News On Dehydrated Potato Products from the United States

February 26, 2011

Lamb Weston Richland plant, Lamb Weston/RDO Frozen Foods Plant in Park Rapids earn Energy Star

Both the ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston Richland processing facility and the ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston/RDO Frozen Foods Plant in Park Rapids have earned ENERGY STAR® designation for 2010 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

February 15, 2011

US Potato Stocks and Potato Processing, February 2011

The 13 major potato States held 176 million cwt of potatoes in storage February 1, 2011, down 14 percent from a year ago.

January 16, 2011

Potato use for processing in US up 2%, use for dehy down 24%

January 13, 2011

Burley/Heyburn Dehydrated Potato Plant to open early this year

An Oregon-based potato company is on pace to open a new dehydrated potato processing plant in Heyburn, Idaho, early this year.

January 07, 2011

New US proposal could end Mexican export trucking dispute

Washington lawmakers and agricultural representatives are hoping that a proposal announced Thursday by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood soon will end retaliatory tariffs on American exports to Mexico.

December 29, 2010

USPB provides help to develop new dehy potato products

Potential end users who learn about U.S. dehydrated potatoes at trade shows and seminars and who decide to incorporate dehy into a product don’t have to go it alone.

December 15, 2010

Dehydrated Potato Flakes blamed for derailment

Union Pacific says the dehydrated potato flakes it was hauling caused a costly derailment at its biggest railyard because Idahoan Foods did not properly clean the wheels of its freight cars.

December 15, 2010

US Potato Stocks Down 13 Percent From December 2009

The 13 major potato States held 232 million cwt of potatoes in storage December 1, 2010, down 13 percent from a year ago.

December 14, 2010

International Potato Processing & Storage Convention – 2011 Announced

November 01, 2010

City of Burley awarded $499,000 to build infrastructure for new potato dehydration plant

Governor C.L. 'Butch' Otter announced that the city of Burley will receive nearly $500,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding for the cost of public infrastructure to support a new potato dehydration facility of Gem State Processing.

October 05, 2010

US export of potato products remains strong

Exports of US potatoes and products for July 2009 through June 2010 (MY09/10) totaled 1,229,853 metric tons (MT) valued at $1,172,702,250.This is a decline of 0.67 percent in volume and 2.69 percent in value from the previous year’s record levels.

September 29, 2010

USDA publica el reporte anual para el cultivo de la papa (2009)

El reporte incluye la siguiente información: Producción de papa para el año 2009 Producción de papa durante el invierno Producción final de papa durante la primavera Producción de papa durante el verano Producción de papa durante el otoño Produ...

September 29, 2010

USDA publishes Potatoes 2009 Annual Summary

The USDA has recently published their annual potato summary, reviewing the 2009 potato crop.Potato production in 2009 is revised to 431 million cwt, down slightly from the estimate in the January Crop Production 2009 Summary but 4 percent above the 20...

September 13, 2010

Hungry Jack & Celebrity Chef Adam Gertler Challenge Americans to Put Down the Shopping List & 'Use up the Box'

Who says a box of pancake mix can only make pancakes?

September 13, 2010

Idaho 2009 potato crop revised up

Final disposition numbers show Idaho’s 2009 potato crop totalling 133 million cwt, an increase of 1.1 percent from earlier estimates.

August 10, 2010

Consejo de la Papa de los Estados Unidos publica su estrategia en Internet

Con el inicio de un nuevo año fiscal, el Consejo de la Papa de los Estados Unidos (USPB, por sus siglas en ingles) ha publicado en línea la estrategia que sus programas seguirán para cumplir los objetivos propuestos. Se encuentra en ingles en http://ww...

August 10, 2010

United States Potato Board publishes long range strategy online

With the start of the USPB’s new fiscal year (FY11) July 1, the newly revised Long Range Plan (LRP) is now available at www.uspotatoes.com/120lrp.html. The Long Range Plan is the USPB’s annual strategy document that guides each and every program the B...

July 28, 2010

Starchology? National Starch's new buzzword for its science and art in starch

National Starch has a new word for the driving force behind all the technologies, capabilities and ingredient solutions the company provides customers: STARCHOLOGY.STARCHOLOGY is the centerpiece of a new identity that National Starch presented at the ...

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