Corona is forcing the potato trading houses to think about a different set-up of the traditional variety shows this year. A number of companies opt for an event online, others have ...
Potato tubers are the result of the plant genetics and the environmental conditions in which they are grown. Potato varieties are selected carefully for tubers that have desirable appearance to ...
Velocity Snack Brands (VSB) launches two new Popchips product lines in over 2,100 Kroger Co. stores nationwide to meet evolving consumer snacking habits, with further distribution to follow.Popchips Grain Free and Popchips Corn ...
Pepsico UK has joined forces with British clean-tech firm CCm Technologies to reduce their carbon footprint by turning their potato waste into fertiliser.Using CCm Technologies’ innovative carbon-capture technology, potato peelings ...
A custom-built potato grading and washing solution from Tong Engineering has enabled a leading US potato processor to increase sizing potential of both dirty and washed crop, whilst maximizing efficiency ...
The smile, even if it’s subtle, rarely leaves its home directly below Ed Starkel’s snow-white mustache, which is somehow both bushy and immaculately groomed. He is a man who takes ...
For the first time in 20 years, Pringles has updated its unmistakable can with a fresh, new look that features bold hues and a clean design, highlighting the crisps’ inventive ...
Since 2015, Japanese potato chip giant Koikeya had been offering a chip featuring 100% Imakane Danshaku potatoes in ‘lightly salted’ and the standard Japanese flavor ‘nori seaweed flakes and salt’ ...
Teralytic is a soil analytics company which enables farmers to grow more, using less product/enhancement/applications whilst reducing the environmental impact of agriculture. Teralytic’s wireless probe contains 26 sensors which provide the most detailed soil quality data available, reporting soil moisture, ...
As the holidays approach, consumers are expecting their celebrations to look different compared to last year, with half planning to shop for their holiday groceries through an online retailer, up ...
Earlier this year Elea and Amica, a potato chip manufacturer based in Cistglioni Delle Stivere, Italy, have started their cooperation with a trial installation on an industrial scale line. The tests ...
The extensive lockdown measures lead to production stoppages at potato processors and uncertainties about market developments. The industry is currently not interested in free potatoes. These are increasingly being used as biogas, ...
Hollow heart is an internal disorder where a 'lens' or 'star'-shaped cavity forms in the potato tuber. Some varieties are more susceptible than others but, under predisposing conditions, most varieties can be ...
The Valladolid company is committed to the “Agria” and “Yellow Lady” varieties to continue offering Spanish and Castilla y León potatoes to consumers With the potato campaign completed in Castilla ...
Potato virus Y (PVY) is one of the most common problems in potato fields, but few people know it when they see it. With plenty of other things to worry ...
Throughout the past few years, drip and subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) have emerged as new opportunities for alfalfa growers looking to conserve water and other resources. The idea of greater ...
The discovery of wart disease on two plots in the Peat Colonial area is a cause for concern for the potato sector. The infection was found in Festien, a variety with ...
Participants in the webinar about agricultural robots want to work together in a new ecosystem to play a key role worldwide. It is precisely the robot builders who collaborated with industrial ...
Although it wasn’t an immediate success, the ‘Russet Burbank’ cultivar now accounts for about 40% of the U.S. potato acreage. It originates from a seed collected from an ‘Early Rose’ ...
Variable leaf killing in potatoes results in an average saving of 22 percent on the amount of leaf killing. Converted, this results in cost savings of 8.61 euros per hectare. This is ...
You cannot use what’s happening above ground as a guide to what’s happening below, according to new research into alternative desiccants. A key finding from the work is that the ...
Above and Beyond Award The Above and Beyond Award is for an individual recognised for making an ‘above and beyond’ contribution to the British potato industry. The recipient is Andrew Francis from ...
It’s easy to batter and bruise potatoes during harvest operations. This serious problem costs growers, packers, and processors millions of dollars every year. Let’s look at the most common types ...
The debate about the agricultural sector is narrowing to a discussion about nitrogen and numbers of animals. The cabinet is losing sight of how important the sector is to the Netherlands. 'Nonsense ...
The potato campaign is also practically over in Castilla y León. It just remains to start, and with a very bad prospect for commercialization, as Marco Martín, president of Asopocyl, comments. There ...