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Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LW) announced today its fiscal first quarter 2019 results.

PepsiCo, Inc. today reported results for the third quarter 2018. Indra Nooyi prepares to step down as CEO.

KWS SAAT SE and the J.R. Simplot Company have founded a new joint venture company Aardevo B.V., to deliver top performing potato varieties through hybrid breeding.

Debido al clima seco de este año, las papas tienen un tamaño más pequeño que lo normal. Y como consecuencia, las papas fritas también. Eso es un problema para la cadena de comida rápida McDonald’s.

Handling and processing machinery manufacturer Haith Group has added an 870 square meter extension to its site in Doncaster in the United KIngdom

Japanese snack food manufacturer Calbee has transferred all its shares in the Calbee-URC, Inc. joint venture targeting the Philippine snack market to Universal Robina Corporation (URC).

Potato production in the Moscow Oblast in 2018 increased by 37% compared to the volumes of the previous year.

Due to increasing production costs related to the devaluation of the Turkish lira, profit margins of potato growers are declining by the day

Customers of McDonald's in Europe might find that their favorite fries are shorter than usual. Blame the weather: smaller potatoes result in shorter fries.

After a construction period of more than a year, the new Avebe Innovation Centre at the Zernike Campus in Groningen was inaugurated Friday by René Paas, Commissioner of the King for the province of Groningen

British potato chip maker Walkers is being inundated with mail deliveries of its own packaging. Empty bags are mailed to Walkers to hold the company accountable for its packaging waste and to pressure the company to come up with a better design.

The government in the Indian state Odisha has started producing potato variety ‘Chipsona’ on experimental basis in Koraput in anticipation of plans by Pepsico to establish a potato chips manufacturing unit in the region

Dieffenbach's Potato Chips Inc. announced yesterday that their latest production facility in the Bethel Township is officially live.

El INTIA de España organizó dos jornadas para presentar los resultados de la siembra ecológica de papa, realizada en su finca de Remendía, municipio de la Provincia de Navarra.

El viernes 21 de septiembre, el Intendente de Comandante Nicanor Otamendi, localidad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, firmó el boleto de compraventa del terreno donde se construirá una planta para el lavado de papas.

The problem for North Carolina’s sweet potato farmers is knowing whether the drenching rains unleashed by hurricane Florence will have the same effect as being inundated by a flooded pond or creek. Some sweet potato fields received as much as 30 inches.

Biosecurity New Zealand is working with Potatoes New Zealand to respond to a detection of Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) in potato tubers in Canterbury. Though common around the world, it is the first time the virus has been found in New Zealand.

An equipment fire at the Simplot potato processing plant in Grand Forks, ND late last Wednesday, forced employees to evacuate and caused an estimated USD 150.000 of damage.