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Lay’s Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Popper
August 29, 2017
Lay's Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeño Popper Potato chips are dropping exclusively Into Walmarts Nationwide
Lay’s has come out with a Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Popper potato chip.
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Potato Beetles on display at the Fredericton Research and Development Centre's open house
August 29, 2017
Fredericton Potato Research Lab invites the public
More than 300 people stopped by Fredericton Research and Development Centre's open house
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NDSU Professor Harlene Hatterman-Valenti talking about her research into the effects of the herbicides dicamba and glyphosate on potatoes. One of her findings is that weather can affect the level of harm done to potatoes by dicamba.
August 29, 2017
Potatoes look good in North Dakota, Minnesota
Red River Valley potato growers generally have avoided drought and deluge this growing season. That bodes well for the soon-to-begin 2017 harvest.
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Colombia: Cultivadores de papa en Boyacá anuncian crisis por producción a pérdida
August 28, 2017
Colombia: Cultivadores de papa en Boyacá anuncian crisis por producción a pérdida
Los campesinos se solidarizaron con los arroceros en paro, y culparon de su crisis a las importaciones de producto dentro de otras razones.
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Agricultural Equipment at the trade show Agritechnica, world's largest trade show of agricultural machinery and farm equipment. (Courtesy: Agritechnica)
August 28, 2017
Agricultural Equipment Market predicted to grow at CAGR 6.5% to 2024: EstiCast
Indian Market Research firm Esticast Research and Consulting has prepared a Global Agriculture Equipment Market Overview, predicting this market to grow to USD 279.5 billion in 2024, growing at a CAGR of 6.5% from 2017 to 2024.
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Russet Norkotah is an early to medium maturity cultivar grown primarily for the fresh market. Yields are medium and tuber specific gravity is low to medium. Russet Norkotah has an attractive general appearance and a desirable tuber shape and type, but the
August 27, 2017
Idaho Potato Growers report lower yield in early Norkotah Harvest
Idaho Potato industry officials report yields are down significantly as Western Idaho growers have started with their early harvest of Russet Norkotahs for the fresh market.
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This illustration shows how the Tolsma-Grisnich 5m temperature sensor is going to be used in bulk potato storage. We indicated the location of the sensor with arrows to clarify where it is exactly located.
August 26, 2017
Tolsma-Grisnich 5M temperature sensor cable finalist Potato Europe Innovation Award
Tolsma-Grisnich has developed a temperature sensor cable that is 5m in length and that can measure the product temperature at various heights throughout the stack of potatoes.The product is one of the five finalists for the Potato Europe Innovation Awards.
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Julio Kalazich, Director Nacional del Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA) y especialista en mejoramiento genético de papa.
August 25, 2017
En Chile quieren diferenciar variedades y productos de papa de acuerdo a usos culinarios
Para facilitar la elección de los consumidores, la iniciativa contempla cuatro categorías con distintos colores: uso industrial, ensalada, fritura, puré o papas al horno.
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Adrienne Gorny, a fourth-year doctoral student in Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology at Cornell University, is the recipient of the 2017-2018 NPC Academic Scholarship.
August 25, 2017
National Potato Council awards scholarship to Adrienne Gorny for nematode research
Adrienne Gorny, a fourth-year doctoral student in Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology at Cornell University, is the recipient of the 2017-2018 NPC Academic Scholarship.
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Las doctoras María Eugenia Segretin, Rita M. Ulloa y Elisa I. Fantino en el invernadero del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular (INGEBI).
August 24, 2017
Argentina: Investigadores identifican mecanismo de defensa del cultivo de papa
El hallazgo permitiría el desarrollo de plantas resistentes al tizón tardío, una de las enfermedades más destructivas del cultivo de la papa.
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The Northern Philippines Root Crops Research And Training Center based at the Benguet State University in La Trinidad is supporting potato farmers in the Condillera region by providing them with disease-free planting material - resulting in better yields
August 24, 2017
New potato varieties available for farmers in Cordillera, Phillipines
Two leading research institutions have partnered to help increase potato production in the Philippines, in order to meet the increasing demand for the crop
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All dressed potato chips from Whole Foods Market private label brand 365 Everyday Value.
August 24, 2017
Amazon and Whole Foods Market announce immediate changes as acquisition closes this Monday
Amazon and Whole Foods Market today announced that Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods Market will close on Monday August 28, 2017 and a number of changes will be implemented right away.
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August 24, 2017
French Fry manufacturer in China receives Heat and Control fryer with integrated batter coating and de-oiling system
Equipment manufacturer Heat and Control has delivered a high performance fryer for battered french fries to a large potato processor in China
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In a hidden experimental field in Wageningen, the Netherlands, surrounded by tall maize plants, there are several smaller plots with potato plants. In some of these plots there are only dead plants, in others the plants have been affected by late blight (
August 23, 2017
Solynta's revolutionary hybrid breeding technology protects potato from late blight by multi-resistance
The breeders of Solynta have succeeded in making potato plants insusceptible to the dreaded potato disease Phytophthora infestans, using their revolutionary hybrid breeding technique.
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The Dutch company Solynta has been focused on non-GMO potato breeding (F1 hybrid potato breeding) and the eventual distribution of its varieties as true potato seed instead of seed potatoes (Courtesy: Solynta)
August 22, 2017
Solynta develops a blight resistant potato variety (non-GMO)
The Dutch company Solynta has developed a potato variety that is resistant to late blight (Phytophthora Infestans). As a result, it could greatly reduce the use of pesticides in agriculture.
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No clearer indication that the event is close than the fact that all the building materials for the pavilions have been delivered
August 21, 2017
Potato Europe 2017 in Emmeloord, The Netherlands, coming up in three weeks
In three weeks PotatoEurope 2017 opens its doors. Over 265 exhibitors (+8 %) from 16 countries will share their potato expertise with you in their booths and allow visitors a look in the potato chain of the future.
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Potato receiving at Avebe Gasselternijveen
August 21, 2017
Avebe has started up its potato starch plants for another season
The potato season of cooperative Avebe got under way. The first loads of members’ potatoes have been delivered to its starch production plants in Ter Apelkanaal and Gasselternijveen
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Ennio Pizzoli, founder of the leading Italian potato company named after him, has passed away at the age of 90.
August 21, 2017
Ennio Pizzoli, passed away at the age of 90.
Ennio Pizzoli, founder of the leading Italian potato company named after him, has passed away at the age of 90.
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