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Bogota La polilla guatemalteca de la papa es una de las principales plagas de este cultivo en Colombia, y otros paises de America. Laura Villamizar, directora del laboratorio de control biologico de Corpoica, expreso que este insecto causa perdidas que...

Michigan - Kellogg Company anunció ayer un acuerdo para adquirir la marca Pringles, de Procter &Gamble (P&G), por $2,695 millones. Pringles es denominada la marca número uno a nivel mundial en papas crujientes dentro del segmento de meriendas ...

New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel J. Aubertine today announced that the Department, in conjunction with USDA, is removing more than 300,000 acres from regulation for golden nematode.

Thanks to investigations by scientists-turned-detectives with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other agencies, potato growers in the western United States and abroad now know the identities of the pathogen-insect duo responsible for outbre...

As with any megafortune, John Richard (J.R.) Simplot's wealth was built from a few simple but revolutionary ideas, much sweat, and a generous glossing of luck. The details of his experience, however, are singular in the extreme.

A potato shortage on the Island could help farmers get paid more for their product, says a spokesman for the P.E.I. Potato Board.

The Procter &Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) today announced an agreement to divest its Snacks business to The Kellogg Company in a $2.7 billion all-cash transaction. The companies expect to complete the deal in summer of 2012. Final timing will be depend...

Diamond Foods, Inc. today announced that The Procter &Gamble Company and Diamond have mutually agreed to terminate Diamond's proposed acquisition of the Pringles business and have released each other from all liabilities related to the proposed acq...

Bayer CropScience today announced that Luna, the company's newest fungicide innovation, has received registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and is now available for sale, although Luna is not available in all States.

Las papas antiguas de Canarias se encuentran a un paso de obtener el sello de calidad europeo que distingue a estas producciones de las Islas. El sábado se publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea (DOUE) la solicitud de inscripción en el regist...

With Kellogg’s deal to acquire Procter &Gamble’s Pringles brand for $2.695 billion in cash, Diamond Foods is left with nothing. Proctor &Gamble’s announcement of the deal was accompanied by a terse statement that the consumer products company h...

Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Procter &Gamble's Pringles® business ("Pringles") for $2.695 billion. Pringles is an excellent strategic fit for Kellogg Company. It significantly ...

A potato that's purple on the outside and yellow on the inside is one of four new varieties coming to Montana to help attract new markets for the state's $40 million seed potato industry, says Nina Zidack, director of the Montana State University Potato Lab.

UW-Madison scientists collaborate with the Wisconsin Potato &Vegetable Growers Association in a continual effort to improve the state's chipping potatoes.

A potato farmer at Cora Lynn in Victoria's West Gippsland, says he won't know the extent of storm damage until he harvests his crop next month.

The Potato industry in the Punjab region of India are expecting a sharp reduction in production output.

Last fall, Don Flannery, executive director of the Maine Potato Board, summed up the entire growing season as “challenging.”

Scottish seed producers will soon have faster access to a complete record of all certification data collected during inspections of seed potatoes.