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Monday, Mar 11
POTATO SIDES ON MENUS INCREASE 11% |
Potato dishes remain a top menu item in foodservice, with a steady increase of 11 percent over that past five years since
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Wednesday, Mar 6
ID GROWERS APPROVE CONTRACT W/ PROCESSORS |
Idaho potato growers at a Monday meeting in Burley approved processing contracts with J.R. Simplot and McCain Foods that
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Tuesday, Mar 5
UPGA LEADER ADVOCATES WORKING TOGETHER |
SALEM, Ore.—For 20 years, between 1985 and 2005, potato growers averaged 1 percent return on investment, according to Jerry
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Monday, Mar 4
BASIC AMERICAN BUYS DEHY UNIT FROM NONPAREIL |
BLACKFOOT, Idaho—Idaho-based Nonpareil Farms has signed a letter of intent to sell its dehydrated potato business to Basic
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Monday, Mar 4
ID SET 2012 RECORD FOR AG EXPORTS |
BOISE, Idaho—Idaho set another record for agricultural exports last year, as the value of Gem State farm commodities sold
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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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Tuesday, Feb 26
POTATO INDUSTRY MAKING PROGRESS ON LARGE CROP |
Potato industry leaders say new USDA numbers show they're making a modest dent in a large 2012 crop supply that's depressed
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Tuesday, Feb 26
FL CROPS ESCAPE MAJOR DAMAGE |
Florida grower-shippers for the most part escaped serious damage from a cold front that brought near-freezing temperatures
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Monday, Feb 25
FL FIELDS TAKE HIT W/ RECENT FREEZE |
HASTINGS, Fla.—Potato crops in Hastings and East Palatka took a hit when freezing temperatures moved through the area Sunday
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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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| © 2013 Potato Grower® Magazine
Published by Harris Publishing, Inc. |
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