Potato News
Growing international demand for Bangladeshi potatoes
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 24, 2023.
Potato exports from Bangladeshi farmers supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) continue to grow, as producers came together recently to celebrate another year of success.Vanmark Announces New In-Plant Vine Remover Machine for Potato Processors
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 23, 2023.
Vanmark, an industrial potato and produce processing equipment manufacturer, announced the launch of its vine remover machine. The new machine removes vines from potatoes as they come in from the field.Cavendish Farms Wins 2023 Product of the Year Canada Award
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 22, 2023.
It is time to update your shopping list. Cavendish Farms announced that it has won the prestigious Product of the Year Canada Award for its All-Day Breakfast Mini Quick Cook Hash Brown Patties.PepsiCo invests USD 216 Million in partnerships with US Farmer Organizations to Support Regenerative Agriculture
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 22, 2023.
PepsiCo announced a USD 216 million multi-year investment in long-term, strategic partnership agreements with three of the most well-respected farmer-facing organizationsNEPG: How will the potato market in North-western Europe develop?
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 21, 2023.
In Northwestern Europe (EU-04; NL, DE, BE, FR) the potato sector is facing a range of issues in the upcoming months. The million dollar question: How will the potato market respond? An analysis by the NEPG.Bumper Crop in India Brings Down Potato Prices, Causes Storage Nightmare, and Leaves Farmers in Distress
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 20, 2023.
India which is the second-largest producer of potatoes in the world has witnessed a bumper crop in the November–February harvest. And, the farmers are not quite happy with this as the oversupply has brought down the prices, making farmers incur losses.Newtec's optical sorting equipment for potatoes just got smarter thanks to Hailo AI chip
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 18, 2023.
Qtechnology Selects AI Chipmaker Hailo to Empower its Embedded Industrial Cameras The Qtechnology industrial camera series, now with the Hailo-8™ AI processor, will significantly improve performance for manufacturers worldwide.Potato flavor stories: Consumer love to learn about flavor next to usage
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 18, 2023.
Consumers, especially the young generation Y & Z love to learn more about flavor when purchasing food products.SNAXPO 2023 – PPM Presentation Heating Methods for Fryers
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 18, 2023.
This year at SNAXPO 2023, PPM Technologies Director of Thermal Processing Daniel Luna will give a presentation on Heating Methods for Fryers. Mr. Luna is an expert in thermal processing with over 45 years of experience as a mechanical engineer and software designer developing new and innovative systems for fryer manufacturers within the food industry.AVR's 4-row self-propelled potato harvester Puma 4.0 gets several upgrades in 2023!
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 18, 2023.
With the Puma 4.0, the world leader in the segment of 4-row self-propelled harvesters, AVR introduced the world to a robust, high-tech harvester. On their journey to further perfect the Puma 4.0, they have provided the following updates for the 2023 Pumas.Heat and Control Demonstrates New Equipment at Snaxpo 2023
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 16, 2023.
Heat and Control, Inc.®, a world-leading equipment manufacturer and food processing industry supplier, will be exhibiting at Snaxpo 2023 at Booth #818 on March 19-21, 2023, in Orlando, Florida (USA).Kellogg company Global Snacking business to be called Kellanova
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 15, 2023.
Kellogg Company recently unveiled the names for the future companies it will create through its planned separation into two industry-leading, public companies focused on global snacking and North American cereal.Equipment manufacturer Haith Group assigns Remach BV as its dealer in Holland and Belgium
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 15, 2023.
Haith group, UK's leading vegetable handling equipment manufacturer, has strengthened its European presence with the appointment of a new dealer. Haith Group has appointed Remach BV to represent it in Holland and Belgium.McCain Foods Largest Investment ever: Doubling the capacity of its Coaldale potato processing plant
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 15, 2023.
McCain Foods is making a substantial investment in Coaldale Alberta, doubling the size of its potato processing facility and output in Coaldale, Alberta.FPS Food Process Solutions Opens Mexico Facility to Serve Latin America
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 14, 2023.
FPS Food Process Solutions (“FPS”), a global leader in turn-key freezing and cooling equipment, opens a new facility in Monterrey, Mexico. The new office will oversee Latin American markets including Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Ecuador, and Peru.Key Technology Promotes Rudy Sanchez to Food Handling Systems Product Manager - Americas
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 14, 2023.
Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, announces the promotion of Rudy Sanchez to Food Handling Systems Product Manager - Americas.IRI and NPD Rebrand as Circana, the Leading Advisor on the Complexity of Consumer Behavior
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 14, 2023.
Following their merger in August 2022, Information Resources, Inc. ("IRI") and The NPD Group ("NPD") unveiled a new combined company name and brand identity: Circana.tna presents trendsetting innovations at Interpack 2023 to help food producers to achieve sustainability goals
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 14, 2023.
At Interpack 2023, tna solutions will showcase its processing and packaging solutions for food manufacturers worldwide. Visitors to booth C56 and D56, Hall 14, will have an opportunity to enter a fully functioning virtual factoryNo Potato Wart detected in Canada
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 14, 2023.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has completed its 2022 national survey for potato wart and confirms that potato wart was not detected in the soil samples tested from the fields where the samples were collected.Export value increases for all US potato types from July – Dec. 2022
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 12, 2023.
With international markets across the globe showing solid signs of recovery, it’s no surprise that the value of U.S. potato exports was up for all potato types July – Dec. 2022, compared with the same six months in 2021.Re-joining members give the United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC) a truly national reach
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 11, 2023.
Ontario Potato Board, Potatoes New Brunswick join the United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC) as the representative of their potato grower members, giving the organisation a truly national reach.Peter Oldenkamp to succeed long-time Director Agrico Research Sjefke Allefs
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 11, 2023.
Potato coop Agrico announced that Peter Oldenkamp will become director of Agrico Research starting August 1, 2023. He succeeds Sjefke Allefs as director. Sjefke Allefs has worked at Agrico Research since 1990, in the position of director for the past 24 years.Gpi delivers additive line for the new Lamb Weston Meijer potato flake factory in Kruiningen
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 10, 2023.
The construction of a new flake factory to expand the existing production site of Lamb Weston Meijer in Kruiningen will increase its annual production capacity by 180,000 tonnes. Gpi De Gouwe delivered the additive preparation system for the new site.The harvest of early potatoes in Uzbekistan is being delayed – imports will rise sharply
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 09, 2023.
EastFruit analysts have repeatedly paid attention to the grave consequences of abnormally cold weather in Uzbekistan in January.NW China's 'potato land' embraces new technology
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 09, 2023.
As the potato-planting season approaches, baby potatoes from northwest China's Xiji County are making their way to the fields of farmers across the country's major potato-producing area.Marel announces partnership with ADM to accelerate alternative protein innovation
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 09, 2023.
Marel, a global provider of advanced food processing solutions, announces a partnership with ADM, a global leader in human and animal nutrition, to open a state-of-the-art taste and texture innovation center in Wageningen, The Netherlands.ADAPT news: Upcoming round of phenotyping potato stress acclimation in focus lines
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 08, 2023.
The Horizon 2020 EU project Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerAnt PoTato (ADAPT), in which Europatat is participating, aims at developing new strategies to make potatoes fit for the challenging growth conditions of the future.Prince Edward Island Farms Offer Islanders Free PEI Potatoes this Saturday
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 08, 2023.
To help offset rising food costs, four farms on Prince Edward Island are opening their potato storages to Islanders. Visitors are invited to help themselves and pick unwashed potatoes directly from the pile in storage. The event occurs Saturday, March 11th, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.PFI Names Tom Vipond as Division General Manager
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 08, 2023.
PFI, a manufacturer of sanitary conveying equipment, announced it has named Tom Vipond as Division General Manager. Vipond will oversee all PFI locations and operations.Meet SCOTT at CFIA Rennes: Hall 10A, Stand G29 on 14-16 March in France
By PotatoPro (Food Innovation Online Corp) from PotatoPro Feed All News English. Published on Mar 07, 2023.
Smart automation solution provider Scott Automation will showcase its unique palletizing and warehouse automation products including PAL 4.0 series palletizer at the 3-day event CFIA Rennes 2023