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A plant worker won an $814,500 judgment in Baltimore County Circuit Court after claiming he contracted a rare lung disease known as "popcorn lung"from breathing diacetyl, a chemical used to make food taste buttery.

The situation in the U.S. sunflower market remains in flux with the potential for additional planted acres depending on weather for the next 10 to 20 days.

El Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) y la Comisión Multisectorial del Día Nacional de la Papa promovida por el Ministerio de Agricultura, celebraron por séptimo año consecutivo el Día Nacional de la Papa el viernes 27 de mayo en las instalaciones d...

Today in Arequipa the Potato Festival marks National Potato Day, featuring a variety of dishes for hundreds of guests to taste, reports Andina.

Another southeastern Idaho field has been infected with a microscopic wormlike pest that attacks potato plants despite $36 million spent on eradication efforts over the last five years, officials say.

Environmental activists stormed a field of genetically modified potatoes in Belgium Sunday, breaking through a security cordon in a raid that left police and protesters injured, authorities and organisers said.

Het Amerikaanse bedrijf Heinz gaat een Europees onderzoekscentrum bouwen in Nijmegen. Dat levert in totaal 300 banen op.

De Belgapomprijs is de meest gehanteerde prijs waargenomen op de vorige werkdag voor Bintje, veldgewas 35 mm+, frietgeschikt, af producent, los op wagen, voor onmiddellijke levering/ophaling.

In the United Kingdom, potato Late blight fungicides Consento and Prompto (fenamidone + propamocarb) have gained label extensions for protection of potato crops against Early blight (Alternaria).

Interpack 2011 closes as one of the most successful events in the 53-year history of the world’s most important trade fair for the packaging sector and related processing industries. This was the unanimous sentiment among the 2,700 exhibitors from 60 ...

Estados Unidos y Europa se han convertido en los principales mercados destino para la exportación de la papa amarilla y nativa originaria del Perú, y en los últimos años han incrementado la demanda por estos productos, manifestó hoy el ministro de Agri...

Potato blight programmes are being severely disrupted by strong winds preventing spray applications.

Herbert Engineering has secured a major European order for a new potato washline incorporating a 4m Barrel Washer and specially adapted destoner to be installed by the end of the year.

Retail food price inflation continues to be a concern to consumers as the Consumer Price Index for food-at-home in the United States was up 3.9% from a year ago during April, reports The Food Institute.

La gerente de Marketing de la cadena KCF, Patricia Gamboa, afirmó que en Perú no existe una empresa proveedora de papas para freír de las características que requieren las compañías de comida rápida, por lo que estas últimas están obligadas a importar ...

De voorbije vier jaar betaalden Belgische aardappeltelers geen kwekersrechten op meer dan 11.000 ton pootgoed.

The Colorado Potato Administrative Committee (CPAC) is marketing Colorado Potatoes in Denver with banner ads on KOA 850 AM