Tag: potatoes

The 13 major potato States held 59.0 million cwt of potatoes in storage June 1, 2018, up 9 percent from June 1, 2017, according to a USDA report released last ...

Typically, potatoes are multiplied by replanting a small potato tuber from last season, causing it to grow a new potato plant. Recently a new method of multiplication is making headlines: ...

Albert Bartlett, leading supplier of fresh potatoes in the United Kingdom, is to launch chilled potato products with major UK retailers and food service customers.Albert Bartlett’s strategic vision is to ...

Dr. Jean Ristaino, Professor at North Carolina State University with emphasis in research on Phytophthora infestans, provided a report on a late blight look-alike from tomato and potato in North ...

May 31, 2018Fresh and seed potatoes from all US states are now permitted entry into Guatemala, a welcome expansion of market access from only one state (Idaho) four years ago. ...

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 ...

Paturpat, a Spanish company specialised in processing and marketing steamed potatoes, has opted for a TOMRA Food Orbit steam peeler. Paturpat has selected the TOMRA Orbit 250l model, because it ...

After 20 years of providing potatoes for processing for some of the world's largest potato processors, Yiannis Stavrou said that his company started to think about the possibility of entering ...

Potandon Produce L.L.C., the exclusive marketing agent for Pinto Creek Co., LLC in Eloy, Arizona, has announced that its fresh potato season will begin on Thursday, May 10th, 2018. Early ...

If you are regular reader of PotatoPro, you may have seen one of our articles on the potential of Pulsed Electric Field treatment in potato processing. But seeing is believing... ...

MountainKing Potatoes, a leading grower of table potatoes in the United States, has started the harvest of its Texas New Crop Reds, one of the company’s top sellers now available ...

'All about potatoes' is the Quik's Quality Potatoes motto. The company, based in Hedel, the Netherlands, can rightfully make this claim. They have been active in the potato market for ...

Organisations representing potato farmers in Belgium and France, ABS (Algemeen Boerensyndicaat, Flanders), FWA (Walloon Federation of Agriculture) and UNPT (National Union of Potato Producers, France), jointly started Interreg project GEPOS ...

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 ...

Processed potatoes (mainly frozen chips and crisps) were worth EUR10b or 1.2% of the overall value of EU food and beverage industry output in 2014, while processing is concentrated in ...

Potatoes entering the processing line vary in terms of quality, solid content and contaminants. Processors employ various techniques to remove stones, soil and clods such as a washer, de-stoner or ...

Potatoes are the sustainable carbohydrate; it’s a fact. This comes as a result of new research from Cranfield University to compare the total greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) and water usage ...

Potato Council’s summer ‘Many Faces of Potatoes’ campaign has been hailed a major success, following positive industry and consumer feedback. The impact of activity, which included national TV advertising and ...