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De Nederlandse universiteit van Wageningen wil een veldproef uitvoeren met genetisch gemanipuleerde aard­appelen die resistent zijn tegen phytophthora. De aardappelplaag is een jaarlijks weerkerend fenomeen bij akkerbouwers en kan aanzienlijke gewassch...

El operador de restaurantes Yum Brands Inc. reportó el lunes una ganancia trimestral mayor a la que esperaba el mercado, y amplió sus perspectivas para todo el año, lo que impulsó un aumento de más del 4 por ciento de sus acciones en las operaciones e...

Several analysts raised their price targets on Yum Brands Inc. on Tuesday, after the fast food restaurant operator said strong international sales lifted third-quarter earnings 17 percent. On Monday, the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut operator said profi...

The restaurant conglomerate is set to release its third quarter earnings report Monday afternoon, and the company's stock is climbing on anticipated good news. Yum! Brands is up 4.4%, or $1.51, to $35.83 in midday trading.

Op de Openbedrijvendag op 7 oktober, demonstreert BioEnergy in Lommel het proces van friet tot stroom, een project van de Group Machiels en Farm Frites. Van de 500.000 ton aardappelen die Farm Frites verwerkt tot frieten blijft jaarlijks zo'n 150.000...

A US jury awarded 6.1 million dollars Friday to a McDonald's employee who was strip searched in a hoax that had been played on dozens of fast food restaurants across the country, local media reported. Louise Ogborn, who was 18 at the time of the strip...

Rural land prices gained further momentum during H1 2007, with prices increasing by 22.6% on a year earlier, compared to 18.1% in H2 2006. Demand continues to boom in both the agricultural and non-agricultural sector.Commercial farmers were still very...

Food giant ConAgra has joined a voluntary industry initiative to reduce its marketing to children as part of a widespread move to improve kids' nutrition and reduce the rates of obesity.Yesterday's pledge follows a call for information from the chairm...

Washington state potato growers have settled processing contracts with the J.R. Simplot Co. and H.J. Heinz Co. for the 2008 growing season.Simplot will pay growers a $240-per-acre "energy surcharge"under the new contract, Potato Growers of Wa...

Burger King Corp. on Friday said it signed a licensing agreement with Seattle-based Mobliss Inc to create downloadable mobile phones games featuring Burger King branded product.

Same-store sales at Wendy's International Inc. have increased again, but the company's third-quarter results show a drastic slowdown in growth after a first-quarter jump-start. The Dublin-based fast-food chain said sales at company-owned U.S. restaur...

HiFri  is de gedoodverfde winnaar van de Food Valley Award. Tijdens de publieksstemming stemden de bezoekers aan de Food Valley Conferentie massaal op het bedrijf door een balletje in de HiFri-zuil te stoppen. In de door HiFri ontwikkelde technologie...

Chicago shows signs of becoming a national player in the organic food movement. With the nation's only USDA-certified organic retail bakery and one of the few organic pizza restaurants -- not to mention the recent rise of caterers and meal-delivery b...

Market perspective for organic potatoes. This project was conducted by Joe Guenthner and Gina Greenway in the Agricultural Economics &Rural Sociology Department at the University of Idaho, Jennifer Miller at the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives...

The Idaho Potato Commission is marking its 70th anniversary this year. Formed in May 1937 and originally (and only briefly) known as the Idaho Fruit &Vegetable Advertising Commission, the IPC has been actively promoting Idaho potatoes since its in...

Dividing carbohydrates into 'good' and 'bad' carbs is misleading, and cannot be used as a measurement to prevent overweight and obesity, according to a review of scientific literature on the contentious topic.According to Gaesser, diets high in carboh...

The British Potato Council starts a new search to find the UK’s best potato dish. As part of the Great Potato Challenge 2008, they are looking for pub and restaurant chefs that can cook up an innovative and tasty potato-based main course dish It can b...

P&G may get as much as $7 billion for Duracell, $3 billion for Folgers and $3.5 billion for Pringles, said Ali Dibadj, a New York-based analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein &Co. Chief Financial Officer Clayton Daley Jr. said last month that P&a...