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Het nieuwste ras van The Potato Company (TPC) heet Paris en is dit jaar toegelaten op de Nederlandse rassenlijst. De kweker van het ras, Jan van Loon ontvangt tijdens de rassenpresentaties daarvoor de TPC Potato Award.

El estado Trujillo, en la región andina del país, cuenta ya con el Centro de Almacenamiento y Conservación de Papa Luna Fría, ubicado en el municipio de Urdaneta.

Heat and Control, a world-leading equipment manufacturer and supplier serving food and non-food industries, will showcase processing, conveying, coating, seasoning, weighing, packaging, and inspection systems at Pack Expo International 2016.

Metcalfe’s skinny® popcorn has announced the launch of a new packaging design. The updated look will be rolled out into stores throughout the United Kingdom from the end of October.

Australia is experiencing a potato shortage because of flood-effected potato crops in the southern states.

With potato consumption continuing to rise in Cambodia, the Agriculture Ministry unveiled last month a USD 200,000 research center it hopes will research and develop potato varieties most suited to the country.

As a result of the late potato harvest in the North-western European countries (BE, DE, FR, NL, UK), the potato growers organisation NEPG has decided to postpone publication of its annual yield estimates till the third week of November.

The 10th World Potato Congress will be held in Cusco Peru in combination with the 28th Congress of the Latin America Potato Association, ALAP from May 27-31, 2018

Los altos costos para producir siguen marcando la pauta en la cantidad de hectáreas a cultivar, lo que sin duda merma la capacidad de siembra en rubros agrícolas como la papa.

According to Potatoes New Zealand, domestic sales of potato chips have grown by about 15 percent each year over the past three. New Zealanders spent NZD 157 million (USD 112 million ) on potato chips in 2015

Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners, LP (ACAP), along with Silas Capital and Emil Capital Partners, announced it is leading a $3 million financing round in Florida-based Vintage Italia, the manufacturer of Pasta Chips.

Als gevolg van de late aardappeloogst in alle NEPG landen (BE, DE, FR, NL, UK) is besloten om de bekend making van de officiële NEPG oogstverwachting cijfers uit te stellen naar de derde week november.

Currency and supply dynamics are affecting the relative price of British processing potatoes compared to supplies from Belgium and the Netherlands.

A new potato variety that’s genetically modified to withstand bruising has been cleared for commercialization without undergoing USDA’s deregulatory process for biotech crops.

Florigo (a tna subsidiary) has announced the launch of a new continuous potato chip fryer that features patented opti-flow® technology for improved frying performance, the Conti-pro® PC 3

Improving safety practices and achieving a safer working environment is a priority for all the EU starch producers. Starch Europe announces today the winners of this year’s safety awards.

Starting from the premise that an exclusive beer requires an exclusive snack, the Swedish brewery St. Eriks prepared a beautifully designed box containing 5 hand-made potato chips (of course from potatoes planted and harvested by hand as well) and offered the box for 499 Swedish krones (USD 56)

Finally, potato growers in Belgium can relax a bit. At last the weather conditions were in their favour and they could start the harvest