Noticias de Los Estados Unidos

Mayo 17, 2015

Tasteful Selection opens Green Potato Facility in California

CSS, along with RPE, Carrollton, Texas-based Pro-Health® and Stevens Point, Wisconsin-based Plover River Farms Alliance, Inc. partnered together and opened a new, stainless steel, 200,000 square foot facility near Bakersfield dedicated to Tasteful Selections specialty potatoes.

Whole Foods Market in Madison , Wisconsin (Courtesy: Whole Foods Market)

Mayo 17, 2015

Whole Foods Market plans new chain of stores with lower prices.

Whole Foods Market, a leading organic and natural grocery chain, announced it plans to open a new chain of stores with lower prices.

Mayo 14, 2015

Organic Label Just an Excuse to Sell Product at a Premium

Americans appear confused about the benefits of organics, with many perceiving the organic label as nothing more than an excuse to sell products at a premium, according to new research from MIntel

Mayo 14, 2015

Global flavors market to reach $15.2 billion by 2020, predicts research report

A new report by Allied Market Research, titled, 'Global Flavors (Food and Beverages) Market - Size, Share, Trends, Analysis, Opportunities, Growth, and Forecast, 2014 - 2020', forecasts the global flavors market to reach $15.2 billion by 2020 at a CAGR of 4.3% from 2015 to 2020.

Mayo 13, 2015

Potato recipes to prepare with your kids

From soup to strata and everything in between, creative cooking with your kids just got easier! The United States Potato Board (USPB) and The Kids Cook Monday just released 52 Mondays, a potato recipe cookbook for families.

Mayo 12, 2015

Conagra Foods acquires Blake's All Natural Foods

ConAgra Foods, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Blake’s All Natural Foods, a rapidly-growing, family-owned company which makes natural and organic frozen meals, including pot pies, casseroles, pasta dishes and other entrees.

Mayo 12, 2015

Lays Summer Days promotion puts your fav summer photo on a bag of Chips

'Lay's Summer Days' campaign offers the first 10,000 fans a bags of Lay's potato chips with your own favorite summer photo. Not fast enough? You will have to do with a digital bag.

Mayo 11, 2015

HZPC takes potato genome browsing to the next level

Ceres, Inc. (NASDAQ: CERE), an agricultural biotechnology company, today announced that the company has licensed its Persephone bioinformatics software to global seed potato developer, HZPC Holland BV.

Mayo 11, 2015

Potato Crisps in decline in Britain

It appears that the potato crisp is in decline in Britain, according to a survey carried out by 'The Grocer' Magazine

Mayo 11, 2015

Where do my french fries come from?

Lamb Weston now provides restaurant operators in North America with a tool to find out where the potatoes that become their fries originated and then share that information with their customers.

Cornell University Nematode Laboratory, built in 1937

Mayo 10, 2015

New York Senator launches push to replace Cornell University's outdated nematode lab

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer has urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to prioritize the replacement and modernization of the Federal Nematode Quarantine Facility at Cornell University in the Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) Capitol Investment Strategy for Fiscal Year 2016.

Mayo 10, 2015

McDonald's Announces Initial Steps In Turnaround Plan

McDonald's President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook recently announced the initial steps of the Company's turnaround plan

Potato Cyst Nematoe infected plant roots

Abril 30, 2015

Idaho Potato Farmers file lawsuit over PCN regulation

A group of 18 Idaho Potato farmers that say they have been negatively affected by the Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) program filed an administrative lawsuit against the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Idaho State Department of Agriculture on Tuesday.

Abril 30, 2015

Key Technology announces Fiscal 2015 Q2 Financial Results

Key Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTEC) announced today sales and operating results for its fiscal 2015 second quarter, ended March 31, 2015.

Potato storage (Courtesy: rosesandsagebrush.com)

Abril 30, 2015

US Potato Stocks Up 9 Percent from April 2014

The 13 major potato States held 130 million cwt of potatoes in storage April 1, 2015, up 9 percent from April 2014.

Abril 30, 2015

Teenagers’ potassium intake may lower blood pressure in adulthood

A study published in JAMA Pediatrics shows that a diet high in potassium may protect teenagers from high blood pressure in adulthood. Since potatoes are a major dietary source of potassium, the potato sector should take note of this research.