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Potato Board general manager Greg Donald watches one of the videos while wearing the virtual reality goggles. (Courtesy CBC)
Noviembre 16, 2021
Potato buyers treated to virtual reality tour of Prince Edward Island
The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is using virtual reality to remind buyers of the reasons to purchase potatoes from the Island. A dozen virtual reality kits including high-tech goggles were sent to retailers in Canada and the United States
The University of Idaho’s new Seed Potato Germplasm Laboratory in Moscow, shown here Oct. 22, will go operational before the end of 2021.
Noviembre 16, 2021
University of Idaho new seed potato lab to open this year.
The University of Idaho is close to opening a new Seed Potato Germplasm Laboratory, which is the place where most Idaho potatoes are 'born'.
Workers from Butler Farms watch bin piler unload thousands of potatoes into a former military storage facility at Loring Development Center. (Courtesy: Bangor Daily News)
Noviembre 16, 2021
Trucking shortage hinders sale of record Aroostook County potato harvest
Aroostook County (Maine, US) may have pulled a record potato harvest out of the ground this year, but transportation slowdowns and a driver shortage are making it difficult to get the crop to market.
The right belt material can stand up to the abrasiveness of salts and seasonings. Shown above, ThermoDrive incline belting in A23 material.
Noviembre 16, 2021
Food Processing: Choosing the Right Conveyor Belt Material
Belt materials may look similar in their raw form, but they can have completely different compositions. This one is high among those critical choices that can make or break your plant’s productivity.
Potato companies RPE and Tasteful Selections continue as one entity: Tasteful Partners
Noviembre 11, 2021
RPE and Tasteful Selections continue as one company: Tasteful Partners
Baby potato category leader Tasteful Selections and RPE, its exclusive sales and marketing partner since Tasteful Selections planted its first potato in 2010 announced the formation of a new entity, Tasteful Partners.
United States Government invests USD 2.6 Million in Potato Variety Research
Noviembre 10, 2021
United States Government invests USD 2.6 Million in Potato Variety Research
The USDA's National Institute of Food & Agriculture (NIFA) recently awarded four Potato Research grants  totaling USD 2.6 million  as part of their Special Research Grants program.
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Q1 potato sales at retail see increases compared to 2019
Noviembre 08, 2021
2021 Q1 potato sales at US retail see increases compared to 2019
During the first quarter of Potatoes USA’s Marketing Year 2022 (July - September 2021), potato sales decreased in dollars by 1.1% and in volume by 5.7% compared to the same period in 2020.
Potato wart poses no risk to humans or food safety, but it can be a serious disease for the infected potatoes, which become disfigured and unmarketable. (CFIA )
Noviembre 07, 2021
Prince Edward Island Seed Potato Export to the United States halted - again - due to Potato Wart
CBC reports that the US border has again closed to Prince Edward Island seed potatoes after potato wart was found in two P.E.I. fields.
An impression of some of the products manufactured by RW Garcia. Utz Brands is to acquire the company.
Noviembre 05, 2021
United States: Utz Brands to Acquire RW Garcia
Utz Brands Inc; a leading U.S. manufacturer of branded salty snacks, announced that its subsidiaries have entered into a definitive agreement with R.W. Garcia Holdings to acquire the equity and certain real estate assets related to the operation of RW Garcia.
Timber river couple Jonathan Kummer and Emily Ryan.
Noviembre 05, 2021
Nova Scotia Couple Heeds the Call of The Family Farm, Sets Down New Brunswick Roots
The Covid-19 pandemic moment was a 'now or never' moment for Jonathan Kummer and Emily Ryan. The couple was living well and working in Halifax with an organizational design firm called Symplicity Design – until Covid-19 happened.
The Little Potato Company Introduces a new variety, Purely Purple and Extends Microwave Ready Line with Culinary Flavors.
Noviembre 04, 2021
The Little Potato Company Introduces Purely Purple and Extends Microwave Ready Line with Culinary Flavors
The Little Potato Company is introducing two flavor extensions to its best-selling Microwave Ready line - Smoked Salt and Roasted Garlic, Rosemary, and Thyme - and a new proprietary potato variety, Purely Purple.
United States Department of Labor
Noviembre 02, 2021
As temperatures rise, US Department of Labor prepares legislation to protect workers, outdoors and indoors, from heat hazards
The United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is publishing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings
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