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The McCain Foods plant in Florenceville will be shut down for part of the summer. Due to a shortage of potatoes, the company will be shutting down operations beginning June 18 until after the long weekend of July 1. Calla Farn, vice-president of publ...

McCain Foods Canada is temporarily shutting down a potato processing plant in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, a decision that will affect 120 workers.

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division recently announced a multi-year initiative to validate many of their products as gluten free, with package labeling to follow.

Researchers found that inserting colored potato chips at regular intervals in stackable potato chips caused people to eat fewer chips overall.

The United States Potato Board (USPB) International Marketing program provided Lamb-Weston distributors in Mexico a full day of training as part of their annual conference.

Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) announced on May 31, 2012 the completion of its acquisition of Procter &Gamble's Pringles® business. The $ 2.695 billion acquisition further strengthens Kellogg Company's competitive position in global snacks, making Kell...

Potandon Produce is pleased to announce that the newest addition to its growing family of Klondike Brands, Klondike Goldust Express will be available early June 2012.

Last week, National Potato Council (NPC) Executive Vice President and CEO John Keeling met with Mexico's Ambassador to the United States Arturo Sarukhan to discuss access to the Mexican potato market for fresh U.S.

Posie Packer Corp, is pleased to announce that Novatech Packaging Systems Inc. has been appointed as a sales and service dealer for the Posie Packer produce bag labeling machine for Southern California.

The Plant Pathology Department at North Dakota State University will again be providing the potato Blightline service at no charge to the potato industry of North Dakota and western Minnesota in 2012.

JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT) announced today that its JBT FoodTech business has purchased the rotary sterilization technology from H.G. Molenaar &Co (Pty) Ltd., headquartered in Paarl, South Africa. Molenaar is a family-owned and operated company t...

Heavy rains recently have increased risk of rot in some areas of Florida's potato fields.

The Foundation of the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FFPSA) is pleased to announce the recipients of ten $3,000 Career Development Scholarships for the 2012-2013 academic year. Winners of these ten scholarships include family members of employe...

J.R. Simplot Co. and Lamb Weston have informed potato growers in Idaho that they will not be accepting produce that has been treated with Bayer CropScience's Luna Tranquility.

El Perú produce el 26.6 % de toda la papa de Sudamérica, ubicándose como el mayor productor de la región por encima de Brasil (25.1%), Colombia (14.8%) y Argentina (14.0%), informó la Consultora Maximixe. En cambio, en el ámbito mundial la producción ...

Chris Boerboom is the new director of the North Dakota State University Extension Service. "As you know, this is a critical position, not only for Extension, but also for NDSU and the state,"says Ken Grafton, NDSU's vice president for Agric...

Beginning today, fans of KFC's Facebook® Pages around the world can access exclusive content from the soon-to-be-released book, "Colonel Harland Sanders: The Autobiography of the Original Celebrity Chef."The original manuscript, written by th...