Potato News

Potato Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon used 6.99 million cwt of raw potatoes during October, down 1 percent from October 2009, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

In flexible packaging, aluminum foil (hereafter foil) is the benchmark for barrier substrates when the requirements are protection against gases, moisture, and light.

Potato starch manufacturer Avebe reports that due to better weather conditions in the first half of October the potato harvest is well underway. Many storage barns have been filled over this period.

Lekker, gezond én snel klaar. Die boodschap draagt CêlaVíta wel heel letterlijk uit.

De Nederlandse aardappelverwerkende industrie verwerkte in Oktober 2010 blijkens data van de Nederlandse Aardappel Organisatie 307 300 ton aardappelen.

Researchers funded by the BBSRC Crop Science Initiative have made a discovery that could instigate a paradigm shift in breeding resistance to Phytophthora infestans

A new report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) challenges previous analyses of the food price crisis of 2007-08.

Potato price in West Bengal inched up by more than Rs 200-250 a quintal over the last few days on account of a crop failure in the southern markets.

The Potato Council has confirmed that it is increasing its levy for 2011/2012 by 3%.

Calbee Foods Co. of Japan has awarded its top productivity prize to employees at its United States joint-venture RDO-Calbee Foods.

American iconic brand McDonald’s wants to take a bigger bite of China.

Krunchers! Inc. is recalling Jays Original Potato Chips because of Undeclared Milk Allergen

The preliminary production estimate for the 2010 Canadian potato crop is 97,279,000 hundredweights (4 412 575 tonnes).

De aardappeloogst in West-Zeeuws-Vlaanderen en Walcheren is door de hevige regenval van de laatste weken mislukt. Die uitspraak durft loonwerker David de Looff uit Nieuw- en Sint Joosland aan.

De fastfoodsector wil de omzet opschroeven. Dat pakken ze anders aan dan de rest van de horecasector.

Nearly a third of UK shoppers want food and grocery retailers and manufacturers to focus on reducing waste.

A growing shortage of farm hands and smaller land holdings are forcing many farmers to mechanise their farms, allowing multinational agri implement companies to tap into Indian market.

As the US begins to emerge from recession, restaurants are seeing lapsed customers return.