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AP-LIFT system improves harvesting on heavy clay, loose peat, steep slopes and stony soil

In the heart of central Washington lies Othello, a town of 8,700 people with a unique claim to fame - it's the world's foremost producer of frozen french fries, hash browns, and ...

#FrenchFryCrisis #SouthAfrica #PotatoFarmers #Processors #AgriculturalIndustry #McCain #SustainableAgriculture #Innovation #Collaboration The crisis is said to have been caused by McCain, the world's largest producer of frozen French fries, which cannot process frozen fries ...

The Simple Root has announced the launch of a range of “naturally creamy” plant-based cheese alternatives for the UK market, made from potatoes and root vegetables, as Grace Duncan reports for The Grocer. The new range ...

On Jan. 4-5, more than 1,800 U.S. potato growers and industry members from a dozen countries turned out for Potato Expo 2023, hosted by the National Potato Council, at the Gaylord Rockies ...

Supplies of fresh potatoes in Tasmania’s supermarkets are low, with a major grower forced to temporarily halt harvesting as weather conditions make it too wet to get tractors onto paddocks, as Fiona Breen, Laurissa Smith, ...

As increasing heat makes fire seasons longer and more intense, a team of scientists is looking to this U.S. state to see what might happen to potato yields – and their findings ...

The increasingly unpredictable climate is triggering a new set of challenges to the Scottish potato industry, where milder summers and winters are leading to an increasing risk of virus transmission in seed ...

The sixth month of our inflation tracking project reveals potato prices have shot up 60% in just a few weeks - Credit: Archant The prices of basic foods including chicken, vegetables, milk and ...

Domestic potato processors proposed to the Ministry of Agriculture to raise import duties on potato flakes, which are used to make chips and mashed potatoes, from 5% to 32%. Kommersant writes about ...

Farmers on the Australian island of Tasmania have rejected a second price offer for their potato crop this season from food manufacturer Simplot. They claim that the extra USD105 per tonne proposed ...

Entrepreneur Vasily Starodubtsev, the grandson of the former governor of the Tula region, bought the plant under construction from a division of the Canadian company McCain (McCain food). After the launch, the ...

Gustavo Teixeira knows the best way to supply more food to a growing population is by wasting less of it. As a new assistant professor and potato postharvest physiologist with University of Idaho’s ...

World Potato Congress Inc. is very pleased to introduce five new International Advisors to the organization making it truly representative of all regions of the world. Martin AcostaMartin is the founder and CEO ...

Andrew Cummings has been growing potatoes his whole life, but he isn’t farming the same land his parents did.

There is little information on the impact of nozzle type under a dense potato crop canopy. There is a popular misconception that a fine spray is preferred.

Maine potato growers have dealt with storage and shipping difficulties having pulled a record harvest from the ground, but the bumper crop also means more spuds are going to markets across the ...

Brent Bydevaate has taken over the family potato farm and is now running it himself. Growing up Brent Bydevaate always knew what he wanted to do — farm. He grew up working ...

About 80 percent of their potato harvest goes to Peak with the remainder to Simplot Canada and McCain Foods.

Some potato farms in Aroostook County, Maine have histories dating back to the early 1800s. Daniel Corey’s operation is not one of them, however. Corey started his namesake operation — Daniel J. Corey ...

Whether it’s to perfect shape and size, improve storability or protect against disease, potato breeders have their hands full meeting processor and consumer demand. Five experts offer insight into their needs, and ...

Wet weather and rising fertiliser prices are forcing farmers to rethink their potato plantings, with tonnages expected to be down significantly in the upcoming season.  Months of wet weather has made the ground in ...

More in Across Regions: Carbon farming and the regenerative revolution in foodNovember 15, 2021Is this the largest potato in the world?October 30, 2021The ‘potato custodians’ in the Andes who are safeguarding this ...

Growers want processors to offer higher prices to compensate for increased fertiliser costs.

On behalf of Mr. Romain Cools, President and CEO, World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC), and Mr. Tamas Houlihan, Chairman, WPC Industry Awards Committee, I am pleased to announce that nominations for the ...