Potato News

'Nacho Usual Breakfast' is the creative and catchy title of the Grand Prize winning recipe in the US Potato Board's Guilt-Free Potato Goodness consumer recipe contest, selected by 'Hungry Girl' Lisa Lillien.

There was a time when Italian new potatoes ruled the Central and Northern European markets, but this is ancient history.

Snyder's of Hanover Teams with the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA) for the month of May to Support Celiac Awareness Month

Processing Equipment manufacturer Kiremko Food Processing Equipment delivered a 200 kg/h turn-key snack pellet line - including flavouring system - to one of its customers in Eastern Europe.

The National Potato Council (NPC) and the United States Potato Board (USPB) are pleased that effective today, May 19, 2014, the Mexican government has implemented its final rule to allow U.S. fresh potatoes to enter all of Mexico.

Did you know that in the United States participants in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program can buy nutritious potatoes with a voucher at a farmer’s market, but not at their local grocer?

HZPC Holland, world leader in potato breeding, announces that during the stock trading day of last Friday 16 May, the value of the HZPC-certificate was set at € 93.50.

HZPC Holland bv, wereldleider in aardappelveredeling, maakt bekend dat tijdens de beursdag van vrijdag 16 mei jongstleden de HZPC‑certificaatkoers na Beursdag Mei 2014 is vastgesteld op € 93,50 (gedaan, bieden).

La Asociación de Distribuidores de Papas de Gran Canaria (ADIPA), que se presentó oficialmente este viernes (16 de mayo), es una agrupación que tiene como objetivo el de revertir la tendencia actual de consumo y conseguir que el 80% de la papa que se compre en la isla sea de la tierra.

Cape Cod® Potato Chips adds two savory new cheese varieties to the snack aisle with the launch of Buffalo Cheddar Waffle Cut and 40% Less Fat Aged White Cheddar & Sour Cream.

AVEBE is a partner in the newly founded Protein Competence Center, an initiative of Wageningen UR to join forces of Dutch food companies and knowledge institutes in respect of their research and knowledge of proteins.

Current and planned expansion across the globe has led to TOMRA Sorting Food appointing Steven Van Geel its sales director for China.

An attempt by the Dutch frozen potato chips importer Farm Frites International to prevent the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) from imposing a residual dumping margin on the firm failed on Tuesday, effectively removing it as a competitor from the South African market.

La Empresa Agroindustrial Eladio Machín viene sembrando papa en la parte cienfueguera del macizo de Guamuhaya, con un rendimiento todavía incipiente de 4 mil quintales por caballería (9 toneladas por hectárea) y una calidad óptima del tubérculo aun tratándose de una cosecha fuera de estación.

This week, the Italian Ministry of Agriculture signed an agreement with AIB (Anti Infringement Bureau) and Breeders Trust. The agreement means that the Food Fraud Detection Inspection of the ministry (ICQRF) and the Inspection Service for seed potatoes and seeds (CRA-SCS) will work closely with AIB and Breeders Trust.

In the United Kingdom, many potato crops are now emerging well - straight into conditions that pose a high risk of blight.

Black Gold Farms has recently kicked off their 2014 summer red potato harvest with their extremely popular locally grown programs. The programs correspond with Black Gold Farms harvesting schedule.

In Australia McCain is attempting to entice shoppers to buy their cooked potato chips in their local supermarket through the use of scented advertising panels dispensing the scent of cooked chips at the push of a button.