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九月 27, 2011

Potato farmers more likely to use electronic technology than students

To learn more about use of electronic technology among its clients, the University of Idaho Extension surveyed 80 university students and 135 potato farmers. It was found that the farmers were likely to use more technology than the students were. It...

九月 27, 2011

Potassium: Potatoes are the most affordable source

Potatoes were the lowest cost source of dietary potassium, a nutrient identified by the 2010 Dietary Guidelines as lacking in the American diet. The high cost of meeting federal dietary guidelines for potassium, 4,700 mg per person per day, presents a ...

九月 27, 2011

Kids say 'potato,' USDA says 'poh-tay-NO'

Sen. Susan Collins, who hails from Maine's potato country and picked potatoes as a girl, is working to restore some respect for the humble spud, which is on the verge of being virtually banished from the nation's school lunch programs. New guidelines ...

九月 27, 2011

Las papas son la fuente más accesible de potasio

El Dr. Adam Drewnowski y sus colegas de la Universidad de Washington juntaron información proveniente de varios organismos dependientes del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA) con el fin de determinar el valor nutritivo del potasio...

九月 26, 2011

Potato Storage Research Facility ceremoniously handed over to University Wisconsin

Today, the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) has ceremoniously “handed over the keys” of the Potato and Vegetable Storage Research Facility (SRF) to the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW). The ceremony gives the WPVGA a cha...

九月 26, 2011

Fire destroys Lone Wolf Farms potato packing facility in Minto, ND

The Lone Wolf Farms potato packing plant in Minto, ND is considered a total loss after a fire Sunday. The Minto Volunteer Fire Department responded to the blaze at the Lone Wolf Farms washplant around noon. No injuries were reported from the blaze. T...

九月 24, 2011

Idaho Potato Commission Recognized for its Retail Ad Campaign by Produce Business Magazine

The Idaho Potato Commission's (IPC) popular comic book themed Retail advertising campaign was the recipient of Produce Business' 23rd Annual Marketing Excellence Award for the fourth consecutive year. This action-packed campaign, delivered both as ad...

九月 22, 2011

Yum Brands Sells A&W, Long John Silver’s

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...

九月 20, 2011

WHO to target trans fats and salt to curb ‘tide of non-communicable diseases’

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...

九月 20, 2011

NPD: US Restaurant Traffic Stalls in Spring After Three Quarters of Gain

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....

United States Potato Board International Seed Symposium

九月 19, 2011

USPB Conducts Largest Ever International Seed Symposium

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...

九月 19, 2011

US Agricultural research supported by tax-exempt donations?

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 (...

九月 15, 2011

FDA Seeks Public Comment on Approaches to Reducing Sodium Consumption

On September 13, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with several key initial partners, launched Million Hearts, an initiative that aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years. As one component of ...

九月 15, 2011

Diamond Reports Record 2011 Results

Diamond Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:DMND) today reported record financial results for its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter and full year. For the three months ended July 31, 2011, the first full comparable quarter since the acquisition of Kettle Foods, non-GAAP net...

九月 14, 2011

The NRA is looking for cutting edge kitchen equipment for the 2012 Kitchen Innovations Awards

The National Restaurant Association is calling on foodservice equipment manufacturers to apply for its 2012 Kitchen Innovations Awards. Selected by an independent panel of experts, the award recipients represent the most groundbreaking equipment on the...

九月 14, 2011

US Potato exports at record high

US potato and product exports were a record $1,350,213,480 and 1,366,649 metric tons for the July 2010–June 2011 fiscal year. This is a 15 percent increase in value and 11 percent increase in volume. On a fresh weight equivalent basis, this represents ...

九月 14, 2011

Floods destroy potato crop at Sterman Masser potato farm

Pennsylvania State officials headed to a farm Wednesday for a look at the damage done by the flood. Entire crops have been wiped out, leaving farmers looking for help which may be available through FEMA. Devastation pretty much sums up the potato cr...

九月 13, 2011

Maine Potato Board says initial crop quality good, despite rain, tornadoes

Although it has been one of the tougher years for potato growers in Aroostook County (Maine, US) with crop damage from three tornadoes and excessive rainfall, officials with the Maine Potato Board are downplaying rumors of extensive crop loss. Don Fla...