Potato News

Artículo publicado por la Revista El Agro en su edición No. 181 de 2011. El texto completo se encuentra en esta página

PepsiCo is combining product sampling with storytelling in Argentina in an unusual vending machine that appears to manufacture Lay's potato chips before your eyes after a real potato, rather than coins, is dropped in a slot. The Lay's machine, which w...

After the feared potato disease Dickeya Solani showed up in Scotland in imported seed potatoes in 2009 and 2010, a new survey shows no signs of the disease in 2011. The survey was carried out in support of Scottish legislation which established a &quo...

McDonald's has started rolling out its new, healthier Happy Meals in some markets. By the end of this week, the offering will be on the menus of McDonald's restaurants in the New York Tri-State and a number of markets in California.

Chips and Snacks manufacturer Shearer’s Foods announced the following appointments: Michael Parks has been named Shearer’s Vice President of Manufacturing. Mike is providing leadership and direction to Shearer’s five manufacturing facilities as well ...

On September 13, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with several key initial partners, launched Million Hearts, an initiative that aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years. As one component of ...

Pennsylvania State officials headed to a farm Wednesday for a look at the damage done by the flood.  Entire crops have been wiped out, leaving farmers looking for help which may be available through FEMA.  Devastation pretty much sums up the potato cr...

Fastfoodgigant McDonald’s heeft op dit moment 226 vestigingen in Nederland, maar er is plaats voor 300 restaurants. Dat zegt Jo Sempels, directeur Nederland, in een gesprek met het Financieele Dagblad. ‘We openen elk jaar vijf nieuwe restaurants. Ik w...

Potato equipment manufacturers are in an upbeat mood following one of the best years on record, writes Steven Vale from Potato Europe. German potato machinery specialist Grimme is enjoying one of the best years ever, with overall sales up on its 2008 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today a streamlined, integrated approach to effectively and rapidly respond to human and animal foodborne illness outbreaks: the FDA Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Network. The...

The National Restaurant Association is calling on foodservice equipment manufacturers to apply for its 2012 Kitchen Innovations Awards. Selected by an independent panel of experts, the award recipients represent the most groundbreaking equipment on the...

US potato and product exports were a record $1,350,213,480 and 1,366,649 metric tons for the July 2010–June 2011 fiscal year. This is a 15 percent increase in value and 11 percent increase in volume. On a fresh weight equivalent basis, this represents ...

The Charlotte, N.C., site of Snyder's-Lance began operations in the 1960s and was expanded twice since to more than 1 million sq. ft. In August 2008, Greg Flickinger left General Mills after nine years to become director of manufacturing for Charlott...

El daño causado por el gusano de alambre en la papa es fácil de detectar, según Novy Rich, un genetista del Servicio Americano de Investigación Agrícola (ARS, por sus siglas en inglés). Se asemeja a un agujero dejado por un clavo en la superficie del t...

Farmers in India's potato-growing belt of Agra region, which accounts for more than 30 percent of the country's yield, are in peril as market prices continue to fall below the cost of cultivation. A bumper summer crop has not helped as they are under p...

Potatoes South Africa reported that the potato industry in South Africa had lost at least 60.000 tons of potatoes this year, largely due to flooding and frost. As a result of a history of poor harvests, chip maker Simba (Pepsico/Frito-Lay) has adopted...

Although it has been one of the tougher years for potato growers in Aroostook County (Maine, US) with crop damage from three tornadoes and excessive rainfall, officials with the Maine Potato Board are downplaying rumors of extensive crop loss. Don Fla...

The Idaho® potato is certainly living up to its “Famous Potato” slogan. During the action-packed 2010-2011 fiscal year the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) generated a record number of media impressions -- almost 4.1 billion to be exact -- for America’s f...