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The manufacturer of process automation systems Key Technology introduces the reengineered Iso-Flo with monobeam construction. This new family of vibratory conveyors features an innovative frame made of a single structural member.  The monobeam conveyor’s frame and spring ...

The manufacturer of sensor-based food sorting systems, TOMRA Sorting Food is becoming aware of the food waste issue and works closely with farmers, processors and retailers to achieve the objective of reducing food waste. ...

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board has a new executive as a result of its December 16th Board of Directors meeting. Alex Docherty of Elmwood was re-elected for a second year as Chairman ...

Key Technology announces the launch of its new website in Spanish for mobile phones to help all its customers throughout Latin America and Spain. The fast and efficient website, which can be ...

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is pleased to announce a new plan for potato disinfection on Prince Edward Island. This revised program was formed through collaboration with industry members and the ...

They grow in some of the world’s most inhospitable conditions. Unlike their pampered domesticated relatives in order to survive they’ve needed to adapt on their own to high temperatures, high saline conditions, ...

Key Technology announces the launch of its new mobile-friendly website in French to support its many French-speaking customers around the world. The responsive website, found at www.key-technology.fr, offers interactive features that enhance ease ...

In September, Breeders Trust' shareholder Danespo, through its Breeding company "Vandel Potatoes" located at Give (Denmark), in Appeal has achieved a major victory in a lengthy lawsuit against the Danish potato trader ...

Precision agriculture is already the norm for many arable farms. Modern technological advancements like guidance systems and positioning technology are helping us get the most out of the land. New methods for ...

Twenty potato growers from all over the Wisconsin converged on Madison last week for their annual “grill the professors” ritual. They came from Eagle River to Spring Green and Coloma to Plover ...

The consortium of potato producers (Conpapa), which associates 300 farmers directly and another 2 thousand in seven cantons of the province, inaugurated days ago its plant for cleaning and sorting tubers in ...

The National Institute of Agricultural Innovation (INIA), of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, launched an effective method to combat the “Andean weevil” that attacks potato crops. This disease in the tuber ...

RPE Inc., announces their recent partnership with Discovery Garden’s, LLC. RPE will now act as the exclusive marketing partner for Discovery Garden’s brand of gourmet potatoes. RPE and Discovery Garden’s share the ...

The entire potato industry of Great Britain gathered at Harrogate International Centre, North Yorkshire 12 and 13 November for BP2015, the key industry event of the year. AHDB Potatoes’ Strategy Director Rob ...

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is very disappointed by the decision of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries to completely discontinue disinfection services effective December 31st, 2015. The Board was notified ...

The Prince Edward Island government is cutting funding to provincially-funded disinfection service, aimed at controlling potato ring rot. The move is expected to impact one full-time job, which is being transferred within ...

In recent years, snack pellets have become increasingly popular. As a result, the technology for their processing has become more and more sophisticated. Potato snack pellets come in many different shapes and ...

French fries are amazingly popular the world over. And whether they are bought from the supermarket in a pack of frozen or fresh fried in a restaurant, the consumer wants them to be just ...

Tomra Sorting in Dublin has created a new center of excellence for its food optical sorting and peeling business, and is set to improve its R&D capabilities after moving to a new ...

Inner Mongolia Linkage Potato Co., Ltd and Farm Frites have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in Wudan Town, Chifeng City in Inner Mongolia in China. The joint venture will ...

The horticulture industry of Zimbabwe is calling for higher import tariffs on imported horticulture products to avert the collapse of the local industry. Zimbabwe Farmers' Union second vice-president Mr Berean Mukwende said ...

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 205.9 points in July 2013, 4 points (nearly 2 percent) below its revised value for June and 7 points (or 3.3 percent) lower than in July 2012. The ...

The price of potatoes in Brazil reached the highest level in the last 10 years. Farmers say that this increase is due to the reduction in the planted area and the lack ...

Contrary to NGO stories of exploited farmers and middlemen running riot, Gujarat’s potato farmers have scripted an entrepreneurial success story by teaming up with multinationals and other buyers of their produce. The ...

The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) has issued an updated estimate of planted area for the 2013 crop (at the start of July). Based on first estimates and survey work the NEPG ...