INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
February 28, 2017
Irrigation, New Products

Senninger Interactive Pivot Products Catalog

Senninger has launched a new interactive pivot products catalog for PCs and mobile devices.
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February 28, 2017
Fungicide, New Products

Fungicide Buyers' Guide

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February 28, 2017
Fertilizer, Fungicide, Herbicide, Insecticide
Tyrell Marchant, Editor

Cutting Edge: Syngenta helps growers share their sustainability stories

Syngenta helps growers share their sustainability stories
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February 28, 2017

Peak Performance: The misunderstood potato and its role in athletics

Many potential consumers are clueless regarding our product regarding its benefits, and there is a need for ongoing public education.
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February 28, 2017

Changing Trends, Challenges in Potato Industry

While changes in health habits like low-carb diets have had an effect on demand for potatoes, such negative views of the vegetable are beginning to change
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February 28, 2017
Seed Potatoes

UI Expands Nuclear Seed Program

The University of Idaho has hired a new director for its nuclear seed potato program and plans to build additional facilities to help expand production.
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February 28, 2017
Irrigation

Breaking Through: Combating hydrophobic soils for improved disease control

Combating hydrophobic soils for improved disease control
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February 27, 2017
New Products, Potato Equipment, Potato Harvesting
Tyrell Marchant, Editor

Big Machines: Spudnik shows off latest equipment

Over the past 20 years, Spudnik Equipment Company has made a name for itself as perhaps the preeminent leader in manufacturing field equipment for the potato industry.
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February 27, 2017
Fungicide, Herbicide, Insecticide
Mychel Matthews

Raising Pests for Research

Scientists at the University of Idaho’s Kimberly Research and Extension Center work year-round to make growers’ lives easier.
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February 27, 2017
Seed Potatoes

U.S. Seed Potatoes to Arrive in China

The Office for Inspection and Quarantine in Jining City, China, recently handled papers regarding the import of seed potatoes from the U.S.
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February 25, 2017
New Products

Arysta Royal MH-30 Xtra

Royal MH-30 Xtra works to provide a higher grade of potato and better storage quality.
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February 25, 2017
Jeffrey Mervis

Bill Aims to Ensure Scientists Not ‘Muzzled’

A new bill introduced in the Senate would protect federal scientists from attempts to interfere with scientific discourse and dissemination of research results.
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February 25, 2017
Fungicide, Herbicide, Insecticide

House Age Committee Passes Pesticide Bill

On Feb. 14, H.R. 1029, the “Pesticide Registration Enhancement Act of 2017,” was introduced. If passed, the law would reauthorize the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA).
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February 24, 2017
Magdalena Mis, Reuters

Can We Measure Yields from Space?

Researchers have come up with a new method of estimating crop yields from small farms using high-resolution images from the latest generation of satellites.
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February 24, 2017
Event Calendar

Growers Stand Up for Potatoes in D.C.

The National Potato Council hosted the 2017 Potato D.C. Fly-In Feb. 13-16.
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February 24, 2017
New Products, Potato Equipment
Lang Bailey, Fairbanks Scales

Fairbanks Scales Help N.C. Shipper: New packing line equipment helps ensure accurate measurement to improve revenue

New packing line equipment helps ensure accurate measurement to improve revenue
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February 24, 2017
Fertilizer
Katharine Gammon

Slow-Release Nitrogen Could Increase Yields: A new nanoparticle-based fertilizer delivers plant nutrients efficiently and reduces the harm of agricultural runoff.

A new nanoparticle-based fertilizer delivers plant nutrients efficiently and reduces the harm of agricultural runoff.
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February 23, 2017
Fertilizer, Fungicide, Herbicide, Insecticide
Ludwig Burger

Bayer Pesticide Profits Stagnating: Company still on track to wrap up Monsanto deal by year’s end

Bayer forecast a year without earnings growth for its agricultural products business on Wednesday, as it seeks to complete its $66 billion deal to take over Monsanto.
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February 23, 2017
Jonathan Knutson

Potato Industry on the Offensive

Potatoes—which boosters describe as “America’s favorite vegetable”—are going on the offensive after years of fighting defensively.
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February 23, 2017
Event Calendar
Mike McGinnis

USDA Hosts Largest Annual Meeting

No USDA secretary, but the agency will host its largest annual meeting—USDA Ag Outlook Forum—this week in Arlington, Va.
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February 23, 2017
Fertilizer
Adityarup “Rup” Chakravorty

Potatoes Wild with Calcium

Early research shows that hollow spots in potatoes are likely the result of calcium deficiencies and that tuber calcium is genetically linked to tuber quality.
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February 23, 2017
Irrigation

WPVGA Works on Watershed Improvement

The Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association is currently working with local officials to develop and implement a Little Plover River Flow and Watershed Enhancement Plan.
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February 23, 2017
Insecticide, New Products

Syngenta Minecto Pro Insecticide

The EPA has approved Minecto Pro to control lepidopteran pests as well as sucking/rasping/chewing pests like mites, whiteflies, psyllids, thrips and Colorado potato beetles.
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February 22, 2017
Insecticide, New Products

Rimon Insecticide from Arysta

Rimon insecticide helps attack potato pests before they are fully grown.
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February 22, 2017

WPVGA Donates Salad Bar to School

Students are getting a taste of healthy vegetables, including potatoes, at Lincoln Middle School in La Crosse, Wis., after the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association provided a potato-friendly salad bar.
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February 22, 2017

Ag Podcast Network Launches

While the agriculture industry has adapted to the vast array of communication outlets, locating quality agricultural podcasts can be a challenge. Enter The Farm and Rural Ag Network.
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February 21, 2017
Insecticide

Vestaron, OHP Sign Marketing Agreement

OHP will now market Vestaron's Spear O product, a greenhouse bioinsecticide that controls thrips, whiteflies and spider mites.
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February 21, 2017

USDA to Ask Farmers What They’ll Plant

The USDA is preparing to survey farmers about what they are planning to grow this year.
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February 21, 2017
Insecticide

Idaho Approves Payment in Pesticide Cleanup

Idaho state budget writers have approved allocating $519,900 to help research and dispose contaminated fields in eastern Idaho.
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February 20, 2017
Fungicide, Insecticide, New Products

Syngenta Introduces CruiserMaxx Vibrance Potato

New to the Syngenta Seedcare portfolio, CruiserMaxx Vibrance Potato insecticide/fungicide seed treatment is now available.
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February 20, 2017

BASF Supports Space Planting Experiment

The first school experiment to test if plant cuttings can build roots in zero gravity has been sent to the International Space Station.
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February 20, 2017
Fertilizer
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Improving Soil Test Accuracy with Laser Technology

Quebec-based Logiag, Inc. recently received government funding to commercialize a laser-based soil analysis system.
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February 20, 2017
New Products, Potato Equipment

Additions Made to Sentera Drone

Sentera announces its ability to convert a DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone into a precision scouting tool that collects TrueNDVI crop health data, just in time for the 2017 growing season.
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February 18, 2017
New Products, Potato Equipment

AGCO Receives Awards for Innovation

AGCO Corporation received three 2017 AE50 awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers for new, innovative technologies.
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February 17, 2017

Syngenta Gets to Know Millennial Growers

As a new generation of growers prepare to take over their family farms, agribusinesses like Syngenta are getting ready for the transition.
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February 17, 2017
Jonathan Knutson

USDA Looks at Family Farms

Family farms are one of the most controversial topics in modern agriculture. There’s widespread disagreement on what constitutes a family farm and what doesn’t.
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February 16, 2017
Seed Potatoes

Canada Introduces New Varieties

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February 16, 2017
Fertilizer
Matt Hopkins

Fertilizer Institute Elects New Chair

The Fertilizer Institute’s board of directors last week elected Chuck Magro, president and CEO of Agrium, as its chairman. Tony Will, president and CEO of CF Industries, was elected vice chairman.
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February 16, 2017
Potato Storage
Robyn Feinberg

Nevada Lab Studies How Genes Affect Storability: NSF grant to help Nevada potato industry

Researchers Dylan Kosma and Patricia Santos are searching for ways to reduce potato crop losses during storage.
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February 16, 2017

Oregon Contemplates GMO Ban

Earlier this month, legislation was introduced in Oregon that would repeal parts of a 2013 law that preempts local county laws or rules from regulating farm practices, including restrictions on GM crops.
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February 16, 2017

Planting Time in North Florida

It’s potato planting time in Florida. St. Johns County in the northern part of the state is well-known for its potato production.
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February 16, 2017

Idaho Potato Commission Shares Posts

February is American Heart month, and the Idaho Potato Commission is connecting with social media users with the message “Love Potatoes, Love Your Heart.”
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February 13, 2017
Irrigation

Zimmerman Named IIEA Person of the Year

Don Zimmerman of Nelson Irrigation was selected as the Idaho Irrigation Equipment Association’s 2016 Person of the Year.
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February 10, 2017
Final Countdown

Top 5: Selling Organic and Value-added

More retailers are requesting potato suppliers to make their value-added potato products organic in an effort to maximize value to those shoppers.
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February 09, 2017
Insecticide, New Products
Viola Pruss

Production of Wireworm Trap Begins

Ralph Yeo has begun mass-manufacturing a wire trap to fight P.E.I.’s wireworm problem.
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February 08, 2017
New Products

New Product: Greenlight Grower Management

Muddy Boots introduces a major new feature in its crop recording software, Greenlight Grower Management, that bridges the gap between the field and agronomy provider.
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February 08, 2017
Ted Kreis

NASS Ups N.D. Potato Production Estimate

In January, USDA-NASS made large adjustments in fall potato production estimates in both North Dakota and Minnesota.
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February 08, 2017
Seed Potatoes

U.S. Seed Trials Planted in Myanmar

Potatoes USA has just completed the planting of a third seed variety trial in Myanmar.
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February 07, 2017
Clara Vaughn

Va. Growers Hope for Better Prices

The bulk of potato shipments from Virginia’s Eastern Shore are chip-stock potatoes, and the 2017 market is looking up for growers of those varieties.
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February 07, 2017
Irrigation

Colorado Ag Water Meeting Scheduled

The Colorado Ag Water Alliance will host the Rio Grande Basin Ag Producers’ Water Future Workshop on Feb. 28.
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February 07, 2017
Fertilizer

Company Turns Dairy Waste into Fertilizer

Last week, Midwestern BioAg unveiled a new manufacturing process that transforms dairy manure into a uniform, dry fertilizer granule.
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February 07, 2017
Insecticide
Anthony Brino

Maine Growers Trying Fumigation

McCain Foods has begun trials examining soil fumigation with several of its growers in Aroostook County, Maine.
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February 06, 2017
Irrigation

Senninger Welcomes PNW Manager

John Johnston has joined Senninger Irrigation’s domestic sales team as the new district manager for the Pacific Northwest.
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February 06, 2017
Fungicide, Herbicide, Insecticide
Tiffany Stecker

Court: Endangered Species Act Case on Pesticides Can Proceed

Federal regulators must do more to ensure that approved pesticides don’t harm imperiled wildlife, a U.S. appeals court ruled Feb. 2.
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February 06, 2017

New Mexico Rancher to Lead NACD

Brent Van Dyke was sworn in last week as president of the National Association of Conservation Districts, one of America’s largest conservation groups.
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February 06, 2017
Fungicide
Diana Normand

Blight Bill Introduced in Wis. Statehouse

Newly elected state senator Patrick Testin of Stevens Point, Wis., has introduced a bill designed to help growers fight the disease.
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February 06, 2017
Event Calendar

Idaho/East Ore. Committee Reps to Be Selected

Nominations for handler and producer positions on the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Potato Committee will be taken March 23 and 24.
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February 06, 2017

Women in Ag Nominations Open

HighQuest Group is now seeking nominations for its annual Women in Agribusiness Demeter Award of Excellence.
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February 05, 2017
Tad Thompson, The Produce News

Bushmans’ Potato Program Faring Well

With supplies running short, some Wisconsin red potato shippers approached mid-January filling orders with potatoes purchased from elsewhere. But Bushmans’, Inc. was still shipping from its own storage
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February 05, 2017

New Fries Offer Greater Heat Retention

Farm Frites is launching its new Extra fries, a range to satisfy the demand for crispy, coated, tasty fries with greater heat retention.
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February 04, 2017
Potato Equipment

Kuhn Holds Photo Contest

Kuhn North America is looking for customers and dealers to submit photos of their Kuhn-branded equipment to be featured in an upcoming calendar.
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February 04, 2017
Joe Duggan

Proposal to End Potato Tax Faces Scrutiny

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts backed away Wednesday from a proposal to repeal Nebraska’s potato tax.
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February 04, 2017
Irrigation

Expansion, Growth Continue for Hortau

Hortau, a provider of precision irrigation management systems and services for agriculture since 2002, continues its rapid growth heading into 2017.
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February 03, 2017
Seed Potatoes

Scottish Potato Seed Contributed to Genebank

A global seed vault designed to protect resources from future environmental catastrophes has received the first genetic potato material from the UK.
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February 03, 2017
Potato Harvesting, Potato Storage
Tad Thompson, The Produce News

Mixed Results for Red Potato Market

“For the growers that had potatoes, it will be a decent year,” says Paul Dolan, the manager of Associated Potato Growers, Inc.
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February 03, 2017
Insecticide

Sivanto Prime Available for More Crops

Bayer is trying to meet grower needs with an expansion of Sivanto Prime insecticide for foliar use on stone fruit, caneberries and many additional crops.
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February 03, 2017
Potato Equipment

Tong Names New Commercial Manager

Tong Engineering announces the appointment of Ian Hodgson to the newly created role of commercial manager.
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February 02, 2017
Chuck Abbott

Vilsack Backs Perdue as Successor

Former agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack said he supports Sonny Perdue as his successor at the USDA.
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February 02, 2017
Irrigation, New Products

Irrigation Products Buyers' Guide

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February 02, 2017
Insecticide
Louise-Marie Dandurand, University of Idaho

Keeping It Clean: Phytosanitary measures to minimize invasive nematodes

Phytosanitary measures to minimize invasive nematodes
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February 02, 2017
Irrigation
Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association

The Dam Truth: Trump urged to protect lower Snake River dams

Trump urged to protect lower Snake River dams
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February 02, 2017
Potato Equipment

New Holland Acquires Kongskilde Agriculture

New Holland Agriculture is set to expand its wide offering with new implement product lines upon the completed acquisition of the agricultural grass and soil business of Kongskilde Industries.
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February 02, 2017
Fertilizer, Herbicide

BASF Dedicated to Research

BASF dedicates significant research and development efforts to providing innovative crop protection solutions for growers.
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February 02, 2017
Fertilizer, Fungicide, Herbicide, Insecticide, Irrigation, Seed Potatoes
Alan Westra & Kasia Kinzer

What It All Means: Interpreting post-harvest test results

Interpreting post-harvest test results
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February 01, 2017
Fertilizer
Anthony Brino

Maine Crop Rotation Research Points to Peas

In the search for a third rotation crop for potatoes, trials in Maine are showing some promise for field peas.
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February 01, 2017
Irrigation
Jim Lauria, Mazzei Injector Company

Breathing Room: Aerating soil and water

Aerating soil and water
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February 01, 2017
New Products, Potato Equipment

Unverferth Introduces Wider Cultivator Models

Unverferth Manufacturing Co. introduces larger 30- to 40-foot working width models of its rugged and reliable Perfecta field cultivator.
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February 01, 2017
Irrigation
Charles Hillyer, Texas A&M University Extension

Accounting for Variables: Analyzing cost and effectiveness of VRI

Analyzing cost and effectiveness of VRI
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February 01, 2017
Herbicide

On Target Application Academy Goes Digital

BASF is expanding its On Target Application Academy stewardship program with an online training module.
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