Potato News from Northern America

An estimated 80 per cent of the potato crop from Western P.E.I. is already in storage, says Bill MacKendrick from the West Prince Department of Agriculture office.

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Potato growers are fighting back against efforts to ban or limit potatoes in federal child nutrition programs, arguing the tuber is loaded with potassium and vitamin C and shouldn't be considered junk food.

A soggy September has been a catastrophe for many Lower Mainland (region around Vancouver, BC, Canada) potato and vegetable producers, who are still trying to salvage their crops.

Key Technology announces the launch of its Integrated Solutions Group (ISG) and the introduction of new line integration services.

The Nebraska Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) began tracking the potato industry in 1866, a year before statehood. Then, acreage was 5,000;yield was 36 cwt/a (cwt = hundredweight = 100 lb), and the crop value was $500,000.

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) launched the newest installment of its award-winning, “Comic Book” advertising campaign featuring a brand new cast of characters, The Idaho® Potato Field Force.

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston® will celebrate the grand opening of its new sweet potato processing plant in northeastern Louisiana with Get Sweet.

Rising commodity prices and lingering consumer uncertainty have been eating away at food companies' margins

Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.) and Zip-Pak will showcase the Zipbox™ at PACK EXPO International 2010

With 80 percent to 85 percent of the estimated 55,000 acres of Aroostook County potatoes out of the ground, officials with the Maine Potato Board said Thursday that growers are seeing average yields of high-quality potatoes this year.

Shares in the company that runs Wendy's and Arby's restaurants jumped sharply Thursday on rumors of yet another high-profile buyout in the works.

Provincial and federal officials are seeking assurances from McCain Foods Canada as dwindling production and reduced shifts at its Borden Carleton facility have sparked worries

McCain Foods in Plover will be getting a significant grant from the Wisconsin governor's office in order to help increase energy efficiency at the plant.

Last fall, a motivated group of potato industry members set out to find a way to create short-term demand for potatoes that goes beyond the traditional coupon or price cut, but wasn’t a consistent, long-term demand catalyst.