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Monday, Apr 15
THREE NEW “FOCUS ON POTATO” ONLINE |
ST PAUL, Minn.—It won’t be long before diseases and other pests take their toll on potato crops across the United States
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Thursday, Apr 4
WSSA STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF EARLY RESPONSE TO WEEDS |
LAWRENCE, Kansas—Over the past decade, dozens of “early detection, rapid response” initiatives have been launched by states
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Friday, Mar 8
GROWER USES COVER CROPS TO REDUCE INPUT COSTS |
FORT HALL, Idaho—For the past two seasons, Brendon Rockey has planted peas, chickling vetch and buckwheat in the same rows
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Thursday, Feb 28
ID GROWERS SET TO VOTE ON MCCAIN, SIMPLOT CONTRACTS |
Idaho potato growers will vote Monday in Burley on contracts with McCain Foods and J.R. Simplot Co. paying a 1.6 percent
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Monday, Feb 25
GMO LABELING BILL INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS |
Colorado’s Jared Polis announced on Feb. 20, outside a reborn organic retail store in Boulder, that he’s introducing a federal
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Tuesday, Feb 12
STANDING UP FOR POTATOES ON CAPITOL HILL |
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Potato growers and industry partners from across the country will travel to the nation's capital this month
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Tuesday, Feb 5
GROWERS REVIEW NEW SOIL FUMIGATION RULES |
KENNEWICK, Wash.—New soil fumigation rules change who can be in the field during a chemical application, a state official
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Thursday, Jan 31
HERBICIDE RESISTANCE TESTING: CLASSICAL & QUICK APPROACHES |
Crops should be managed in a way to prevent weed infestations, overuse of herbicides and herbicide resistance. But in the
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Monday, Jan 28
FSMA RULES PUBLISHED IN FEDERAL REGISTER |
The proposed Food Safety Modernization Act rules announced by FDA, Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding
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Friday, Jan 11
UNITED FRESH BEGINS REVIEW OF SAFETY RULES |
WASHINGTON, D.C.—With the FDA’s release of its proposed Produce Safety rule and Preventive Controls for Human Food rule
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© 2013 Potato Grower® Magazine
Published by Harris Publishing, Inc. |
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