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Today, Jan van Hoogen was appointed managing director of potato cooperative Agrico. He will lead the organisation in close cooperation with a management team.

In the future, plant breeders may be able to develop potato varieties that are better able to withstand long drought spells than the currently grown varieties.

Lack of rain has affected most of England and Wales and unusually dry ground may result in higher levels of common scab than in the last few years, says Potato Council technical executive Chris Steele.

On May 6, 2011 Otter Tail Corporation completed the sale of Idaho Pacific Holding to affiliates of Novacap Industries III, L.P., for approximately $87.0 million in cash.

Production has been halted at a Heinz factory in North Walsham, Norfolk after a major fire over the weekend. <br><br>The fire, reasons for which are currently unknown, began at around midnight on Friday night and was finally put out by around tea time the next day.

Oven chip specialist McCain Foods' efforts to reformulate its product range combined with a targeted PR campaign has helped it to successfully navigate the healthy food storm

Boeren in het noorden, oosten en zuidoosten van Nederland hebben flinke schade geleden door de nachtvorst in de nacht van woensdag op donderdag. Vooral vroege percelen aardappelen zijn beschadigd door de vorst. Dat meldt de Land- en Tuinbouw Organisati...

Productores de Pazos, Huancavelica, concretan ventas. Por su éxito el comité real belga les ha otorgado el galardón Arqueros de Oro en Francia y Bélgica. La noticia fue publicada por el diario peruano El Comercio y está disponible en un archivo PDF en ...

Het wordt in de toekomst waarschijnlijk mogelijk om via plantenveredeling aardappelplanten te ontwikkelen die beter tegen droogte kunnen dan de planten die tot nu toe op de akkers staan.

A New Brunswick potato farmer who has been detained in Lebanon for more than 40 days is being improperly held on an international criminal warrant at the request of the Algerian government, according to his lawyer Rodney Gillis.

There were no positive findings of the potato disease Dickeya during post-harvest sampling of the Scottish 2010/11 potato crop, SASA has announced.

Bangladesh Potato exports surged 71 percent to 16,570 tonnes in the first ten months (July-April) of the current fiscal year, exceeding the total quantity of the tuber exports last year.

El Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Neiker-Tecnalia, se encargará de realizar los exámenes técnicos de identificación para el registro en España de las nuevas variedades de patata que provengan de la Unión Europea

La Iniciativa Papa Andina ha publicado la versión final del documento Agregando valor a las papas nativas en el Perú: Un Análisis desde el Enfoque de Sistemas de Innovación de Hugo Fano, Miguel Ordinola y Claudio Velasco (2010). Resumen Hace cinco a...

Aardappelcoöperatie Agrico gaat over naar een eenhoofdig bestuur.

Go into the kitchen of a Taco Bell today, and you'll find a strong counterargument to any notion that the U.S. has lost its manufacturing edge. Every Taco Bell, McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King is a little factory, with a manager who oversees three...

McCain Foods GB is launching Potato Fingers to meet a gap in the market for a potato product aimed at older children who may have grown out of child marketed products such as McCain Smiles.

Snyders-Lance net revenues for the first quarter ended April 2, 2011, were $388 million, an increase of 75% over prior year net revenues of $222 million that were reported by Lance, Inc. ('Lance') prior to the Merger.