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Two Potato companies - Taylor Food Group and QV Foods - have signed a five year deal with the James Hutton Institute's Mylnefield Research Service (MRS) subsidiary to continue a potato breeding programme that originally started in 2005. Taylor Food Gr...

Trends in potato prices are key indicators for potato farmers to keep track of. But average potato price trends can be calculated in a number of different ways. PEI now has become the first jurisdiction in Canada to adopt two new measures - fresh weig...

The recent General Assembly of the United Nations was a landmark event as it was only the second time the UN had met to discuss health issues - with the last health meeting being held in 2001 and focused on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The United Nations...

Yum! Brands Inc. agreed to sell its Long John Silver’s restaurants to LJS Partners LLC and the A&W All-American Food chain to A Great American Brand LLC for undisclosed prices as it focuses on expanding in China. Definitive agreements have been re...

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG), one of North America's leading packaged food companies, today released its 2011 Corporate Responsibility Report, providing a detailed look at the company's efforts.

Kerry Group, the global ingredients &flavours and consumer foods group, today confirmed that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cargill’s global flavours business. Cargill Flavor Systems with annual revenues of approximately US$200m is be...

China aspira a convertirse en el mayor productor mundial de envases para fines de 2012, según un nuevo estudio de la firma de asesoramiento financiero Catalyst Corporate Finance . La nueva investigación sugiere que las ambiciones chinas modificaran el...

Potato Council is introducing a wide range of potato related resources into secondary schools as part of the national curriculum after successfully piloting a new classroom project;‘Cook Your Own Potatoes’.  Following on from the increasingly popular ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified trans fats and salt intake amongst its list of low-cost interventions to counter the rise of diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes and lung disease. Non-communicable diseases like heart attack...

Just as the U.S. economy stalled in the second quarter of the year, so did restaurant industry traffic, according to The NPD Group, a leading market research company. NPD's foodservice market research shows that visits to U.S. restaurants slipped by 0....

ConAgra Foods Inc. withdrew its $5.2 billion bid to acquire Ralcorp Holdings Inc. after Ralcorp again rejected the rival food maker's offer Monday and said it won't negotiate the offer. A spokeswoman for ConAgra said the company was "disappointed...

ConAgra Foods, Inc. today reported results for the fiscal 2012 first quarter ended Aug. 28, 2011. Following are selected statements from the release deemed of interest for the potato- and food industry. Read the full news release Diluted EPS from co...

International seed breeders and exporters sharing the Potato Council stand enjoyed a very busy time at this year’s Potato Europe (Tournai, Belgium, September 7-8). “The record-breaking 2011 seed potato export season reflects our success in this secto...

French fries aren't French—they're Belgian. And in a country without a single common langcode, the humble snack is a potent national symbol. That's why farmers, fryers and foodies are battling over the future of the potato which made Belgium great: th...

Verse fritesketen Bram Ladage vierde afgelopen zaterdag de komst van de nieuwe Bintjes met een ‘Petatte-patat-parade’ op het Rotterdamse Noordplein. Topkoks Herman den Blijker en Marco Westmaas serveerden hun variant van het ‘patatje met’ en er stonde...

The United States Potato Board (USPB) held its largest ever International Seed Potato Symposium in Denver, CO, August 1, 2011. This year’s seed symposium included buyers from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Nicaragua, Egypt, Uruguay, Hondur...

PepsiCo, Inc. announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China to promote sustainable agriculture projects and accelerate the development of the Chinese countryside.

Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to allow tax-exempt donations to support agricultural research as a means to help keep American agriculture on the forefront of food production breakthroughs. The Charitable Agriculture Research Act (...