MARKETS REPORT
PROCESSING HEADLINES
Sackett Ranch, a potato producer in Michigan, has reduced manpower reliance and improved product quality after adopting Tomra sorting equipment. Th…
BUSINESS INSIGHTS
The Dutch firm Solynta, which is focused on creating, manufacturing, and selling hybrid true potato seed, declared recently that it will change its…
POTATO TRENDS
To collaborate on the cultivation of potatoes for food and biomass (organic material that may be used as renewable energy), Intel Ignite Tel Aviv h…
Campden BRI was recently challenged by Nomad Foods to help them solve an important issue: Can frozen food products be stored at a higher temperatur…
Of the American population, 28% claim to eat potatoes once or twice a week, and 22% say they do so several times, weekly, according to a December 2…
PB SPECIAL FEATURES
In an increasingly competitive market, potato storage owners and processors look for ways to cut operating costs without sacrificing the output lev…
The goal of intensive conventional farming is to maximize crop productivity by the use of heavy machinery, monoculture, chemical fertilizers, growt…
AGRO UPDATES
Grimme offers a new generation of haulm toppers in a range of operating widths with the Toppa series. Notable features include enhanced suction pow…
ProGro Bio Inc, the maker of the 100% organic soil inoculant, has announced the successful completion of its 2023 Rhizol Field Research Program. Th…
STORAGE SPECIAL
Along with working with growers and academic institutions, Munevver Dogramaci, a research plant physiologist and lead scientist of the Potato Resea…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded Oregon State University researchers USD2m to find better methods of keeping stored potatoes f…
The maker of solutions for evaporative cooling, water treatment, and humidification, DRI-STEEM Corporation (DriSteem), recently unveiled a new buye…
POTATO BUSINESS DOSSIER
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Since its launch in 2017, Uglies Kettle Chips has rescued approximately 11,300 tons (25m pounds) of ‘ugly potatoes,’ which have been used to cr…
The Lay’s x IHOP Rooty Tooty Fresh ‘N Fruity chips are only available at Walmart locations, according to a recent confirmation from Lay’s. Furtherm…
The snacking inventors at Pringles are delivering and bringing Pringles Honey Mustard chips back to the snack aisle after thousands turned to socia…