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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 ...

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 ...

Last month, potato cooperative Agrico announced to its members an average indication price for seed potatoes of € 26.00 per 100 kg in 2017. The price is for all sizes and classes ...

Preparations for this year's PotatoEurope exhibition are progressing well, with planting now complete at the event venue, Rittergut Bockerode farm, near Springe-Mittelrode in Lower Saxony (Germany). Ideal weather conditions and well-prepared soil ...

The NEPG (North-Western European Potato Growers) estimate that the growers in the 5 leading potato growing countries will plant 0,4% more potatoes than last year. There is still a large amount of ...

In the presence of 200 guests including the workforce of Grimme China, Franz, Christine und Christoph Grimme inaugurated the modern Grimme plant in Tianjin, China.The new complex consists of 12500 m² factory ...

Potatoes may, in many ways, be the perfect candidate for precision agriculture.They’re a high-volume, high-value and high-input crop and the industry has already invested more than other sectors in soil and drainage ...

The weather has not been kind to potato growers in the United Kingdom. AHDB potatoes offers some helpful tips and guidance to make it a successful potato growing season nevertheless. Patience Claire ...

Potato Processor Lamb Weston / Meijer and Wiskerke Onions are working hard on the construction of a residual heat connection between the two adjacent companies. They are installing heat exchangers, pipe systems ...

Dewulf, a full-line supplier of potato and root crop equipment, has officially inaugurated its new logistics center (SLC) at its headquarters, in Roeselare (BE). The construction of the warehouse, with a price ...

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 ...

Italian new potatoes supplied by Branston were available on the shelves of 400 Tesco stores at the end of October. The season will run for five weeks and is the last seasonal ...

Recent research, coupled with the revival trend for potato varieties that have been more or less forgotten, has driven the industry to test a variety of new types of tubers. Each of ...

British brand Corkers announces a partnership with the Muela family, producers of award-winning olive oil from the Mueloliva farm, to launch a new premium crisp range, named Olive Oil.  The launch of ...

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 ...

Tong Engineering has announced new design options on its popular Fieldloader, including unique automatic transport-mode features, allowing users to make the machine more compact for road transport. Designed to provide effective in-field ...

Potato and fruit Chinese processor Kaida invested in two large agricultural product processing plants in Beijing and Inner Mongolia, for whom Tomra’s steam peeling and optical sorting solutions were chosen. After 15 ...

Pepsico Canada and McCain Foods were pressed to make important recalls, because of Salmonella risk in potato chips, respectively golf balls materials in frozen hash brown products. Pepsico’s Miss Vickie’s brand announced ...

Due to typhoons that hit Hokkaido last year, Japanese snack food manufacturers Calbee and Koikeya have announced a discontinuation and temporary halt on some potato chip products.  Both companies have been forced ...

The UK’s Brexit vote to leave the European Union has dominated the headlines since the end of June, but what will the effect on the potato industry be?  By Cedric Porter of World ...

A new luxury chips brand was created by the fourth generation potato farmers Mike Russell Smith and Colette Cronje: Savoursmiths. Brand design agency Mystery Ltd has helped with naming, brand identity, packaging ...

Swedish brewery St. Erik’s has created the world’s most expensive potato chips, which is sold for USD56 per box of 5 individual chips. “St. Erik’s Brewery is one of Sweden’s leading microbreweries and ...

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, ...