INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
October 31, 2016

IGSA Convention Photo Album: The Idaho Grower Shippers Annual Convention was held Aug. 30 through Sept. 2 in Sun Valley, Idaho

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October 29, 2016
Potato Storage

Brrrrrrr!: Refrigeration technology then and now

Refrigeration systems must meet the unique needs of potato storage applications and function best when designed for end users' specific applications.
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October 29, 2016
Seed Potatoes, Smorgasbord

The Smorgasbord: Reveille Russet

Reveille Russet is a uniform, medium-early, high pack-out fresh market russet,with wide adaptability. It was developed by the Texas Potato Breeding and Variety Development Program.
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October 29, 2016
Fungicide, Potato Storage, Seed Potatoes

New Innate Varieties Deregulated

The USDA has deregulated additional varieties of Innate second-generation potatoes with late blight disease protection and cold storage capability.
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October 28, 2016

Food Banks Score Big With Football Bet

The score of tomorrow’s Washington State-Oregon State college football game will be closely watched for what the final tally will mean for food banks in both states.
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October 28, 2016
Potato Harvesting
Alyssa Braithwaite

Australia Suffering Potato Shortage: The price of Australian spuds is on the rise.

Australia is experiencing a potato shortage because of flood-effected potato crops in the country’s southern states.
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October 28, 2016

Idaho Gov., Commodity Reps on China Trade Mission

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter and representatives of the state’s milk, potato, wheat and hay industries will visit China on a trade mission.
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October 27, 2016
Tyrell Marchant, Editor

Farm of the Future: A unique enterprise hopes to facilitate agriculture’s move to the future

A unique enterprise hopes to facilitate agriculture’s move to the future.
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October 27, 2016
Seed Potatoes

Mich. Variety Trial Results: The 2016 Upper Peninsula potato trial results are in, accounting for 32 different varieties.

The 2016 Upper Peninsula potato trial results are in, accounting for 32 different varieties.
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October 27, 2016
Insecticide

A Look in the Toolbox: Nematodes’ genetic toolkit revealed

Nematodes’ genetic toolkit revealed
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October 26, 2016
Fertilizer, Fungicide, Herbicide, Insecticide
Karyn Ostrom

Good Chemistry: Formulation team delivers innovative products

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October 26, 2016
Fungicide, Herbicide, Insecticide, Seed Potatoes
James Woodhall and Phillip Wharton, University of Idaho

New Tools for Potato Doctors: Developments in disease diagnostics

The last decade has seen some large advances in diagnostics, many of which can be used for potato disease detection and diagnosis.
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October 25, 2016
Seed Potatoes
Tyrell Marchant, Editor

SunRain Open House Photo Gallery

SunRain Varieties held its annual customer open house Aug. 25 at its office and greenhouses near Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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October 21, 2016
Fungicide, New Products

FMC Begins Registration for Bixafen

FMC Agricultural Solutions has begun registration process for bixafen, a new pyrazole carboxamide fungicide.
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October 20, 2016
Insecticide
Brian Nearing

New York Works to Control Pest: $1.2 million in state aid will help develop crop resistant to golden nematode.

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October 20, 2016
Frank Giles

Food Hubs Connect Ag, Urban Communities

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October 19, 2016
Event Calendar, Potato Equipment

No-Till Conference Celebrates 25 Years

The 25th annual National No-Tillage Conference in St. Louis will include more than 40 presenters and celebrate decades of no-till innovation.
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October 18, 2016
Fertilizer
Matt Hopkins

Improving Phosphorus Management

With global population growing, improved management of key essential nutrients such as phosphorus will be necessary to stay ahead of steeply rising food demand.
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October 18, 2016
Insecticide
Amanda Renko

Cornell Gets Funding for Nematode Research

A Cornell University research facility devoted to controlling golden nematode will receive $1.2 million in state funding to assist with upgrades
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October 17, 2016
Potato Harvesting
Emily J. Weitz

Long Island Grower Bets the Farm on Vodka

If the Foster family of Sagaponack, N.Y., were looking to sell, they would be set for life; brokers estimated the value of their 150 acres at over $100 million. That may seem like a gold strike, but it would have required them to give up the family’s lega
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October 17, 2016
Fertilizer

Vive Closes Financing to Support Corporate Growth

Vive Crop Protection has announced the closing of growth financing to support commercial expansion in 2017.
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October 16, 2016
Fungicide, Insecticide
Jason Kosovski

Pathologist Moves to Colorado State

Potato pathologist Amy Charkowski is the new head of Colorado State University’s Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management.
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October 15, 2016

Rittenberg Joins Potatoes USA

Potatoes USA recently added Jill Rittenberg to its staff as global marketing manager of ingredients.
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October 15, 2016
Clint Jasper

The “Liquid Potato”: New process gives potatoes potential to replace dairy in some foods

A new process gives potatoes potential to replace dairy in some foods.
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October 14, 2016
Potato Harvesting
Jess Knight

Idaho Crop “Best in Years”

One southern Idaho growers says this year’s crop is the best the state has seen in three or four years
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October 14, 2016

Syngenta Spotlights Women in Ag

A new television series shines the spotlight on women whose roles on and off the farm are invaluable to agriculture.
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October 14, 2016
Fertilizer, Potato Harvesting
Kevin Cederstrom

RDO Highlights Sustainability

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October 13, 2016
Fertilizer, Fungicide, Herbicide, Insecticide, Potato Equipment, Potato Harvesting
Julia Bayly

Drone Technology Ushering in New World

Wayne Kilcollins remembers picking potatoes by hand while growing up in northern Maine. Things are getting a little more high-tech these days.
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October 13, 2016
Potato Harvesting
Ashley Davenport

Growers Nervous about USDA Report

The hashtag #NoYieldTweets has caught fire on ag Twitter—farmers aren’t sharing yield numbers so prices don’t drop lower.
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October 13, 2016
Zach Kyle & Wendy Culverwell

Lamb Weston Sets Up Shop in Treasure Valley

Lamb Weston is in the process of spinning out of food manufacturing giant ConAgra and on Nov. 1 will open corporate headquarters in Eagle, Idaho.
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October 13, 2016
Tim Steere

Utz Purchases Golden Enterprises

Utz Quality Foods last week announced the closing on the deal to buy Golden Enterprises, Inc., the parent company of the Golden Flake brand.
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October 12, 2016
Event Calendar, Fertilizer, Irrigation

Symposium to Discuss Semiarid Crops: Management alternatives may maintain crop sustainability

Due to frequently harsh climatic conditions, crops grown in semiarid dryland cropping regions must tolerate a myriad of abiotic stresses.
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October 12, 2016
Potato Harvesting
Jen Lynds, Bangor Daily News

Maine Teens Find Harvest Work Rewarding

This potato harvest, as she has for every one for about half her life, Sydney Garrison of Blaine, Maine, rises to the sound of her alarm clock at 5:30 a.m.
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October 12, 2016

Americans Spend Big on Chips

Americans spent $7.5 billion on potato chips in 2015, an average of roughly $23 for every man, woman and child
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October 12, 2016

U.S. Foods Introduces “Clean” Chips

Starting this fall, foodservice distributor U.S. Foods will launch a new line of “clean label” products
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October 11, 2016
Fertilizer, Potato Equipment

Organic Panic: Finding the right combination

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October 11, 2016
Event Calendar

National Ag Day 2017 Announced

The Agriculture Council of America will host National Agriculture Day on March 21, 2017.
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October 11, 2016

Winners Selected in Idaho Potato Video Contest

The Idaho Potato Commission has announced the winners of its Idaho Potato Video Contest.
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October 10, 2016
New Products

Potandon Introduces Light-Blocker Bags

New bags prevent potato greening at retail.
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October 08, 2016
Insecticide
Dan Charles

Biotech Companies Promise Insect-Killing Genes

For all the international furor over GMOs, the biotech industry has really only managed to put a few foreign genes into food crops.
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October 08, 2016
Fertilizer, Fungicide, Herbicide, Insecticide

Max Systems Debuts Regulator 3.0 Concentrate

Max Systems introduces Regulator 3.0 Concentrate, a low-pH surfactant that can be combined with water and other products in spray tank mixtures at extremely low rates.
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October 07, 2016
Potato Harvesting, Potato Storage

Northwest Seeing Higher Yields, Lower Returns

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October 07, 2016
Fertilizer

Using Rhizobacteria for Sustainable Potato Growth

Using plant growth-promoting Rhizobacteria could be a sustainable way to satisfy potatoes’ nitrogen needs.
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October 06, 2016
Fertilizer

Abi-Ghanem Named to EPA Ag Science Committee

Rita Abi-Ghanem, senior director of research and development at Bio Huma Netics has been appointed to serve on the agricultural science committee of the EPA Science Advisory Board.
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October 06, 2016
Fertilizer

Potatoes, Biochar May Not Be Friends

Adding biochar to soil can reduce yield in potatoes, particularly if the soil is deficient in phosphorous and water.
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October 05, 2016

Lebanon Bans Potato Imports

Lebanon’s agriculture minister announced a decision that would block Lebanese companies from importing certain produce without prior approval.
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October 05, 2016
Event Calendar

Idaho/Oregon Committee to Meet

The Idaho and Eastern Oregon Potato Committee will meet Nov. 9 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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October 04, 2016

McCain Begins N.B. Plant Expansion

McCain Foods officially broke ground to mark the start of construction on the major expansion to a plant in New Brunswick.
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October 04, 2016
Potato Harvesting, Potato Storage
Eric Peterson

Wisconsin Potato Harvest Under Way

The harvest for many varieties of Wisconsin potatoes is in full swing.
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