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The FAO Food Price Index averaged 205.9 points in July 2013, 4 points (nearly 2 percent) below its revised value for June and 7 points (or 3.3 percent) lower than in July 2012.

Potato processor McCain has contracted Soltens to remove and recycle by-products from its Scarborough french fry factory.

The Council of Agriculture and Water of the Spanish Region of Murcia estimates this year's potato production to reach 100,027 tonnes;an increase of 27% compared to the previous campaign.

The Highlander crisps plant at Bathgate, West Lothian, closed on July 31 with the loss of 28 jobs.

Greenvale, the UK’s leading potato supplier, is putting spare spuds from its Shropshire site, Tern Hill and Cambridgeshire site, Floods Ferry, to good use by using them to tackle food waste by working with food distribution charity, FareShare.

Potato Council’s summer ‘Many Faces of Potatoes’ campaign has been hailed a major success, following positive industry and consumer feedback.

Machine manufacturer DT Dijkstra has improved their washing system to better suit the needs of its customers.

The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) has issued an updated estimate of planted area for the 2013 crop (at the start of July).

Potato Chips Manufacturer Tyrrells Potato Crisps in the United Kingdom will get new ownership. Investcorp announced today that it has agreed to acquire Tyrrells Potato Crisps from Langholm Capital for £100 million.

The Guatemalan potato moth is wreaking havoc in potato crops in Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. Control measures exist, but are toxic or financially out of reach. Now there's a promising alternative: a biopesticide based on a virus that infects the moth.

During the last two years, KWS POTATO B.V. took huge steps to establish a new central potato breeding station near Emmeloord, Netherlands. Furthermore, the company is currently adjusting its strategic focus in breeding, seed production and sales.

Insort and EVK have signed a worldwide license agreement with Key Technology for use of Chemical Imaging Technology in proven Key solutions provided to the potato industry.

Despite one of the most challenging years in British farming history, with early droughts followed by widespread floods, PepsiCo surpassed the target of a one-third reduction in water use using drip irrigation at the same time as growing 'more crop per...

Tong Peal Engineering is set to showcase its latest range of processing equipment at Europe’s largest potato exhibition in September, Potato Europe.

Los 149 supermercados de Spar venderán por primera vez la variedad ecológica 'Lady Balfour'. La cadena ofrecerá a sus clientes el kilo de estos nuevos tubérculos a 75 céntimos.

La prohibición de importar papa procedente de la Unión Europea por parte de Rusia entró en vigor, después de tres meses de negociación.

Tong Peal Engineering will be hosting an open week later this month, to give growers and packers the opportunity to see its latest machinery in action.

The savoury snacks industry assembled en masse to do business on 12-13 June 2013 as exhibitors, delegates and visitors from over 70 countries around the world met in Gothenburg, Sweden, for the 15th edition of SNACKEX.