Potato News

Una pequeña cantidad de glifosato a la deriva de una parcela de papa para semilla puede causar miles de dólares en daños.

Dewulf, specialist in harvesting technology of potatoes and carrots, introduced its first potato harvester in South-Africa earlier this year.

The Highlander crisps plant at Bathgate, West Lothian, closed on July 31 with the loss of 28 jobs.

Greenvale, the UK’s leading potato supplier, is putting spare spuds from its Shropshire site, Tern Hill and Cambridgeshire site, Floods Ferry, to good use by using them to tackle food waste by working with food distribution charity, FareShare.

Potato Council’s summer ‘Many Faces of Potatoes’ campaign has been hailed a major success, following positive industry and consumer feedback.

Machine manufacturer DT Dijkstra has improved their washing system to better suit the needs of its customers.

AUSVEG, the National Peak Industry Body for Australian vegetable and potato growers, has welcomed the Prime Minister's acknowledgement of the importance of investment in agribusiness as part of his announcement of an election to be held on 7 September.

Contrary to NGO stories of exploited farmers and middlemen running riot, Gujarat’s potato farmers have scripted an entrepreneurial success story by teaming up with multinationals and other buyers of their produce

The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) has issued an updated estimate of planted area for the 2013 crop (at the start of July).

The United States Potato Board (USPB) has named produce industry veteran, Blair Richardson, as President/CEO, effective August 1, 2013.

SignalDemand recently announced that ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston has selected SignalDemand's EnterpriseOptimizer(TM) software solution to provide additional insight into how to maximize output and visibility of its potato supply and production capacity.

Thousands of fast-food workers at many of the biggest US restaurants have staged walkouts in 7 US cities. The workers are demanding a pay raise to $15 an hour, compared with average wages across the industry closer to the federal minimum wage of $7.25.

A través de esta iniciativa se quiere desarrollar la producción de semillas, asesorar a productores en todo el proceso productivo, comercial y estratégico y mejorar los manejos productivos e innovación en el cultivo de papa.

It may surprise many people to learn that China has been the world's largest producer of potatoes since 1993. But it should not be entirely unexpected. The Chinese diet has changed drastically since the economic reforms of the 1980's.

Tom’s of Maine, a leading natural products company focused on oral and personal care, is looking to reduce end-of-life waste from its products even more by experimenting with biodegradable packaging made from potato starch.

Two truckloads of potatoes from the Gaza Strip have been denied entry into Jordan on the grounds that the beleaguered territory "does not produce potatoes"

After many years of frustrating work to gain access to Brazil for U.S. seed potatoes as well as corresponding market development, U.S. seed potato growers are finally making sales.

J.R. Simplot Company recently announced that CravOn™, its "never fried"french fry, is now available to consumers throughout Albertsons Southern California Division grocery stores.