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Royal HZPC Group finalizes acquisition of Irish seed potato company
Royal HZPC Group has finalized its acquisition of IPM Potato Group. The move was first announced in October 2025. “We warmly welcome the IPM team... READ MORE »
Lamb Weston names new executives
Global frozen potato processor Lamb Weston Holdings has appointed a board executive chair and a new chief financial officer. Jan Craps brings decad... READ MORE »
Lamb Weston closing plant in Argentina, consolidating regional operations
Lamb Weston is closing its Munro, Argentina plant and consolidating Latin American regional production to its new facility in Mar del Plata, Argentina... READ MORE »
Precision irrigation company names new North America division leader
Irrigation solutions company Netafim, the precision agriculture arm of Orbia Advance Corp., has named a company veteran as its new senior vice preside... READ MORE »
Final phase of 2025 ag resource survey launching this month
Later this month, the third and final phase of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) 2025 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (... READ MORE »
Pennsylvania potato chip plant to close in 2026
A potato chip manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania in operation since 1947 will close by the end of 2026. Layoffs at PA Potato Chip Manufacturing LL... READ MORE »
McCain Foods acquiring Maine frozen potato specialty product supplier
McCain Foods will acquire frozen potato specialty product supplier Penobscot McCrum in a transaction that includes McCrum’s potato processing facili... READ MORE »
Tidal Grow AgriScience names new business development leader
Chitosan-based technology company Tidal Grow AgriScience has named Debbie Watts as its new vice president of innovation and business development. W... READ MORE »
NDSU offers online tax management program for ag producers
North Dakota State University Extension is offering a tax management program to agricultural producers and tax preparers next month. A Zoom program... READ MORE »
New Fox Packaging options feature PCR content
Fox Packaging has introduced flexible packaging options featuring up to 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content for produce including potatoes. Th... READ MORE »
