Potato News

R.D. Offutt Company announces that it has agreed to acquire the assets of Ryan Potato Company, an East Grand Forks, MN, based buyer of washing quality reds, whites, russets, and yellow flesh varieties of potatoes, effective July 12, 2010.Ryan Potato Co...

A hearing over how Cavendish Farms negotiates potato contracts with P.E.I. growers wrapped up Thursday.Cavendish Farms, an Irving-owned company, appealed a decision by the P.E.I. Potato Board.The board had approved an order in December that required pr...

Potato growers gathered together for an update on the latest legislative, technical and environmental issues facing their sector at the East Midlands Potato Day held near Spalding in Lincolnshire.

Two of the industry´s leading processing equipment suppliers – Tummers Methodic, located in the Netherlands and Rosenqvists Food Technologies, located in Sweden are joining forces.

Het prijsinformatiesysteem voor aardappelen van de Verenigde Telers Akkerbouw (VTA) werkt in deze snel stijgende aardappelmarkt voortreffelijk. Dit informatiesysteem wordt gevoed door de aardappeltelers zelf. Verkoopt een teler die lid is van VTA een p...

De nieuwe patatjes worden duur. Op de veiling worden voor machinegerooide vroege aardappelen nu prijzen betaald van 19,50 euro tot 23 euro plus btw voor 100 kg. Vorig jaar ging hetzelfde pakket nog van de hand voor 9 euro. Door het koude voorjaar en de...

Op basis van de verzamelaanvragen 2010 ingediend bij het Agentschap voor Landbouw en Visserij blijkt dat het areaal consumptieaardappelen in Vlaanderen dit jaar zou uitkomen op 42.079 ha, of 6,66% meer dan in 2009.De areaalstijging bevestigt de resulta...

Shearer’s Foods is ready to start the second phase of its Massillon expansion project.The snack maker has begun a 52,000-square-foot addition to its new facility on the 30-acre site at the Northeast Ohio Commerce Park. The $27 million investment includ...

Trans fats have been showing up less often in fast-food restaurant meals.Research from the University of Minnesota's Nutrition Coordinating Center has shows major chains have significantly reduced their use of oils that contain trans fat in French frie...

Walkers, the UK’s No. 1 crisps and snacks manufacturer, has announced English Roast Beef &Yorkshire Pudding as the winner of its Walkers Flavour Cup campaign, the world’s first ever ‘crisp tournament’. The Sunday lunch flavour gained more than  ...

Een prijsstijging van diepvriesfrites is onvermijdelijk, gezien de achterstand die aardappelplanten door de droogte hebben opgelopen ten opzichte van voorgaande jaren.Dat zeggen fritesfabrikanten. De stijgende aardappelprijs heeft direct impact op de f...

Good growing conditions this spring and summer have put the P.E.I. potato crop more than a week ahead of schedule.   Potato Board chair Boyde Rose said there was some damage from heavy rain a few weeks ago, affecting one to two per cent of the crop, bu...

Stories circulated yesterday reported that Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, would be announcing the break up of the Food Standards Agency.  They also suggested that this break up was an indication that the Government had ‘caved in’ to the pressure of...

World Potato Congress Inc (WPC Inc) President, Allan Parker and Potato Council Chairman Allan Stevenson, announced today that Edinburgh has been selected as the site of the 8th International World Potato Congress to be held in May 2012.It is the first ...

Voor het eerst worden er aardappelen uit zilte grond geoogst. Dit gebeurt vrijdag op het Texelse Den Hoorn.Aardappelteeltbedrijven Biemond en Fobek uit Sint Annaparochie rooien de aardappelen samen met Arjen de Vos van de Vrije Universiteit van Amsterd...

Kisoro district (Uganda) is to get tea and Irish potato processing factories. President Yoweri Museveni made the pledge on Tuesday during a Prosperity-for-All campaign tour in the district.   Kisoro is the biggest producer of Irish potatoes in the coun...

KMC's board of directors announced today that Michael Jensen, CEO has resigned his position with immediate effect.A resignation agreement has therefore been made and part of this agreement is that neither party states the reasons for termination of the...

Heavy rainfall at the start of the second week of July has benefited parts of Northern European, where the dry conditions are affecting the whole European potato industry. Most areas have crops two weeks behind last year. New crop tuber size and yields...