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AHDB winding down horticulture and potatoes operations as Ministerial decision awaited
May 18, 2021
AHDB winding down horticulture and potatoes operations after farmers vote down levy continuation
AHDB has announced it is winding down significant activities on behalf of the horticulture and potatoes sectors. While awaiting a decision on the future by Ministers in England, Scotland and Wales, AHDB wants to reassure levy payers their views have been heard.
HZPC Americas hires Jill Herold as key account manager (Courtesy: KTVQ News)
May 18, 2021
HZPC Americas hires Jill Herold as key account manager
HZPC Americas announced that the company recently hired Jill Herold as a Key Account Manager. Jill brings over 18 years of experience in technical agronomy in potatoes, corn, soybean and other various crops, including several years focused on sustainability.
Potato growing in Estonia has seen a three-fold decline in the past decade, ETV news show "Aktuaalne kaamera" (AK) reported Tuesday.
May 17, 2021
Threefold drop in Estonian potato cultivation in past decade
Potato growing in Estonia has seen a three-fold decline in the past decade, ETV news show "Aktuaalne kaamera" (AK) reported Tuesday. Farmers are blaming the unprofitability of growing the tuber – which only makes money one year out of every three, they say.
Dilip Baral (Courtesy: EPS)
May 17, 2021
Potatoes From Paddy: Odisha Farmer’s Idea Saves 80% Water, Prevents Stubble Burning
Dilip from Odisha learnt an innovative method to grow potatoes using agro-waste, to put an end to stubble burning.
Princesa Amandine realiza una Donación de 5.080 kilos de Patatas a Los Bancos de Alimentos de Madrid y Barcelona.
May 17, 2021
Princesa Amandine realiza una Donación de 5.080 kilos de Patatas a Los Bancos de Alimentos de Madrid y Barcelona
Princesa Amandine® en su deseo de ayudar a la población que más lo necesita y a todos aquellos que se encuentran en situación de vulnerabilidad, ha realizado una donación de patatas a los Bancos de Alimentos de Madrid y Barcelona.
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May 17, 2021
New FPS Spiral Immersion System (SIS)™ offers opportunities for pasteurized potato products
FPS Food Process Solutions has announced the launch of their game-changing technology, the Spiral Immersion System (SIS) ™ targeting food processors in North America as their first market.
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Udapa plantará casi un 15 porciento más de patata que el año pasado.
May 17, 2021
Udapa plantará casi un 15 porciento más de patata que el año pasado
Con más de 8 millones de kg vendidos, Udapa cierra la campaña de comercialización de patata de Álava. El pasado mes, Udapa dio por finalizada la campaña de comercialización de patata de Álava con sello Eusko Label y Euskal Baserri.
Potato processing firm HyFun will invest Rs 300 cr (40.9 mil. USD) to expand its manufacturing capacity
May 17, 2021
Indian Potato processing firm HyFun will invest USD 40 Million to expand its manufacturing capacity
HyFun, which produces and exports frozen potato products, will be investing Rs 300 crores (~40.927.410 USD) for expansion and will also foray into the domestic retail segment.
Potatoes are particularly challenging to control nitrate leaching because the hill and furrow system tends to promote both water recharge and nitrate leaching loss due to the high nitrogen demand of that particular crop (Courtesy: Kevin Masarik/University
May 17, 2021
Research: Interseeding the potato crop to reduce nitrate leaching
A two-year project funded through the University of Wisconsin-Water Resources Institute is investigating an interseeding cultivation method for potato cropping that shows early promise to reduce nitrate leaching.
España: Resultados del proyecto UREZPAPA sobre innovación en riego de patata.
May 14, 2021
España: Resultados del proyecto UREZPAPA sobre innovación en riego de patata
El objetivo principal del proyecto UREZPAPA es lograr una mayor eficacia en el manejo del agua para conseguir el mayor ahorro posible de este recurso, sin que el rendimiento del cultivo disminuya.
El INTA conserva las semillas de Papa Andina en un Banco de Germoplasma.
May 14, 2021
El INTA conserva las semillas de Papa Andina en un Banco de Germoplasma
Así lo confirmó Darío Carlos Castro, referente en cultivos andinos de ese organismo, quien explicó que los productores pueden acceder gratuitamente a ese material genético.
Acquisition Vertically Integrates Largest Supplier of the Company’s ON THE BORDER® Tortilla Chip Brand
May 13, 2021
Utz Brands to Acquire Festida Foods
Utz Brands, Inc. announced that its subsidiaries have entered into a definitive agreement with Great Lakes Festida Holdings, Inc. to acquire all of the assets, including the real estate located in Grand Rapids, MI, related to the operation of Festida Foods.
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May 13, 2021
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