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ast year, zebra chip made headlines when the potato disease caught a couple of Columbia Basin growers off guard and devastated their crop.

Now that the Mister Bee Potato Chip Co. factory is buzzing again, the new owners and their young management team are focused on growing market share and standardizing the company's products. Mister Bee, established in 1951, shut down in November and f...

Potandon Produce announced that beginning in July, Green Giant® Fresh Klondike Rose Potatoes is participating in the Box Tops for Education program.

The NDSU Potato Blightline for August 20th sponsored by Syngenta Crop Protection has been issued.

Conocer las necesidades de los productores de papa en Caldas y generar de este cultivo una posible fuente empresarial es el primer paso que está dando la multinacional Mc Cain, durante su visita al departamento. Su meta es definir las oportunidades que...

New technology is being evaluated that may help potato farmers currently dealing with near-record droughts irrigate in ways that are more efficient and cost-effective than traditional methods.

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of the Bertolli® and P.F. Chang’s® Home Menu frozen meals businesses from Unilever PLC, for total cash consideration of $267 million, subject to adjustment. The comp...

Healthy tuber development and higher yields are two common goals among potato growers. But without a good understanding of the key growth and yield factors, maximizing success is difficult. This latest Focus on Potato presentation by Dr. Mike Thornton...

More than a dozen lawyers who previously took on the tobacco companies have filed 25 cases against industry players like ConAgra Foods, PepsiCo, Heinz, General Mills and Chobani that stock pantry shelves and refrigerators across America. The suits, fi...

As they commence harvesting early season varieties, Idaho potato growers anticipate a hot summer will contribute to highly variable yields and quality, especially in the eastern part of the state.

The federal government is providing $109,000 for the University of Idaho to study an emerging plant disease the school says “poses a substantial threat to the state’s potato industry.” The money will be used to monitor potato fields for the presence o...

ODENBERG will demonstrate the Halo 500 optical sorter in booth 4310 at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit International Convention &Exposition 2012 in Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA from October 26 to 28. ODENBERG’s Halo is ...

Food processing equipment providers ODENBERG and BEST will join forces and showcase ground breaking technologies together at Pack Expo International 2012 at McCormick Place in Chicago on October 28 through October 31.

A global food crisis may “hit us very soon” as a drought ravages corn crops in the U.S., the world’s largest grower, the International Food Policy Research Institute said. Governments must act to prevent the crisis, Shenggen Fan, director-general of t...

The former Klamath Basin Fresh Direct has officially changed its name to Klamath Basin Fresh Organics. Chairman Dan Chin said the business is solely focused on organic production, and the name change makes that direction clear.

The hot, dry summer continues to take a toll on the Prince Edward Island potato crop and yields for some varieties are expected to be down 25 per cent. “It is serious. But we're not desperate yet I guess is the best way to put it,” said Gary Linklette...

Key Technology is exhibiting the camera/laser Manta® sorter and showcasing its optional three-way sorting capability at Pack Expo booth #7103. Using two ejector systems, Manta’s three-way sorting allows food processors to automatically eject, to a ded...

Children are far more likely to pick a healthier fast-food meal when promotional toys are offered only with those menu options and not with less nutritional fare like burgers, fries and a pop, according to a Canadian study.