Noticias

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...

Last week, the Commission presented its proposals for the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP 2020) to the European Parliament. That triggered a number of reactions from stakeholders. The European starch industry association (AAF), as a major user o...

Key Technology announces that its popular PROliance™ Online Training Program is now available in Dutch, French, German, and Spanish. By expanding this interactive, self-paced multimedia curriculum to address the langcode requirements of many customer...

McDonald’s Corporation today announced its membership in the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). This membership represents significant progress in the company’s commitment to source palm oil only from RSPO member companies.

Agri-Stor Company has acquired the assets and business operations of Custom Chemical Company - a full-service provider of potato sprout inhibitors, specialty post-harvest crop protection products and a Certified Dealer of Gellert® climate control systems

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...