Cadena de Suministro de Papas de Los Estados Unidos

Junio 13, 2011

The future for Arby’s, Wendy’s

The $430 million sale of Arby’s Restaurant Group Inc. to Roark Capital could be qualified as addition by subtraction for both the 3,600-unit Arby’s and its former sister chain, the 6,600-unit Wendy’s.

Junio 12, 2011

The nitrogen cycle: Where is your nitrogen going?

Junio 12, 2011

Potatoes Make the Plate! New MyPlate Icon Recommends Half the Plate as Fruits and Vegetables

The recent unveiling of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) MyPlate icon heralded a bold, new visual reminder of the importance of fruit and vegetable consumption, filling half the plate with these two important food groups.

Junio 12, 2011

Idaho Potato Seed Farmers Face Late Season

Idaho Potato seed farmers are battling Mother Nature to get their seeds in the ground.

Junio 12, 2011

Ciclo del Nitrógeno: Para dónde se va este elemento?

Con la llegada de la primavera, la pérdida de nitrógeno del suelo de nuestras granjas no es sólo una preocupación, es más bien una realidad desagradable. Sin embargo, utilizar la palabra "perdido"para describir el lugar a dónde se ha ido el n...

Junio 10, 2011

Low acrylamide potato lines created by University of Wisconsin scientists

What do Americans love more than French fries and potato chips? The answer: Not much...

Junio 10, 2011

La Universidad de Wisconsin crea líneas de papa con bajos niveles de acrilamida

Existe algo que los estadounidenses amen más que las papas fritas y las papas a la francesa? No hay muchas cosas... pero tal vez las estén amando más de lo que deberían hacerlo. Haciendo a un lado las grasas y las calorías, ambos alimentos contienen al...

Junio 09, 2011

Do you expect customers to pay extra for healthier menu items? They won't...

The expanding waistlines of U.S. consumers have created a flurry of governmental and restaurant industry actions aimed at getting Americans to eat more healthfully.

Junio 09, 2011

Pacific Northwest program works to create disease resistant potato varieties

Junio 08, 2011

Summer potato markets heating up

In North America, summer potato markets are strengthening as the East Coast deal shifts from northern Florida to North Carolina.

Junio 07, 2011

UPGA view on Potato Prices: Perched on a cliff

The Chief Operating Officer of the United Potato Growers of America offers his view of the potato prices this summer:

Junio 04, 2011

A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself

The rapid growth in farm output that defined the late 20th century has slowed to the point that it is failing to keep up with the demand for food, driven by population increases and rising affluence in once-poor countries.

Junio 03, 2011

USDA revises standards for No. 1 potatoes

Revisions to the grading standards for No. 1 potatoes allow for mixed varieties of potatoes to be packaged together, as requested by grower/shippers and retailers.

Junio 03, 2011

5 positive signs for restaurants

Rising costs for food and fuel have dominated headlines and weighed heavily on the minds of restaurant operators.

Junio 03, 2011

Washington potato production among the most sustainable on the planet

Washington potatoes are not only good for you, their production is highly sustainable.

Junio 02, 2011

Idaho Potato Commission discusses research priorities

Junio 01, 2011

New Focus on Potato webcast: White Mold of Potato, Epidemiology and Management

Mayo 31, 2011

Plant worker handling diacetyl awarded $814,500 for 'popcorn lung'

A plant worker won an $814,500 judgment in Baltimore County Circuit Court after claiming he contracted a rare lung disease known as "popcorn lung"from breathing diacetyl, a chemical used to make food taste buttery.