Potato News

The UK food industry has seen a surge in the sales of organic foods according to an annual report by the Soil Association.

It was bound to happen. This isn't out of the blue. It makes perfectly good sense. In South Korea, McDonald's is rolling out honey butter french fries.

The distribution agreement between AVEBE and Ingredion will be terminated as of March 31 2015 for North America and Japan.

Better relationships between UK potato growers and the rest of the supply chain are needed if the sector is to cope with its current downturn.

The first potato line ever launched under the Potandon Produce ™ brand name will soon be available.

Fresh Solutions Network announced that Mack Farms has joined their network of best-in-industry grower/shipper partners.

A study published in The Lancet Global Health shows that in an analysis of worldwide dietary patterns, overall diet quality worsened across the globe even as consumption of healthier foods increased in many countries.

State Agriculture Commissioner Walt Helmick is on a mission to create jobs by convincing West Virginian landowners to produce potatoes — lots of potatoes.

Building on the growing success of its collaboration over the past two years, Potato Council and Horticultural Development Company (HDC) brought the largest collaborative UK stand yet to this year’s Fruit Logistica event in Berlin.

Heat and Control introduces two new materials that can make life easier for potato and snack processing companies: KleenCoat and KleenFlex

The Indian government has decided to remove the minimum export price of potato as its availability has increased and prices have eased in domestic markets.

Columbia Basin potato processors slowed down during the West Coast port impasse, making fewer potatoes into french fries, hash browns and other potato products shipped around the world.

According to the Canadian Healthy Eating Consumer Trend Report, consumers place an increasingly high priority on health, and more are seeking healthy options away-from-home, but their behaviour and attitudes towards healthy eating are evolving.

Black Gold Farms, an industry leader in potato production, sales and marketing, recently acquired the legacy potato production operation, George Wood Farms located near Camden, NC.

Insort GmbH is one of the winners of the International FoodTec Awards in the category GOLD. Insort received the award for its Sherlock Food Analyser (Sherlock Analyst).

The Cuban western province of Matanzas, one of the largest producers of potatoes in the country, will almost double potato yields during the present harvest, according to Agriculture officials.

En una reunión del Consejo Nacional de la Papa, que contó con la participación del Ministro de Agricultura, Aurelio Iragorri, se presentó el Plan para el Mejoramiento de la Competitividad de Pequeños y Medianos Productores de Papa.

En el marco de la conmemoración del aniversario 245 de la comuna de Puqueldón (isla Lemuy), en Chiloé, el municipio local entregó un reconocimiento a la Fundación para la Innovación Agraria y a otras instituciones que han colaborado con los agricultores de la zona en la protección y rescate de las diversas variedades de papa nativa.