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Overview of BEPPCO storage facilities
August 09, 2021
Potato Chips manufacturer BEPPCO opens state-of-the-art storage facilities in Iraq
B.E.P.P CO is a potato chip manufacturer from Iraq that offers natural potato chip products under the following brands: Mr.Krisper and Mito. To optimize potato quality, B.E.P.P CO opened this season a new state-of-the-art potato storage facility that can provide optimal conditions for potatoes for processing at all times.
Jan Soltau becomes Managing Director of Solana Germany
August 08, 2021
Jan Soltau becomes Managing Director of Solana Germany
The Solana Group appoints Jan Soltau as Managing Director of the German Solana subsidiary as of August 01, 2021.
Annual Report: McCain Foods in Britain impacted by pandemic and poor potato crop
August 08, 2021
Annual Report: Results McCain Foods in Britain impacted by pandemic and poor potato crop
McCain Foods (GB) Ltd is a leading manufacturer of frozen potato products in Great Britain. The company recently released its 'Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Financial Year ended June 2020'.
The FAO Food Price Index fell again in July
August 06, 2021
The FAO Food Price Index fell again in July
The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 123.0 points in July 2021, down 1.5 points (1.2 percent) from June but still 29.1 points (31.0 percent) higher than its level in the same period last year.
En Colombia el 90 por ciento del cultivo de papa se concentra en los departamentos de Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Nariño y Antioquia. (Cortesía: Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario)
August 03, 2021
Colombia: Superficie con papa caería 30 porciento por la pandemia
En el país se producen en promedio 21,5 millones de toneladas de papa al año y más de 90 mil familias en 283 municipios dependen de este cultivo.
La patata 'Edurne', de piel fina y carne amarilla clara, ha obtenido altas puntuaciones en cata y funciona bien tanto frita como cocida.
August 03, 2021
Neiker colabora con UDAPA en el desarrollo de 'Edurne', una nueva variedad de patata con nombre propio
La cooperativa UDAPA realiza un estudio agronómico y de aceptación comercial de la variedad de patata 'Edurne', creada por NEIKER.
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Potato processers find efficient emissions control solution in Dürr Megtec’s advanced wet electrostatic precipitator
August 02, 2021
Potato processers find efficient emissions control solution in Dürr Megtec’s advanced wet electrostatic precipitator
Potato processors are finding the advanced design of Dürr Megtec’s recently released Part.X PW Wet ElectroStatic Precipitator (WESP) to be an efficient and low maintenance solution to control particulate matter from frying exhaust.
UK Potato Farmer E W Button & Son invests in Haith grading facility for its early season and ware potatoes
August 02, 2021
UK Potato Farmer E W Button & Son invests in Haith grading facility for its early season and ware potatoes
In 2020, with demand for homegrown produce soaring, E W Button & Son decided to invest in a brand new, purpose-built grading facility for its early season and ware potatoes.
tna solutions, booth #701, SNAXPO, North Carolina, United States, 22-24 August 2021
August 02, 2021
tna solutions Set to Showcase New and Enhanced Customer Solutions at SNAXPO 2021
Global food processing and packaging specialist, tna solutions, is set to unveil new and enhanced customer solutions at this year’s SNAXPO exhibition, as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to meet evolving customer needs.
Key Technology Introduces Key Discovery™
August 02, 2021
Key Technology Introduces Key Discovery, a new Software Suite for its Sorting Systems
Key Technology introduces Key Discovery™. This suite of software solutions transforms Key’s digital sorting systems into IIoT connected devices that collect, analyze and share data while sorting product.
An example of a tricot potato trial in Gicumbi, Rwanda. (Courtesy: JC Nshimiyimana / CIP)
August 02, 2021
Potato Farmers in Rwanda help validate and disseminate new varieties
The triadic comparisons of technologies – or tricot – approach is being used in a citizen-science project funded by the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) to identify and scale up best cassava and potato varieties in Rwanda.
Lamb Weston Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Results; Provides Fiscal Year 2022 Outlook
July 29, 2021
Lamb Weston Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Results; Provides Fiscal Year 2022 Outlook
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LW) announced its fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2021 results and provided its outlook for fiscal 2022.
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