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A warming climate is placing potato production under increasing pressure, with rising temperatures, drought, and extreme weather threatening yields, quality, and global food security.
August 05, 2026
Accelerating Global Warming Could Reshape the Future of Global Potato Production
Global warming is accelerating, threatening potato production through heat, drought, pests, and storage challenges. Climate-smart farming, resilient varieties, and improved irrigation are essential to protect future yields and quality.
Potato starch is emerging as a versatile bio-based ingredient, supporting innovation in food processing, pharmaceuticals, sustainable packaging, and industrial manufacturing worldwide.
July 17, 2026
Potato Starch Finds New Growth Beyond Food as Industrial Demand Accelerates
Potato starch is expanding beyond food as demand grows for clean-label ingredients and sustainable materials. New applications in pharmaceuticals, paper, textiles, adhesives, and biodegradable packaging are creating global market opportunities.
Changing weather patterns linked to El Niño could impact potato yields, quality, storage, and supply chains across key production regions.
June 21, 2026
NOAA Confirms El Niño as Global Potato Industry Prepares for Weather Risks
NOAA has confirmed El Niño, expected to strengthen through 2026–27. The global potato industry is monitoring impacts on yields, disease pressure, processing quality, storage, and supply chains while accelerating climate resilience efforts.
David Côté and Julie Poitras-Saulnier, co-founders of the Montreal company Loop Mission, pose with their latest product — lime-and-ginger gin. (Courtesy: Loop Mission | Facebook)
December 27, 2019
From chips to cheers: Montreal company makes gin from potato scraps
After tackling upcycled juice and beer, Loop has now launched a lime-and-ginger gin. The Quebec gin was launched in December, just ahead of the holiday season.
EnWave Corporation, a Vancouver-based advanced technology company, has developed Radiant Energy Vacuum (“REV™”) – an innovative, proprietary method for the precise dehydration of organic materials. Shown above is an example of dried pineapple.
May 16, 2019
Japanese snack manufacturer Calbee to test proprietary EnWave REV™ dehydration technology
EnWave Corporation just announced it had signed Commercial License and Equipment Purchase Agreements with Calbee Inc., a leading Japan-based company engaged in the manufacturing and sales of snack confectionary, bakery food and cereal food.
Idaho Pacific is a manufacturer of dehydrated potato products such as potato flakes (shown) with production locations in Canada and the United States
July 06, 2016
Potato dehy manufacturer Idaho Pacific sold to Arlon Group
Novacap, a Canadian private equity firm, announced today that they have sold Idaho Pacific, a company specializing in dehydrated potato products to Arlon Group, a food and agriculture investment firm with a global network that supports investments across the entire food supply chain in the Americas.
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Ron Offutt was one of the speakers on the final day of the Manitoba Potato Production Days (Courtesy: Manitoba Cooperator / Jennifer Paige )
February 11, 2016
Ron Offutt highlights the contribution of strong partnerships to his international success
Ron Offutt, founder and Chairman Emeritus of the R. D. Offutt Company, the United States’ largest producer of potatoes, spoke about his business success on the final day of Manitoba Potato Production Days in Brandon on January 28.
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Marleny Aranda Saldaña (middle) with graduate students Yujia Zhao (left) and Carla Sofia Valdivieso Ramirez. Saldaña and her research team developed a (potato-) starch-based plastic film that has antioxidant and antimicrobial properties.
October 28, 2015
Researchers turn potato processing waste into eco-friendly plastic films
Researchers of the University of Alberta offer a green alternative to petroleum-based plastics used in food packaging by turning potato byproducts into eco-friendly plastic films
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Potato Tea Anyone?
February 21, 2013
Potato Tea Anyone?
Damtuh, a leading tea manufacturer in Korea, recently launched a new tea product, “Corn flake, potato and Chinese yam” tea which contains US dehydrated potatoes.
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Food manufacturers rush to create 'Natural' recipes
May 10, 2012
Food manufacturers rush to create 'Natural' recipes
With their soft, mashed potato insides and crispy exteriors stamped in the shape of a happy face, McCain Foods’ frozen Smiles are marketed as a fun-to-eat children’s snack. They’re not supposed to explode.
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April 29, 2012
Vietnam's chefs turn out for US potatoes at annual meeting
The United States Potato Board’s (USPB) Vietnam Representatives partnered with the Washington Apple Commission and the US Meat Export Federation at the 2012 Saigon Professional Chef Guild (SPG) Annual Meeting.
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April 16, 2012
Liquid fertilizer manufacturer SC&W receives government support
The provincial and federal governments announced today that they are making a combined investment of $297,775 to help SC&W Solutions Ltd. expand its liquid fertilizer operation to meet increasing demand for its product in export markets.
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Fire at a potato flakes-storage facility in Hartland in use by HSF Foods
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