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After four weeks of exhibit sales to FPSA members, the association reports reaching a record milestone of 140,000 square feet for the 2011 PROCESS EXPO trade show.

Idaho: Potato growers in Idaho have planted an estimated 295,000 acres in 2010, an 8 percent decrease from the 320,000 acres planted in 2009. Harvested acres, at 294,000, are also down 8 percent from a year ago.These are the least potato acres planted...

La FAO está permitiendo el acceso libre y abierto a su depósito central de datos, FAOSTAT, la base de datos estadísticos más grande y completa del mundo en materia de alimentos, agricultura y el hambre, anunció hoy la Organización. Anteriormente era p...

Saratoga Potato Chips, LLC announced today that it will locate its U.S. headquarters here, creating up to 175 new jobs by 2013.The Canadian company, which produces retailer brand potato chips, kettle chips and popcorn, will invest $4.9 million to lease...

The Plant Management Network (PMN), a nonprofit publisher of applied agricultural and horticultural information, announces the launch of  Focus on Potato, a resource that features webcasts and other science-backed information tools that will help potat...

Autoridades fitosanitarias del país están en alerta por la posible llegada de un insecto que ataca los cultivos de papa. Esta plaga conocida como paratrioza, se alimenta de las hojas y las flores de la papa y es transmisor de múltiples enfermedades, ...

La Red de Manejo de Cultivos (PMN, por sus siglas en ingles), una editorial sin fines de lucro con información agrícola y hortícola, anuncia el lanzamiento de "Focus on Potato", un recurso en ingles con emisiones por Internet y otras herramie...

Potato growers and scientists from Washington, Oregon and Idaho congregated at Washington State University’s Othello Research facility at Cox and Booker roads during Potato Field Day June 24 to exchange pertinent facts about pest control and water mana...

McCain Foods Limited, one of Canada’s most recognizable global brands and the manufacturer of frozen food products such as french fries, appetizers, pizzas, vegetables, desserts, juices, entrees and oven meals, has selected the SAP® for Consumer Produc...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is inviting the public to submit comments and information to help the agency implement a new federal law that requires the posting of calorie content and other nutrition information on menu ...

Despite hot dry weather, Late Blight was found in a field in northern Walsh County in northeast North Dakota late last week.This is in addition to finds in Dickey County in southeast North Dakota and in the Carberry and Carman areas of southern Manitob...

Mashed potatoes in foodservice operations are up 29% in the past four years. In Q1 2006, the top 350 chain restaurant menus listed 1,749 mashed potato menu items. In Q1 2010, there were 2,256. This is an important and positive trend for potatoes in foo...

Henny Penny Corporation was named McDonald’s 2009 Worldwide Equipment Supplier of the Year at the restaurant franchisor’s global supplier meeting earlier this year. Henny Penny achieved the highest score in a supplier rating system called the Total Sup...

La Iniciativa Papa Andina organizó este foro en el último congreso de la ALAP, celebrado en Cusco, Perú, entre el 23-28 de mayo de 2010, buscando un espacio de reflexión y discusión para que empresas, investigadores y productores pudieran identificar l...

To provide efficient snack and prepared foods processing machinery and knowledgeable local service in Brazil, Heat and Control, Inc. has opened a new facility in Sorocaba City, Sao Paulo state.

CKE Restaurants Inc. said late Wednesday that its shareholders approved the proposed $1 billion buyout by affiliates of Apollo Management VII LP.Valued at USD 1 billion, Apollo’s bid beat out an earlier offer valued at about $928 million by private-equ...

Potato late blight has been found and confirmed in the south Columbia Basin and Washington State University plant pathologist Dennis Johnson says more confirmations of the disease are expected this week. He says the disease was found in two locations. ...

Functional Technologies Corp (TSX-V: FEB), a world leader in yeast research and development, today announced initial test results for bread made with its acrylamide-preventing yeast demonstrated reductions of acrylamide of approximately 90%.