Serving the National Potato Industry Search Potato Grower HOME SUBSCRIBE INDUSTRY DIRECTORY PRODUCTS MAGAZINE NEWS PHOTO VIDEO RESEARCHERS EXTRAS Potato Industry News GRANT HELPS IDAHO PREFERRED PROMOTE ID AG PRODUCTS A grant for nearly $157,000 will help promote Idaho food and agricultural products through the Idaho Preferred program, managed by the Idaho State Department of Agriculture. Wednesday, Jun 19 ONE PSYLLID DETECTED IN CANYON COUNTY POTATO FIELD Among the approximately 90 fields are being monitored only with yellow sticky cards in cooperation with several crop consultants, one potato psyllid was found on a card in Canyon County last week. This psyllid will be tested for Lso, the bacterium that causes zebra chip. Wednesday, Jun 19 SIMPSON’S POTATO AMENDMENT PASSES COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, D.C.—The House Appropriations Committee last week passed the fiscal year 2014 Agriculture Appropriations bill. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpsons is a member of the committee and once again offered an amendment to allow states to include fresh potatoes in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nutrition program, administered by the USDA. Simpson’s amendment passed by a voice vote. Tuesday, Jun 18 GROCERS ALLEGE UPGA PUMPED UP POTATO PRICES BOISE, Idaho (AP)—A battle between grocers and potato growers has been silently hitting shoppers' pocketbooks, according to a U.S. wholesaler accusing America's potato growers of driving up prices while spying on growers with satellites and aircraft fly-overs to enforce strict limits on how many tubers they can grow. Tuesday, Jun 18 U.S. SENATE PASSES HALF-TRILLION DOLLAR FARM BILL WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP)—The Senate on Monday passed a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that expands government subsidies for crop insurance, rice and peanuts while making small cuts to food stamps. Monday, Jun 17 RESEARCHERS SEEK BETTER WAYS TO ATTRACT, TRAP POTATO PSYLLIDS Despite a few setbacks, David Horton and his team with the USDA Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory believe they're a year or two away from identifying pheromones to lure potato psyllids to sticky traps used for insect monitoring in potato fields. Monday, Jun 17 SUPERMARKET IN MEXICO REPORTS SUCCESS W/ U.S. BAGGED The El Florido supermarket chain has switched to carrying almost exclusively five-pound bags of U.S. fresh table-stock potatoes. The USPB representative in Mexico helped them source this product directly from the U.S. The result is sales have grown, and shrink is down 4 percent. Friday, Jun 14 ABERDEEN IRRIGATION CO PLANS FOR TIGHT WATER SUPPLY ABERDEEN, Idaho—Growers with Southeast Idaho's Aberdeen-Springfield Canal Co. will soon exhaust their share of natural flows in the Upper Snake River about a month ahead of normal, and will then have just 48 percent of their typical reservoir storage. Thursday, Jun 13 USPB DOMESTIC VP SWITCHES TO AVOCADOS The United States Potato Board's vice president of domestic marketing, Kathleen Triou, announced June 12 she's leaving her position to rejoin the organization's former president and chief executive officer, Tim O'Connor, on the staff of a new organization dedicated to marketing Mexican avocados. Thursday, Jun 13 NEW FOCUS ON POTATO: GLYPHOSATE ST PAUL, Minn.—Glyphosate can be a great solution for potato growers, especially for pre-plant control of weeds and volunteer grains. Wednesday, Jun 12 < Prev |   Page 1 / 240   | Next > view all ads © 2013 Potato Grower® Magazine Published by Harris Publishing, Inc.