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Atlantic hospitality and camaraderie were on full display in Truro, Nova Scotia in April as fifth generation potato farmers, Robert Anderson and Jill Ebbett of East Glassville, New Brunswick (Canada) were named ...

Today, a new potato processing plant was officially opened in Lipetsk by Ivan Lebedev, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, and by Oleg Korolev, head of the ...

Vietnam's Lam Dong Province has approved a programme to build a Da Lat potato brand to prevent farmers from selling cheap Chinese potatoes disguised as potatoes from Da Lat, which are more ...

Organisations representing potato farmers in Belgium and France, ABS (Algemeen Boerensyndicaat, Flanders), FWA (Walloon Federation of Agriculture) and UNPT (National Union of Potato Producers, France), jointly started Interreg project GEPOS to look ...

McCain Foods Limited has completed a strategic investment in TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture, a highly innovative Canadian agricultural technology company.TruLeaf has developed proprietary indoor vertical farming technology to grow fresh and nutritious leafy ...

Yesterday the Patates Dolbec's potato packaging facility in Saint-Ubalde, Quebec received a visit from Parliamentary Secretary Jean-Claude Poissant on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lawrence MacAulay.Patates Dolbec Inc. just ...

Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and Minister of Agriculture Askar Myrzakhmetov met with representatives of the Dutch company Farm Frites in Astana, setting the plans of building a new plant, according to ...

Potato growers supplying McDonald’s are set to benefit from the provision of free agronomy skills training to improve crop performance and quality with the launch of the MacFry Potato Academy.  The Academy ...

China’s potato chip production continues to grow in response to strong market demand, according to a report presented by USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. Industry sources estimate China’s MY2017/18 sliced potato chip and ...

The Michigan Potato Industry Commission (MPIC) joined by Michigan Freeze Pack introduced a new line of individually quick frozen (IQF), water-blanched potato products at the 50th Anniversary Michigan Restaurant Show. The frozen ...

Canadian firm The Little Potato Company held a ceremony to mark the opening of its first U.S. processing facility in DeForest, Wisconsin, completing an expansion first announced in 2016. One hundred workers are currently ...

Canadians potato processor J & S Visser Produce Inc. is modernizing its equipment in order to adapt to consumer needs on both a local and global scale. The Government of Canada is ...

Tomra Sorting Solutions has collaborated with the University of Brussels to test a new technique which allows the detection of dangerous levels of acrylamide in processed and fresh potatoes. The new detection ...

Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and Minister of Agriculture Askar Myrzakhmetov met with representatives of the Dutch company Farm Frites in Astana, according to the official websites.  At present Koktem Agroservice LLP ...

US potatoes used for processed totaled 280 million cwt, down 5% from 2014, when the figures reached 293 million cwt, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) report on potato, ...

With potato consumption continuing to rise in the Kingdom, the Cambodian Agriculture Ministry has recently unveiled a USD200k research center which it hopes will develop potato varieties most suited to the country. ...

The Oregon UAS FutureFarm will host the first Ag Drone Rodeo in Pendleton, Oregon on August 18 -19, where leading technological companies will demonstrate unmanned aircraft systems, featuring advanced crop sensors and ...

Lay’s has announced the winners of its educational program “Lay’s Academy”, in partnership with the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (UASVM) in Bucharest, Romania: Dănuța Popa, Lavinia Rabigan and Adrian Paun. The three winning ...

A 25-year-old French student has won a EUR150k prize from the French Ministry of Agriculture to develop a fresh fruit and vegetable pesticide detector.  On average, in conventional farming, a potato is ...

The rules regarding the flying of drones in the US have been relaxed, paving the way for thousands of businesses to fly legally in the country’s airspace. Existing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules required ...

The United Fresh Produce Association will present its 2016 FreshTech Achievement Award to David Offerdahl, director of ag engineering, at Taylor Farms for his outstanding technical achievements to advance the fresh produce industry. David Offerdahl, ...

GreenStone Farm Credit Services has made a $25,000 contribution to the Great Lakes Ag-Tech Business Incubator. The Incubator is a non-profit organization focused on helping farmers and entrepreneurs commercialize their ag-technology machinery, equipment or software ...

Registration is now open for the July 12Western Ohio Precision Agriculture Day hosted by Ohio State University Extension. Focusing on precision placement opportunities, the daylong workshop is a chance for growers to learn more about ...

Growing up in Uruguay — a country with four cows per every person — Virginia Pravia was immersed in the agriculture industry at an early age. During summers and holidays, Pravia watched as her family ...

Precaution and prevention are key factors in making sure your farm is properly insured and protected against claims. Mark Epple, a Michigan Farm Bureau Insurance agent, discussed prevention and insurance coverage at the ...