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The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 165.4 points in September 2018, down 2.3 points (1.4 Percent) from August and some 13 points (7.4 percent) below its level in the corresponding period last year. ...

KWS SAAT SE and the J.R. Simplot Company have founded a new joint venture company Aardevo B.V., to deliver top performing potato varieties through hybrid breeding.The JV combines the highly advanced potato ...

The potato price in Turkey was a major point of discussion in June when the price of one kilogram of potatoes went up as high as 1.25 USD. However with the start ...

Peru expects to produce 4.77 million tons of potatoes in the 2018/2019 campaign, which runs from August 2018 to July 2019, more than the 4.45 million tons it produced In the previous ...

'How to lower Costs of Anti-foam Agent in potato processing facilities' is based on materials provided to PotatoPro by ChemFree Defoam LLC. The content of the original article has been edited for ...

The county Nyandarua in Kenya has received a Sh116 million (€1 million; USD 1.16 million) grant from the European Union to boost potato farming. Speaking after signing the deal at the Devolution ...

Dutch potato starch manufacturer Avebe is looking to expand its growing area in Germany. The company has concluded that a good connection with potato growers is indispensable for this.Avebe Germany account managers ...

The media already heralded the news in May: Lynx spotted in Belgium… and how right they were! Not only was one of the actual predators seen prowling in Flanders, but AVR was ...

Potato Processing Equipment specialist Idaho Steel Products has purchased a property bordering its Idaho Falls facility. This gives the manufacturer of production lines for potato flakes, fries and potato specialties an additional ...

Each year, the Potato Industry injects more than $1 billion into the economy of the Canadian province Alberta, according to industry professionals. Terence Hochstein, executive director with the Potato Growers of Alberta: ...

The General Manager of United Potato Growers of Canada, Kevin MacIsaac, released a report earlier this month on the potato crop situation in Canada by province. Prince Edward Island The summer is ...

Tasteful Selections, a pioneer in the growing bite-size potato category, announces another facility expansion to accommodate growing customer and consumer demand. A specialty potato brand from RPE Inc., Tasteful Selections underwent three ...

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 168.8 points in July 2018, down as much as 6.5 points (3.7 percent) from June and 10.3 points (3.7 percent) from the corresponding period last ...

The Potato Processing companies in the United Kingdom have released a statement through the Potato Processors’ Association Ltd (PPA), expressing their concern for the impact of current weather conditions on UK potato ...

When Kelly Kuball walked the Texas A&M Potato Breeding and Variety Development Program variety display trials near Springlake recently, he was a long way from his specialty potato company in Arvin, California. ...

Chinese scientists have developed a nano-material that prevents the sprouting of potatoes. This new anti-sprouting method for potato storage also suppresses the formation of toxic glyco-alkaloids that typically is associated with the ...

Based upon the latest NEPG (North-Western European Potato Growers) calculations the consumption potato area in the combined 5 North-Western European countries is 595.587 ha, an increase of 1% compared to last season. ...

PotatoEurope 2018, one of the top events for the international potato industry, returns to Germany on September 12 and 13. PotatoEurope, an annual exhibition, is held in Germany every four years. This ...

Soil organic matter has become a popular topic of discussion in the past year. In Ontario, a report from late 2016 indicated soil organic matter (SOM) levels in many parts of the ...

A research project in New Zealand is determining if different field soils affect development of powdery scab on potatoes, and whether soil physical, chemical and/or biological characteristics influence this important potato disease. ...

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 176.2 points in May 2018, up 2.2 points (1.2 percent) from April level and hitting its highest level since October 2017. The increase in May ...

Tubers were the talk of the town in Cusco, Peru during the week of May 27, when the 10th World Potato Congress (WPC) and the 28th Congress of the Latin American Potato ...

During the 10th World Potato Congress in Cusco, Peru, an Industry Award Ceremony was held to recognize three remarkable individuals who have devoted their life’s work to the potato industry: Dr. Anton ...

The University of Maine has released a new gourmet potato variety, Pinto Gold. The potato was tested with the research identification number AF4659-12 and has been available in seed catalogs under that ...

The value of the depository receipt for shares in HZPC Holding B.V., the world market leader in potato breeding, has been fixed at € 200.00 (offered on). That means that the HZPC ...