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Crujientes, al jamón, en su punto de sal… Las patatas fritas se convierten en el aperitivo perfecto para acompañar cualquier tipo de alimento o de bebida. La variedad de patatas fritas es muy amplia: pueden ser lisas, onduladas, artesanas, extrafinas, ...

Bayer CropScience recently announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase AgraQuest, Inc. for a purchase price of US$ 425 million (approximately EUR 340 million) plus milestone payments. AgraQuest, headquartered in Davis, California, USA, is a g...

With summer BBQ season underway, and the ultimate BBQ holiday just days away, Americans across the country have pronounced potato salad their No. 1 pick among healthy BBQ side dishes. According to a poll on CookingLight.com, potato salad is the favorit...

The Washington State Potato Commission announced the recent addition of Ryan Holterhoff to their organization as the Director of Marketing and Industry Affairs.

Home gardeners and commercial growers are alerted of the potential introduction of late blight this growing season, as it has been confirmed in Suffolk County.

Key Technology introduces an enhanced vision capability for its popular Tegra® in-air color sorters. Featuring twice the number of cameras as other Tegra sorters with the same width, the new Tegra 7755E achieves unprecedented line-of-sight for better a...

A new study published recently in the Journal of American Medical Association challenges the notion that “a calorie is a calorie.” The study, led by Cara Ebbeling, PhD, associate director and David Ludwig, MD, director of the New Balance Foundation Obe...

Catering to the growing demand for snack options that pack a rich flavor experience with less fat than traditional potato chips, Lay's Kettle Cooked - one of the brands of PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division - today introduced in the United States two new pot...

Novozymes, the world leader in bioinnovation, recently announced today they have new, third party data that shows Novozymes Acrylaway® is effective in the industrial production of French fries. Acrylamide has been considered a potential health risk si...

Liberibacter, the bacterium responsible for zebra chip, has been found in an Idaho potato field.

Starting around July 6 potato growers in the Yakima Valley will begin harvesting reds and yellows, as long as the weather remains cooperative.

The Idaho Potato Commission plans to conduct a price audit of random stores to investigate concerns that the premium customers will pay for an Idaho spud may be eroding.

Idaho potato farmer Dan Moss highlighted a common Catch-22 for his industry when he assessed the progress of the 2012 spud crop.

US potato industry leaders applaud the Tuesday, June 19, announcement by US President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón to include Mexico in the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations.

The University of Idaho extension today announced that the potato psyllids found last month in Idaho tentatively tested positive for Liberibacter, Zebra Chip disease.

Do potato psyllids migrate from one location to the next, starting in northern Mexico and moving northward as the potato season progresses, or are psyllid populations local?

The reemergence of Potato Virus Y (PVY) in potato seed stock is of great concern to farmers because insecticides used to control the aphids that vector PVY do not effectively decrease transmission of the disease.

Two adult potato psyllids were found on yellow sticky cards that were collected June 19 from a Twin Falls County potato field, according to an alert issued Tuesday by University of Idaho Extension staff.