Serving the National Potato Industry Search Potato Grower HOME SUBSCRIBE INDUSTRY DIRECTORY PRODUCTS MAGAZINE NEWS PHOTO VIDEO RESEARCHERS EXTRAS Potato Industry News TRANSFORM RECEIVES FED REGISTRATION AGAINST PSYLLIDS INDIANAPOLIS—Dow AgroSciences announced today that it has received federal registration of Transform WG insecticide. The distinctive new chemistry found in Transform provides outstanding and sustainable control of potato psyllid. Tuesday, May 7 WATER ISSUES PUSHING LARGE-SCALE GROWER OUT OF CO Colorado's Weld County is still home to potato festivals and dotted with potato-growing artifacts, but the local potato industry has little to contribute anymore to the area’s vast legacy. Tuesday, May 7 SYNGENTA ADDS LOCAL TEXT ALERT TO HOTLINE 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 TOP RETAIL DISPLAYS IN IPC’S POTATO LOVER’S MONTH 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 MAHINDRA USA INVITES CUSTOMERS TO EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE 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 NPC DOUBLES RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP 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 CASE PITS FISH FARM AGAINST IRRIGATORS 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 IPHD PLANTS 5 CONTAINERS OF U.S. SEED IN THE CONGO 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 NEW REVISION OF SILVER SCURF BULLETIN 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 UI PUBLISHES THREE POTATO EXTENSION BULLETINS The University of Idaho has recently published three potato related extension bulletins. Thursday, May 2 < Prev |   Page 3 / 237   | Next > view all ads © 2013 Potato Grower® Magazine Published by Harris Publishing, Inc.