Potato News

Potato Starch manufacturer AVEBE’s production campaign of 2010-2011 is almost finished.  The expected overall production of potato starch is about 20% less than last year.

On February 11, 2011, the first shipment of U.S. chipping potatoes from Washington State arrived in Japan.

Steeds meer bedrijven uit het agribusinesscomplex begeven zich op het terrein van de sociale media.

In het met een Michelinster bekroonde Restaurant Sonoy in aardappelhoofdstad Emmeloord trakteerde patron-cuisinier Paul van Staveren de 5 beste inzenders van de landelijke Gourmandine receptenwedstrijd op een workshop rondom de culinaire Gourmandine a...

Telers van fritesaardappelen zijn nog steeds bereid vlot aardappelcontracten te ondertekenen, ondanks de huidige hoge prijzen op de vrije markt van onder meer aardappelen, uien en peen.

AFFI commends the agreement announced by President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón to end a lengthy cross-border trucking dispute that has resulted in various U.S. frozen food exports being subject to punitive Mexican retaliatory tariffs.

Dynasty, available exclusively as a partner with CruiserMaxx® Potato insecticide/fungicide seed treatment, is a broad-spectrum and highly systemic fungicide that offers improved disease protection against the major classes of fungal pathogens.

Donderdag 3 maart 2011 is op het Lommelse industrieterrein Maatheide rond 6 uur brand ontstaan in een grote frietketel van het bedrijf Farmo, een onderdeel van Farm Frites.

Although visits to U.S. restaurants are still below the level registered six years ago, there were signs of improvement in the second half of 2010

Un juez de la Audiencia de Barcelona ha condenado a la marca 'Patatas Naturales' a dejar de producir y retirar del mercado su producto 'Pat-Diet' por hacer publicidad engañosa al ser presentado como un producto 'light', cuando realmente no lo era. Seg...

Los municipios de Palermo en el Huila y de Chiquinquirá en Boyacá van a tener un papel más preponderante en el mapa industrial del país, gracias a la construcción de dos zonas francas en donde se espera la llegada de grandes compañías. La primera de e...

In de telervergaderingen van begin maart maakt HZPC een gemiddelde prognoseprijs voor pootaardappelen oogst 2010 bekend van € 33,00 per 100 kg excl. BTW.

McCain Foods Australia is being urged to follow the lead of Simplot Australia by increasing potato prices for Ballarat growers.

A federal announcement that Maine seed potato producers can now ship their potatoes to Thailand likely won’t have a big impact on the industry.

Spiraling shipping costs for commodities threaten to drive food inflation even higher as nations from Asia to the Middle East and Africa scramble for supplies

Two new potato varieties just released by Oregon State University are likely to catch the eye of Oregon's potato processing industry and the gourmet market.

The unsettled weather is hampering progress with potato planting in the United Kingdom, says the Potato Council.

A controversy on field trials/multiplication of GM potato at the Central Potato Research Station (CPRS), Jalandhar, has started with activists, farmers unions and medical experts demanding from the Punjab government for immediate ban on these.