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Over 35,000 finished pounds/hour (16,000 kg/hr) of crispy batter-coated french fries will be produced for fast-food lovers using Heat and...

The market for food innovations is growing strongly and therefore one of the most dynamic and interesting markets in the...

The horticulture industry of Zimbabwe is calling for higher import tariffs on imported horticulture products to avert the collapse of...

Potato starch manufacturer AVEBE has announced the company will start this year's starch production on August 26. That is a...

As the $186 million-plus fresh potato export market continues to grow an average of 9 percent annually, the Idaho Potato...

Officials from Oregon and Washington are working on an upcoming joint trade mission to expand export opportunities for Northwest potatoes....

Furious potato growers are going head to head with supermarkets and restaurants in a campaign to reclaim the "British New...

In the aftermath of last year’s difficult growing and harvesting season, almost one in ten of Britain’s potato growers decided...

Nora Olsen is The Potato Association of America president for 2013-2014. Olsen is a professor and Extension potato specialist at...

Furious potato growers are going head to head with supermarkets and restaurants in a campaign to reclaim the "British New...

McCain Foods' Aug. 7 announcement that it will invest more than $100 million to expand its Burley potato processing plant was...

Ishida Europe is introducing an enhancement to its market-leading Atlas range of snack food bagmakers which the company says will...

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 205.9 points in July 2013, 4 points (nearly 2 percent) below its revised value for June...

The price of potatoes in Brazil reached the highest level in the last 10 years. Farmers say that this increase...

McCain Foods USA has announced plans to expand its Burley, Idaho manufacturing plant with the addition of a third production...

McDonald's Corporation today announced that global comparable sales increased 0.7% in July.Performance by segment was as follows: U.S. up 1.6%Europe...

Heat and Control’s new FastBack FDXM Force Displacement drives are now 40 per cent smaller than comparable inertia drive horizontal motion...

The Council of Agriculture and Water of the Spanish Region of Murcia estimates this year's potato production to reach 100,027...

About the same number of potato psyllids have been caught on sticky traps in Idaho fields this season as by...

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

Dewulf, specialist in harvesting technology of potatoes and carrots, introduced its first potato harvester in South-Africa earlier this year. Carl...

Greenvale, the UK’s leading potato supplier, is putting spare spuds from its Shropshire site, Tern Hill and Cambridgeshire site, Floods...

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

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

AUSVEG, the National Peak Industry Body for Australian vegetable and potato growers, has welcomed the Prime Minister's acknowledgement of the...

The United States Potato Board (USPB), the nation’s potato marketing organization and the central organizing force in implementing programs that...

Contrary to NGO stories of exploited farmers and middlemen running riot, Gujarat’s potato farmers have scripted an entrepreneurial success story...

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

SignalDemand recently announced that ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston has selected SignalDemand's EnterpriseOptimizer(TM) software solution to provide additional insight into how...

Even McDonald’s (MCD) own hypothetical household budget (pdf) for its restaurant employees seems to suggest it’s difficult, at best, for...

After many years of frustrating work to gain access to Brazil for U.S. seed potatoes as well as corresponding market...

Snack Food Company LesserEvil has set up a new factory in Danbury, Connecticut where it now produces kettle corn and...

Potato Chips Manufacturer Tyrrells Potato Crisps in the United Kingdom will get new ownership. Investcorp, a leading provider and manager...

It may surprise many people to learn that China has been the world's largest producer of potatoes since 1993. But...