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When potato plants bloom, they send up five-lobed flowers that spangle fields like fat purple stars. By some accounts, Marie Antoinette liked the blossoms so much that she put them in her hair.

Fast-casual growth continues to outpace that of quick service and full service. Though it’s still a small segment—comprising 6 percent of the restaurant industry—its influence is great. With origins in once-innovative concepts such as Fuddruckers an...

Two new infestations of a microscopic wormlike pest that attacks potato plants have been discovered in eastern Idaho, state and federal agriculture officials say. Lloyd Knight of the Idaho Department of Agriculture said that both infestations of the p...

Onderzoekers aan de Universiteit van Wisconsin-Madison zijn gekozen om een nationale multi-institutionele poging tot kwaliteitsverbetering van verwerkte aardappels te leiden. Volgens de USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture is er door het ...

McDonald’s Corp. is eyeing opportunities to gain global market share by continuing to optimize its menu, updating restaurants and expanding tiered value and premium-item promotions, executives told analysts in a call following the company’s third-quart...

The National Potato Council (NPC) applauded today’s complete suspension of the retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports by the government of Mexico. The action comes in response to last week’s approval of the first Mexico-based carrier by the U.S. Departmen...

With 99 percent of this year’s approximately 56,000 acres of potatoes harvested, Aroostook County potato growers are watching the stored product to gauge the effect of massive amounts of rainfall this past summer. Don Flannery, executive director of t...

Last week, we at Hudson Institute issued a study titled 'Better-for-you Foods: It's Just Good Business.' We now have evidence that packaged food and beverage companies selling a higher percentage of better-for-you (BFY) products are doing better.

Coming off of two record years in terms of total crop value and a record yield in 2009, the Idaho potato industry will probably have to be satisfied with merely a good performance for the 2011-12 season. “We will definitely be in the five-year average...

Potato Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon have used 13.3 million cwt of 2011 crop raw potatoes to October 1, up 75 percent from last year. Idaho potatoes accounted for 9.46 million cwt of the total processed.

Here at PotatoPro, we are always on the lookout for new developments and in particular new potatoes. Especially if they are somewhat different from what we are used to. The variety Dark Red Chieftain, fits that profile and that's why were pleased to he...

Key Technology announces that its popular PROliance™ Online Training Program is now available in Dutch, French, German, and Spanish. By expanding this interactive, self-paced multimedia curriculum to address the langcode requirements of many customer...

McDonald’s Corporation today announced its membership in the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). This membership represents significant progress in the company’s commitment to source palm oil only from RSPO member companies.

Agri-Stor Company has acquired the assets and business operations of Custom Chemical Company - a full-service provider of potato sprout inhibitors, specialty post-harvest crop protection products and a Certified Dealer of Gellert® climate control systems

Potatoes have gone from nation-building superfoods to national pariahs. Why?

Consumer and privacy organizations filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today, calling on the agency to investigate and bring an action against PepsiCo and its subsidiary Frito-Lay for "engaging in deceptive and unfair digital...

Potatoes have always been known as being versatile and a company in Malin, Oregon is proving just how versatile they can be. Baley-Trotman Farms has come out with TaterPiks, a pickled product made with organic Klamath Pearl potatoes.

The Wachusett Potato Chip Co., the last independent potato chip company in New England, has been purchased by a Pennsylvania-based snack food company. Utz Quality Foods Inc. of Hanover, Pa., purchased the Wachusett Potato Chip Co.'s Water Street faci...