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GREENSBORO, N.C.—Syngenta continues partnerships with key universities in Idaho, Michigan, North Dakota, Oregon and Washington to bring late blight hotlines to potato growers in 2013. The annual potato blight hotlines are sponsored by Revus Top® fungicide and provide growers with access to disease information that allows them to stay ahead of disease pressures in their area. This year growers can sign up to receive text messages alerting them whenever the hotline in their area is updated.
Monday, May 6
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EAGLE, Idaho—Consumers weren’t the only ones professing their love for Idaho potatoes during the annual Potato Lover’s Month retail celebration in February. Supermarket chains and independent retailers alike submitted 4,049 entries in the Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) 2013 retail display contest—the highest total ever in the competition’s 22 years and more than double the average number of entries over the past eight years.
Sunday, May 5
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HOUSTON—Mahindra USA, the No. 1-selling tractor in the world based on volume, invites customers to visit their local Mahindra dealers to check out their line of professional-grade tractors and join the Mahindra family during the Dealer Days Sales Event. When purchasing a Mahindra tractor during Dealer Days, customers can take advantage of an industry leading zero percent interest for 84 months financing along with Mahindra’s best-in-class five-year warranty. Mahindra Dealer Days is the perfect opportunity to learn more about Mahindra’s heritage and a relationship with North America that dates back to 1945 when Mahindra was selected to build the Willys Jeep for the allied forces in WWII.
Saturday, May 4
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The National Potato Council's annual scholarship for a graduate student pursuing potato research has been doubled to $10,000, the organization recently announced.
Friday, May 3
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About 565,000 acres of irrigated land on the Eastern Snake River Plain could be dried up if a trout farm prevails in an upcoming water call case now before the Idaho Department of Water Resources.
Friday, May 3
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DENVER—The United States Private Voluntary Organization (PVO) International Partnership for Human Development (IPHD) purchased five containers of U.S. seed potatoes for planting on large tracts of land in the Republic of the Congo. This land was donated by the government to IPHD for the introduction of mechanized agriculture in this central African nation which has roughly 4 million people.
Thursday, May 2
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A Pacific Northwest Extension Publication on "Silver Scurf Management in Potatoes" has been recently revised and is available online at no cost:
Thursday, May 2
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The University of Idaho has recently published three potato related extension bulletins.
Thursday, May 2
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Public comment will be accepted starting Friday on a line of biotech potatoes introduced by Simplot Plant Sciences with low acrylamide levels, low sugars and black-spot bruising resistance.
Thursday, May 2
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Consumption of white potatoes is linked to increased intake of potassium, according to a new study released at Experimental Biology 2013. For each additional kilocalorie of white potatoes consumed, there was a 1.6 mg increase in potassium intake among adults 19-years-old and older, and a 1.7 mg increase among children and teens from 2 to 18 years of age. Gender, age, race/ethnicity and educational attainment, but not income or body mass index, were also highly predictive of potassium intake.
Wednesday, May 1
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| © 2013 Potato Grower® Magazine
Published by Harris Publishing, Inc. |
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