Potato News from the Americas

Despite Prince Edward Island's position as Canada's top potato producer, the P.E.I. Potato Board says there needs to be more local research to help the industry.

Americold today announced the grand opening of a new temperature-controlled storage facility in Delhi, Louisiana.

Deep River Snacks, a product of the Old Lyme Gourmet Co., completed a $4 million offering with investment from Southbury, Conn.-based Najeti Ventures.

The North Dakota Agricultural Hall of Fame Committee has selected two inductees to the North Dakota Agricultural Hall of Fame for 2011.

Con el apoyo del Instituto Nacional Autónomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIAP, el Centro Internacional de la Papa, CIP, y la Fundación Minga para la Acción Rural y la Cooperación, MARCO, se realizará el lanzamiento de dos productos innovadores y...

Jones Potato Chip Co. has produced popular snack foods since it was founded in 1945 by Frederick Jones.

PepsiCo, Inc. y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), el mayor proveedor multilateral de financiación para el desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, anunciaron una alianza sin precedentes para impulsar el crecimiento social y económico en 26 ...

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) today announced record attendance at the 2011 AFFI Frozen Food Convention in San Francisco.

PepsiCo, Inc. and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced a landmark partnership to spur social and economic growth in 26 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.

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).

Idaho potato growers and processors are back at the bargaining table after a bitter split two years ago.

The Premier Russet was one hot potato, but the high expectations did not materialize...

After Chris Voigt’s successful 60 days of nothing but potatoes, he promised a series of healthy and tasty potato recipes. The Washington State Potato Commission now has posted the first 21 recipes.

Key Technology introduces its new Auto Valve Check feature for new and installed G6 Tegra® sorters.

Whether you were at Potato Expo 2011 in Las Vegas in January, or were unable to attend, now you can hear seven radio reports, brought to you by the United States Potato Board’s (USPB’s) and National Potato Council’s (NPC’s) broadcast partner, Northwest AgInfoNet’s Greg Martin.

Breeders at Cornell University are helping to feed the US appetite for the crispy snacks

'Focus on Potato' has published a new webcast “Early Season Irrigation Management of Potato.”

International consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and private label brands will enjoy sharpened insight into the latest processing and packaging innovations and trends when they visit the PMMI stand.