Potato News

Potatoes worth millions of rupees were gutted in a major fire in the Khedut Cold Storage (KCS), owned by the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee.

De eerste aardappelen komen op en het is erg droog. Dit betekent dat het aantal kiemen geringer kan zijn, er minder stolonen worden gevormd en minder knollen.

Het aardappelverbruik blijft stabiel in België, dat meldt het marktonderzoekbureau GfK Panelservices Benelux, dat het thuisverbruik van aardappelen volgt bij 4.000 Belgische gezinnen in opdracht van VLAM.

Lantech's Q-300XT stretch wrapping machine improves operator friendliness with a larger load-placement window for its automatic film cut-and-clamp system.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that Irish potato growers in Idaho and Malheur County, Ore., voted to continue their federal marketing order program.

Herman Vermeer is afgetreden als voorzitter van de raad van beheer van Agrico.

Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty food maker and marketer, reported record financial results for the first quarter ending March 26, 2011

The Columbia Basin, Idaho, and Wisconsin are all facing potential shortages, while North Dakota is sitting on more spuds than one year ago. The North American Potato Market News is reporting the Columbia Basin will run out by July 3rd if usage continu...

The International Potato Center (CIP) operates a network of offices in 30 countries. Using this network, CIP.distributes (potato) plants to local farmers and adds new breeds to its library.

For the 3 months to 31 March 2011, PinguinLutosa recorded consolidated sales of 118.6 million euro, which represents an increase of 4.48%.

Many potato crops are now emerging alongside intensive weed competition, with continued dry weather conditions having significantly reduced the efficacy of all residual herbicide treatments.

The Finnish love-affair with new potatoes, often accompanied by fish, seems to know no bounds.

harvest It's proved a difficult summer for potato growers in South Australia, with high rainfall ruining their crop.

The Canadian restaurant industry is slowly improving to pre-recession levels but long-term growth will depend on more product innovation, quality, customer service, and convenience.

Gary Linkletter, Chairman of the Prince Edward Island Potato Board said Thursday he expects potato acreage will drop somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 acres this year.

Idahoan Foods is moving its corporate headquarters and about 70 employees from Jefferson County (Lewisville, about 20 miles North of Idaho Falls) to the heart of downtown Idaho Falls.