Nieuws over trends in landbouw en voedsel uit de Verenigde Staten

The USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Potato Research Worksite is a unique, invaluable resource that helps develop better chips, fries and dehydrated flakes through improved storage and processing.

A fire in a centrifugal cooking vat in the Kettle Foods potato chips factory in Beloit caused no injuries but about USD 170.000 damage in contents

ConAgra Foods, Inc. today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its private label operations to TreeHouse Foods for approximately $2.7 billion

Arca Continental today inaugurated its Global Innovation Center for Snacks in Atlanta, which will serve the Wise business in the US, Bokados in Mexico and Inalecsa in Ecuador.

Herr Foods Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of certain bags of its 1.875 oz. Sour Cream and Onion Potato Chip due to a packaging error that incorrectly states that the product is gluten free.

Snyder's-Lance, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNCE) and Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) yesterday announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Snyder's-Lance will acquire all outstanding shares of Diamond Foods

Ashley Hunter, head of TOMRA Sorting Food, comments on TOMRA Sorting Food announcement that performance has been ‘positive’ for the first nine months of the year.

Today, McDonald's Corporation was one of 81 American Companies joining in the “American Business Act on Climate” pledge.

Today, the White House will announce new commitments from companies from across the American economy who are joining the American Business Act on Climate Pledge.

Don’t miss out on the chance to recognize and honor a well-deserving member of the potato grower community by nominating them for 'Potato Man of the Year' or 'Potato Man for All Seasons'.

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) announced the recent appointment of James Hoff as a new Commissioner who will serve a three-year term. James Hoff of Hoff Farms in Idaho Falls will be formally sworn in at the IPC’s October meeting.

ConAgra Foods Chief Executive Sean Connolly is addressing shareholders this morning at an annual meeting at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) today announced it has issued its 2015 Citizenship Report. The report tracks progress on the company's three-pronged Citizenship platform: Good Food, Stronger Communities and Better Planet.

Key Technology introduces an all-new digital sorting platform: VERYX™

In the United States, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Stan Meiburg have announced the first-ever national food waste reduction goal, calling for a 50% reduction by 2030.

Un estudio realizado por investigadores de la Universidad Estatal de Pennsylvania y la Universidad de Colorado, reveló que compuestos presentes en las papas moradas ayudarían a matar las células madre del cáncer de colon.

The Doritos brand, in partnership with the It Gets Better Project, announced a new, limited-edition product to celebrate and support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the boldest, most colorful way possible.

Live Better Brands will present new better-for-you products in a range of innovative fall flavorsat the Natural Products Expo East trade show