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Resson, a predictive analytics company for the agricultural industry, welcomed Mahindra & Mahindra as a strategic partner, joining existing strategic partners, which include McCain Foods and Monsanto Growth Ventures.

Europatat Congress 2018 was attended by over 90 participants from 21 countries and received very positive feedback, in particular regarding the high quality of the speakers and their refreshing and inspiring messages.

Today, TOMRA, announced the appointment of Felix Flemming to Head of Digital for TOMRA Sorting Solutions. His appointment and mandate highlights the growing importance of software in (food) processing equipment.

El pelado y los daños mecánicos en la papa generan manchas pardas o negras. Con edición génica, investigadores del INTA de Argentina lograron modificar el gen de polifenol oxidasa, cuya enzima provoca la oxidación.

Utz® Quality Foods, LLC, is voluntarily recalling select expiration dates of some Golden Flake, Good Health, Utz and Weis Brand Tortilla Chip items due to potential contamination of undeclared milk allergen.

Potato Processor Lamb Weston recently implemented new refrigeration equipment in its Hermiston plant, which company executives said will save 12 million kilowatt hours annually.

Two potato packaging companies in Germany have been fined a total of ‎€ 13.2 million (USD 15.8 million) for price fixing related to their supplies to the Metro Supermarket group.

Ishida Europe has introduced an internal moisture sensor and monitoring system for its latest multihead weighers, which will enable fresh and frozen food producers to more easily control and prevent water ingress into their critical production equipment.

Los productores del municipio colombiano de Ipiales anunciaron medidas para combatir el contrabando de papa desde el vecino país. Una de ellas es asociarse para afianzar compromisos con las autoridades y luchar contra este flagelo.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 173.5 points in April 2018, nearly unchanged from March but up 2.7 percent from the corresponding period last year.

Potato cultivation has a number of quirks that make it both a prime candidate for precision agriculture and a little different than other crops

This spring Kettle Foods launches in the United Kingdom a new range of price marked packs (£1 per bag) to target the growing sharing snacks market.

Investigadores de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) y del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) lograron obtener una versión más robusta y con más tubérculos del cultivo.

Google research, developed on behalf of McCain, showed how ‘Micro Moments’ in consumer search habits are impacting eating out.

Merger talks between British supermarket chains Sainsbury's and Asda are at an "advanced" stage, Sainsbury's has confirmed.

The European Commission decided on Friday April, 27 2018 to impose a complete ban on neonicotinoids, referring to the risk they pose to wild bees and honeybees.

Following a case of poisoning caused by a potato dish, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) is reminding people about the correct handling of potatoes.

Today, the first Russian large-scale French fries production facility - built in Lipetsk by a Joint Venture of the Russian Belaya Dacha Group and Lamb Weston / Meijer - was officially opened