current potato cultivation area in Armenia is 33,000 hectares w...