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From 3 to 5 February, Fruit Logistica in Berlin is the place to be for everyone that wants to keep up-to-date on global innovations in the food processing industry. This year Tolsma-Grisnich has a new setup in collaboration with Concept Engineers and partner, Kiremko.

Agrico and its subsidiaries will launch the new ‘Say Growth’ campaign at Fruit Logistica in Berlin.

Arcos Dorados, la franquicia más grande de McDonald’s del mundo, que opera la marca en Latinoamérica, anunció el lanzamiento de una nueva promoción de papas por tiempo limitado: un nuevo tamaño más grande de sus famosas papas fritas.

The Europatat Congress 2016 will take place in Brussels (Belgium) on 1 & 2 June 2016, under the slogan “Not business as usual!”

A meeting date of February 26, 2016 is set for the vote of the stockholders of Diamond and Snyder's-Lance to vote on approving the recently announced acquisition of Diamond Foods by Snyder's-Lance, Inc.
Snyder's-Lance also announced estimated preliminary unaudited net sales for the full year of $1.66 billion

Equipment manufacturer Gillenkirch is again exhibiting at the Fruit Logistica in Berlin

TOMRA Sorting Food will demonstrate two of its market-leading sensor-based systems for the fresh produce industry at Fruit Logistica 2016 in Berlin, Germany, on 3-5 February.

Idaho State University researchers have found high-tech cameras mounted on drones flying 60 meters above potato fields can effectively detect individual diseased and stressed plants.

The United States Potato Board (USPB) unveiled its first Spud Nation™ Food Truck at POTATO EXPO 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is an entirely new, proactive and aggressive demand-building approach for potatoes.

At the National Potato Council’s (NPC) 2016 Annual Meeting, held January 14-15 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jim Tiede from James Tiede Farms of American Falls, Idaho, was elected to serve as NPC’s president for 2016 and to lead the council’s Executive Committee.

The new Mooij Agro Croptimiz-r storage computer is now officially certified as IP54

Delegates of AHDB Potatoes’educational programme ‘Next Generation’ spoke on spuds and the needs of the £4.1bn GB potato sector on an informative visit to Westminster (parliament) and NFU London last week.

How are Potatoes served around the World? McCain Foodservice takes a look at recipes around the world.

El investigador e ingeniero agrónomo, Guillaume Lacavé, está estudiando cómo reaccionan las papas (patatas) nativas sometidas a estrés hídrico y su producción de antioxidantes y otros bioactivos.

NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that according their independent analyses, Earth's surface temperatures in 2015 were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880.

In a bid to help the chip shop industry keep customer satisfaction high and compete in the increasingly aggressive quick service restaurant (QSR) sector, AHDB Potatoes has invested in a new online resource.

McDonald's Japan just announced the McChoco Potato, french fries drizzled with two chocolate sauces, a limited time offer available starting January 26

It's still a month to go for Valentine's Day but Pepsico India is already ready to celebrate love, albeit, in a quirky way through its new Lay's campaign - 'Love to Love it'.