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Monday, McDonald’s Corp. opened its new corporate headquarters in Chicago. McDonald’s President and CEO Steve Easterbrook was joined by employees, owner-operators and suppliers and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel

Bayer plans to complete the acquisition of Monsanto on June, 7, following the receipt of all required approvals from regulatory authorities.

Quest Nutrition has launched their latest innovation – Tortilla Style Protein Chips.

Last month the Intersnack Group announced that it had reached agreement for its KP Snacks business to acquire Tyrrells, Inc. and its global portfolio of better-for-you, premium snack brands from The Hershey Company.

KWS has offered to buy Bayer’s Dutch vegetable seed company Nunhems.

Packaging and Processing Equipment Manufacturer tna has introduced the tna intelli-sys iPS 3, a high-performance data collection and reporting tool to provide manufacturers with insight into all their production processes.

La iniciativa invita a millones de consumidores de papa de todo el mundo a cuestionarse a imaginar sus vidas sin las papas presentes en cualquiera de sus variedades y presentaciones.

Volm Companies, a key supplier of packaging and packaging equipment for fresh potatoes in North America, has acquired the business of Atech, Incorporated in Monte Vista Colorado.

Cristina Pérez, periodista, escritora y comunicadora, entrevista a Alejandro Maglione, considerado el mejor periodista enogastronómico de Argentina.

Usando una encuesta, el Ministerio de Agricultura del Perú identificará los cultivos a los que los productores están destinando sus esfuerzos. Así podrá advertir si están tomando malas decisiones de siembra que produzcan posteriormente una sobreoferta.

More and more consumers demand 'free-from' foods. The trend has been steadily rising over the past decade, following a global call for more natural ingredients.

Los agricultores de las regiones productoras de papa en Kenia están aprendiendo a cosechar éxitos gracias a un programa financiado por USAID: Desarrollo Acelerado de la Cadena de Valor para Alimentar el Futuro (AVCD por sus siglas en inglés).

El evento se realizó en Julcán y tuvo como objetivo promover la activa participación de agricultores, ganaderos, artesanos y agroindustriales en temas referidos a dos sectores primordiales como la agricultura y la ganadería.

Sterzing's Potato Chips reformulated its recipe to meet the deadline of the 2015 U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandate banning oils that contain trans fat. At first that didn't go too well...

Preparations for this year's PotatoEurope exhibition are progressing well, with planting now complete at the event venue, Rittergut Bockerode farm, near Hanover in Germany

The World Health Organisation (WHO) released REPLACE, a step-by-step guide for the elimination of industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from the global food supply. Eliminating trans fats is key to protecting health and saving lives.

With the new Shake Shake range McCain Foods Australia takes hot potato chips from the side of the plate to the centre of attention.

Potato cultivation in the highlands of Indonesia is plagued by a number of pests, including Potato Cyst Nematodes and Phytophthora infestans. Dutch experts help their Indonesian counterparts to find the right approach for control.