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McDonald’s Corporation Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner today announced that Steve Easterbrook will resign as President of McDonald’s Europe effective September 30, 2011. Easterbrook, 44, is joining the privately owned Gondola Group and will assume ...

Food packaging solutions specialist, tna presents its latest innovations at Pack Expo 2011. Focusing on delivering simplicity and flexibility, tna highlights its roflo®VM 3, a vibratory motion transfer and distribution system, unique seasoning system ...

Burger King Corp. on Friday said it is retiring "The King"mascot, a man with an oversized plastic head and creepy smile who in recent years has been shown in ads peeping into people's windows and popping up next to them in bed. The move is a...

Despite a cold, dry spring with lots of wind, the Colorado potato crop is poised to have a slightly better-than-average year. Jim Ehrlich, Executive Director of the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee, notes that despite the wind, the quality and...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed a detection of potato rot nematode (Ditylenchus destructor) in garlic from a two-acre farm field in the Ottawa region of Ontario. Potato rot nematode (PRN) is a regulated quarantine pest in Cana...

La presente guía ha sido diseñada para proporcionar información actualizada de las principales plagas que afectan al cultivo de la papa a los facilitadores (agricultores líderes, técnicos extensionistas, profesionales o estudiantes de colegios agropecu...

Late blight has been identified in eight parishes across the Canadian province New Brunswick, threatening the crops of potato farmers. Scientists are urging potato farmers who have the fungus in their fields to treat it quickly and aggressively. &quo...

This year’s weather conditions in potato-growing regions of Canada are very conducive to an onslaught of late blight, which is caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, and is considered one of the most devastating diseases of potato- and tomato-g...

The USPB is pleased to deliver the industry’s sales and utilization estimates for calendar year 2010. The full report is attached following this story.

ConAgra has hinted it could step up its pursuit of Ralcorp after the US food group suffered a third rejection by its quarry of its proposal – improved to $5.2bn – to buy the company. Ralcorp said on Friday it had a rejected the latest $94 a share cash...

An Aug. 12 merger between Colorado-based Farm Fresh Direct LLC and two out-of-state potato shippers has FFD laying claim to being the largest grower-owned fresh potato shipper in the United States. According to Dave Yeager, vice president of business ...

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension says late blight sightings have been confirmed over the last month throughout Aroostook County and the Midcoast areas. Meanwhile, the Maine Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers Association has received reports...

Adaptación de una entrevista que hicieran recientemente a su autor, Zósimo Huamán. El texto completo se encuentra disponible en esta página.

Wisconsin hosted a group of potatoes growers from Brazil last week, who came to the United States as part of a reverse trade mission sponsored by the United States Potato Board. The growers are interested in obtaining seed potatoes from the U.S., speci...

tna, the food packaging solutions specialist, has appointed Sekhar Chakkingal as regional sales manager for Canada. An accomplished sales professional, Sekhar will strengthen tna’s presence in a market earmarked for substantial growth. This appointment...

US-based snack food company Snyder's-Lance has reported $3.84m loss for the second quarter ended 2 July 2011, compared to a $12.4m profit during the same period last year. The prior year results were reported by only Lance prior to its merger with Sny...

U.S. restaurant unit counts declined by -2 percent, or a loss of 9,450 restaurants, based on the most recent restaurant census conducted by The NPD Group, a leading market research company. NPD's Spring 2011 ReCount®, which is a census of commercial r...

The rainy spring and summer have put a damper on the Aroostook County potato growing season, but the head of the Maine Potato Board said Wednesday that the industry remains optimistic about this year’s crop. Don Flannery, executive director of the boa...