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The 20th edition of INTERPOM, the trade fair for the entire potato chain, was finally held a year later on 28,...

US exports of fresh potatoes, including both table-stock and potatoes for processing, were up 16% during the July-September 2021 quarter...

Canadian Food Inspection Agency recently shut down border to P.E.I. fresh potatoes exports Two P.E.I. potato producers say measures taken...

A Sinn Féin MEP has questioned the European Commission, members of which attended a sitting of the European Parliament Agricultural...

According to a news report by Reuters, fewer shops in Britain have shortages of potato crisps this week than the week...

Potato producers are facing tricky times, with ballooning costs squeezing profits and seasonal staff increasingly difficult to source since the...

Side Delights offers shoppers Thanksgiving recipes and reasons or reminders to give thanks this year. Thanksgiving is a crucial season...

Idaho University Moscow campus will soon be hosting a new USD5.5m Seed Potato Germplasm Laboratory. This new lab is, in...

The hostesses call "spider web" thin vermicelli, which is added to the soup just a couple of minutes before being...

The World Potato Congress is delighted to announce its December 2021 webinar featuring Joel VanderSchaaf, General Manager, Tuberosum Technologies Inc. on December14,...

We are very pleased to have welcomed you again here at Elea for our 3rd PEF Advantage Day. This year the event focused...

ABP’s Port of Ipswich is bucking the trend and seeing record amounts arrive at its shores.

FINALISTS have now been announced for the 2021 National Potato Industry Awards, which will be presented on the first night...

United States export of frozen potato products increased by 30% for the July – September 2021 quarter compared to 2020....

A global shortage of fertilisers is driving up food prices and leaving poorer countries facing crisis, says the boss of...

In their bid to create a cultivation plan for early spuds that will meet the demand, Swisspatat’s production and trade...

Wet weather and rising fertiliser prices are forcing farmers to rethink their potato plantings, with tonnages expected to be down significantly...

The statue pays tribute to the Belgian fries culture and heralds the Week of the Fries

It would seem that the iron wheels in tractors are a relic of the past ... Nothing could be further...

Pulsemaster is a leading provider of Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) systems for the potato processing industry globally. Pulsed electric field treatment of potatoes being...

THE UK Soil Health Initiative (UKSHi) has produced a series of guides for growers seeking advice on soil health. The guides...

Around 740 thousand tonnes of potatoes were harvested by farmers in Tajikistan in the current season as of the end...

Pennsylvania-based Herr’s will launch Flavored by Philly, a line of Philadelphia-inspired chips determined by the snack company’s fans. In this...

It was the closure of an existing John Deere dealership nearly 10 years ago that set Kenny Quaile on his...

The world's first autonomous potato harvester, called the Harvey.One, is bright red, has a caterpillar undercarriage and drives completely independently...

A blue, potato-shaped sensor for in-store monitoring of potato crops and an app that estimates your potential crop yield from...

Farm Carbon Toolkit is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Mercian Ltd, the UK’s largest supplier of crisping potatoes....

Calbee, a leading authority on potato chip physics and chemistry, and Tokyo Banana, makers of the most famous souvenir snack...

Finding successful marketing concepts is a constant concern of direct marketers. One way to reach customers is the online farm shop...

Having the vantage point of 40 plus years to look out over the potato industry, one could expect many changes. Some...

Albert Bartlett launched a new national advertising campaign capturing its brand-new theme ‘Make It Extraordinary’.  As Fiona Briggs reports for Retails Times, the...

CROP solutions provider Fera is to provide an aphid monitoring programme in seed potatoes, with yellow water traps, for the...

Belt materials may look similar in their raw form, but they can have completely different compositions. This one is high...

A new study published in the British Journal of Nutrition shows that 9-17-year-old girls who consume up to one cup...

Simon Lee and Charlie Rich were recently appointed as joint sales directors for vegetable handling equipment manufacturer Tong Engineering, in...

The new Tasteful Partners entity, which emerged after Tasteful Selections took over RPE, is a wholly-owned CSS Farms subsidiary. Tasteful...

Businesses and residents in Kensington, P.E.I., are already starting to feel the effects of the U.S. border being closed to...

The ground-breaking organisation first set up by Scottish seed potato growers will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend.

Scientists at the University of Florida developed an innovative modeling approach to the assessment of climate adaptation and mitigation opportunities...

A knowledge packed learning event for key information on potato diseases, soil health, and growing solutions. Everyone in the potato...

Potato Expo is the largest annual potato industry conference and trade show held in North America January 5-6, 2022Anaheim Convention...

Due to potato stocks depleting rapidly, the retail price of spuds rose sharply by 39%. Each kilo was sold for...

After one of the wettest summers in recent decades, potato crop conditions at the end of the harvest period were...

The results on the main BASF trial field with Allstar confirm the positive results of previous seasons. But the fungicide's benefits...

We are proud to present you our application. And as an announcement of this future development, we open the veil...

Throughout 2021, as part of Potato Grower’s celebration of our 50th year in publication, we will be honoring in our pages...

The Northern Plains Potato Growers Association (NPPGA) serves more than 200 grower members and 250 potato associate members throughout northwest Minnesota and...

In 2019, PepsiCo partnered with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP)...

In late October and early November, US market circumstances performed above year-ago levels. With yields down from a year ago,...

Studies in three Africa countries validate the value of seed system tools  Seed systems are essential for getting new crop varieties to farmers and,...