Potato Processing company Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. announced today that John Hatto has been promoted to the role of Senior Vice President, Strategy and Growth, as of Jan. 25, 2021.
Farmneed AgriBusiness (FNAB) is a growing agritech venture with niche capabilities around plant protection. FNAB has undergone multiple collaborative research with centres of excellence including WBSU, the only recognized Asia Blight lab in India, NRCG (ICAR Institute), Assam Agriculture University towards its effort to develop crop specific solutions.
From January 5-7, more than 1,000 U.S. and international potato industry members joined the first-ever virtual Potato Expo. The annual event that kicks off the year for the industry, was brought online for the first time in response to the travel challenges imposed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Until December 31, 2020 the North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) was a 5 country organization, but the organization started 2021 without the British AHDB. Also, Victor Pfaff stepped down as NEPG secretary and is replaced by Daniel Ryckmans.
The owners of a potato facility in New Annan confirm they will not dispute a CAD 1,000 fine they received following a spill of waste water at the end of 2020.
The Colombian Federation of Potato Producers - Fedepapa, represents potato producers in Colombia, generating sectoral policy guidelines before the national government, national and international organizations.