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En Huancavelica se instalarán invernaderos aeropónicos para papas nativas, a través de un proyecto que beneficiará a productores de cinco provincias, permitiéndoles erradicar de virus sus cultivos.

Colder than average temperatures and decent snowfall totals during March have producers in the eastern part of North Dakota concerned with the potential of spring flooding, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, North Dakota F...

As of April 1, 2013, fresh potatoes from the state of Colorado are approved to be shipped to Taiwan.

ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston Agricultural Services team in Kennewick, WA was among the teams awarded last week when ConAgra Foods, Inc., announced the winners of its 2013 Sustainable Development Awards

Green Giant™ is taking a leap from your grocer's frozen section to the snack aisle by introducing the following two new snacks: Green Giant™ Roasted Veggie Tortilla Chips – Zesty Cheddar Flavor, and Green Giant™ Multigrain Sweet Potato Chips – Sea Sal...

In the late 1960s, researchers from the US Department of Agriculture, Penn State University, and the Wise Potato Chip Company teamed up breed a very special potato, which they named the Lenape.

Idaho processors have cut potato acres under contract for the coming season by roughly 3 percent, officials with Southeast Idaho Potato Cooperative recently learned.

Las mariquitas podrían ser la clave para la salvación de un insecto transmisor de una bacteria para la industria de la papa de Nueva Zelanda.

Potato growers In Australia have been forced to wait longer for the outcome from an inquiry of the Australian Senate into New Zealand potato imports after the report release date was further delayed.

McCain Foods India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of McCain Foods Canada - producer of frozen french fries and potato speciality products, has introduced a new variant in its range of frozen potato based products - McCain Potato Cheese Shotz.

The potato (Irish) that has fed the people of southwestern Uganda (Kabale) for generations is being threatened by several pests and diseases, including the potato bacterial wilt.

A fin de garantizar la seguridad alimentaria del pueblo, el Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), está en proceso de validación y estudio de nuevas variedades de semilla para la siembra de papa.

In the United Kingdom, McCain Foods is launching new limited edition Caribbean Wedges in a bid to capitalise on strong consumer demand for Caribbean flavours.

The pale cyst nematode, Globodera pallida, is one bad roundworm. Unchecked, it invades the roots of potato and other host crops to feed, obstructing the free flow of nutrients and causing stunted growth, wilted leaves, and other symptoms that can event...

The variable weather conditions in the United Kingdom, leading to a dramatic drop in potato stocks made 2012 the worst year in living memory for growers.

At SNAXPO 2013, held earlier this week in Tampa, Florida, Processing Equipment manufacturer Heat and Control showed its new products for snack food processors.

Potato company Produce Investments on Friday reported a loss as wet weather in 2012 impacted crops and pushed up costs.

A delayed start to Europe's potato's plantings has prompted ideas of a revival in potato prices, whose decline this year on futures markets, despite inventories at a "historically low level"has puzzled investors.