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...

McCain Foods USA has announced plans to expand its Burley, Idaho manufacturing plant with the addition of a third production line. “There is an increasing demand for potato products from...

McDonald's Corporation today announced that global comparable sales increased 0.7% in July.Performance by segment was as follows: U.S. up 1.6%Europe down 1.9%Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) down 1.9% "McDonald's...

Heat and Control’s new FastBack FDXM Force Displacement drives are now 40 per cent smaller than comparable inertia drive horizontal motion conveyors and convey up to 2,500 pounds This, says the...

The Council of Agriculture and Water of the Spanish Region of Murcia estimates this year's potato production to reach 100,027 tonnes;an increase of 27% compared to the previous campaign, according...

About the same number of potato psyllids have been caught on sticky traps in Idaho fields this season as by this time last summer, but far fewer of the tiny,...

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...

Dewulf, specialist in harvesting technology of potatoes and carrots, introduced its first potato harvester in South-Africa earlier this year. Carl Steyn, owner of the company Forest Lodge, was the first...

Greenvale, the UK’s leading potato supplier, is putting spare spuds from its Shropshire site, Tern Hill and Cambridgeshire site, Floods Ferry, to good use by using them to tackle food...

The Highlander crisps plant at Bathgate, West Lothian, closed on July 31 with the loss of 28 jobs. The Italian parent company, Unichips SpA, said it was closing the factory...