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Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LW) announced today an expansion of french fry processing capacity at its facility in American Falls, Idaho, and the declaration of its quarterly dividend. Tom Werner, President and ...

The seed potato chain, represented by LTO Nederland, Plantum NL and the Dutch Potato Organization (NAO), is very concerned about tackling fraud involving seed potatoes with forged NAK certificates. 

High heat in the early summer can lead to reduced yield and deformed potatoes on farmers, said Washington State Potato Commission Executive Director Chris Voigt in a Herald telephone interview. A potato ...

Not all robust potato varieties will survive this year when it comes to phytophthora resistance

PepsiCo announced it was consolidating its presence in the Dominican Republic with a recent investment of more than USD30m for the expansion of its Caribbean Plant. Gerardo Díaz de León, president of ...

In the space of five years, Sencrop has grown into a major supplier of weather stations for so-called connected networks in Europe. The weather stations provide local and accurate weather data. By sharing this ...

Lamb Weston / Meijer (LW/M) announced plans today to build a new french fry plant, expanding its existing production facility in Kruiningen, the Netherlands. The approximately EUR 200 million investment will increase ...

NewCold recently announced changes to its leadership and organization structure as it continues its transformation into a faster, leaner and more agile company poised for global growth, the company said. The changes ...

Wire needles are a growing problem in potatoes. In more and more places damage is found in the crops in the field. There are virtually no chemicals left for this pest. Klaas Froma of ...

Andrei Sinitsyn started the potato business back in the 1990s:

In a fertigation trial in potatoes, Aeres University of Applied Sciences compares schemes with four nitrogen levels and two different phosphate levels. The moisture supply is based on soil moisture sensors. The trial is ...

Farmers are becoming increasingly dependent on data and software. This has its downsides, such as the discussion about the right to repair.

Potato growers on P.E.I. are turning to technology to help them track spores from late blight and other airborne diseases that could damage their crops.  One of the companies doing the monitoring ...

By putting water at the heart of business operations and increasing water self-sufficiency, arable farms become less dependent on the weather. Restrictions on water use are also decreasing. This makes arable farmers more resilient ...

Robert Daugherty began Valmont Industries in 1946 in Valley, Neb., with $5,000 and a dream. Of course, it wasn’t known as Valmont then; it was called Valley Manufacturing, and they focused on farm ...

The 'Part-time job at the farmer' campaign aims to make young people enthusiastic about a part-time job at an agricultural company, such as an arable farm. The campaign is an initiative of the ...

 The presence of the Colorado potato beetle on a potato field is quite a challenge. Especially for the organic grower, who prefers not to use any chemicals. Joris van der Kamp grew potatoes in ...

Researchers from breeding company Solynta and Wageningen University & Research have identified, cloned and characterized the key gene for self-fertilization in diploid potatoes. This discovery makes it possible to fertilize potato plants with their own pollen. Now SLI gene ( S-locus inhibitor) ...

Europatat Congress 2021 – A successful virtual event for the potato sector! On 10 June the European potato community virtually gathered for the Europatat Congress 2021. Under the slogan “Stay connected – ...

2021 is a new year for potato growers, and that’s a good thing. “Most growers are pretty happy to have last year behind them,” said Mark Klompien, president and CEO of the United ...

Duhok is the capital of Duhok Governorate in the Kurdish region of Iraq.

The processing of potatoes in India started growing with the openings of large-scale organized processing by multinationals and indigenous players. The pattern of the potato industry in India suggests that the demand ...

Results of a new online survey conducted among 2,800 potential visitors to the world's leading trade fair for agricultural machinery – With still eight months before the event, 96 percent are considering ...

Succession planning probably isn’t much above last will and testament toward the bottom of most farmers’ to-do list. Neither subject is pleasant to think about, but both are necessary for security of ...

SupPlant’s technology aims to address the impact of global warming worldwide on smallholder farmers and is designed for the world’s 450 million small growers, as 76 percent of farmers grow crops on ...