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十月 20, 2011
Estación experimental boliviana busca mantener las características nativas de la papa y siembra más de 1.500 variedades
El Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria y Forestal (Iniaf), y la Estación Experimental de Toralapa (EET) realizaron ayer en Toralapa, por primera vez, la siembra de 1.555 accesiones (variedades) de papa del Banco Nacional de Germoplasma con el...From the archive
十月 20, 2011
Zetmeelcampagne Avebe heeft nauwelijks vertraging door nat weer
De zetmeelcampagne van Avebe is in volle gang. Het natte weer van de afgelopen periode leverde nauwelijks achterstand op bij de verwerking. De fabrieken van Avebe in Gasselternijveen en Ter Apelkanaal draaien deze weken op volle toeren. Van het total...From the archive
十月 19, 2011
Consumer Groups target Frito-Lay for deceptive marketing
Consumer and privacy organizations filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today, calling on the agency to investigate and bring an action against PepsiCo and its subsidiary Frito-Lay for "engaging in deceptive and unfair digital...From the archive
十月 19, 2011
Taterpiks, a gourmet pickled potato shows potatoes versatility
Potatoes have always been known as being versatile and a company in Malin, Oregon is proving just how versatile they can be. Baley-Trotman Farms has come out with TaterPiks, a pickled product made with organic Klamath Pearl potatoes.From the archive
十月 19, 2011
Wachusett Potato Chip Co. sold to Utz Quality Foods
The Wachusett Potato Chip Co., the last independent potato chip company in New England, has been purchased by a Pennsylvania-based snack food company. Utz Quality Foods Inc. of Hanover, Pa., purchased the Wachusett Potato Chip Co.'s Water Street faci...From the archive
十月 19, 2011
AFFI applauds senate approval of Collins-Udall Amendment to block limit on Starchy vegetables in Schools
AFFI President and CEO Kraig R. Naasz issued the following statement today in support of an amendment to a Senate agriculture appropriations bill that blocks the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from limiting the amount of potatoes, corn, peas, li...From the archive
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十月 18, 2011
Senate votes for unlimited potatoes in schools
The Senate threw its support behind the potato Tuesday, voting to block an Obama administration proposal to limit the vegetable on school lunch lines. Agriculture Department rules proposed earlier this year aimed to reduce the amount of french fries i...From the archive
十月 18, 2011
Senator Collins scores key victory to keep healthy vegetables in school meal program
In a major victory, the United States Senate tonight unanimously approved a bipartisan amendment, authored by Senator Susan Collins, to the Fiscal Year 2012 Senate Agriculture Appropriations bill that would protect the flexibility of schools to serve h...From the archive
十月 18, 2011
Kettle Brand Campaign: 'Nobody Likes Kettle Chips. They Love Them'
Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) recently launched a new marketing campaign to expand national awareness for Kettle Brand, a pioneer in the batch-cooked, all natural potato chip category. The campaign marks the first national television campaign in th...From the archive
十月 17, 2011
Beurse aardappelen kost Britse aardappelteler 26 miljoen pond per jaar
Met het droog weer, dat de kans op beurse plekken verhoogt, op komst roept de Potato Council in Engeland telers op om een actieve houding aan te nemen en gedurende het seizoen alle stappen van de oogst goed te letten op de kwaliteit van het product. “...From the archive
十月 17, 2011
University of Wisconsin to lead research effort to reduce acrylamide in potato products
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have been selected to lead a national, multi-institution effort to improve the quality and safety of processed potatoes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) ...From the archive
十月 17, 2011
US Potato politics: The potato wars
Sen. Susan Collins is a more gentle soul than your typical Republican Steering Committee regular, but there she was in the Capitol last week: Ms. Maine Moderate lunching with the “Sons of Jesse Helms” — all in the name of the potato. It was a jaw-drop...From the archive
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十月 17, 2011
Morocco rejects Northern Ireland potatoes for silver scurf
Stormont officials are facing a grilling by Assembly Members over an embarrassing international incident in which potatoes exported from Northern Ireland were rejected for being diseased. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) represen...From the archive
十月 17, 2011
Are the Common Agricultural Policy 2013 proposals an opportunity or threat for the Belgian potato sector?
The European Union Common Agricultural Policy has never been a priority for the member companies of Belgapom, the representative body of the Belgian potato trade and processing industry, because the potato sector was kept completely outside the scope o...From the archive
十月 17, 2011
McTV: McDonald's to launch in-store TV channel
McDonald's customers will soon be able to have local school sports, movie previews and heartwarming human interest stories to go with their fries — McTV is here and in high definition. In one of the most unusual twists in niche programming, the global...From the archive
十月 17, 2011
New Zealand potato farmer fined for illegal irrigation
A Christchurch man has been fined $10,000 for illegally taking groundwater to irrigate potato and onion crops. Ivan Court was fined after admitting illegally irrigating crops at a farm in Ryans Rd, Yaldhurst, for five years. Court's company, Birchbro...From the archive
十月 16, 2011
El Congreso de los Estados Unidos aprueba el TLC con Colombia, Panamá y Corea del Sur
El Congreso reinsertó el miércoles a Estados Unidos en el camino de la liberalización comercial con la aprobación de los largamente esperados tratados de libre comercio con Colombia, Panamá y Corea del Sur en medio de augurios de que los acuerdos ayuda...From the archive
十月 16, 2011
Brand in bakoven Farm Frites Oudenhoorn snel geblust
Zondagavond 9 oktober om 18:26 werd de Brandweer van Oudenhoorn gealarmeerd voor een brandalarm bij frietfabrikant Farm Frites aan de Molendijk. Het vuur woedde in een bakoven met vet, en was snel geblust.From the archive