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Monday, Mar 25
GROW-OUT SHOWS VIRUS Y LEVELS DROPPING IN IDAHO POTATOES |
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho—Potato virus Y infections in Idaho seed have returned to extremely low levels after spiking during the
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Friday, Mar 22
WA GROWER LEADS USPB |
CONNELL, Wash.—The U.S. Potato Board's new leader says his top priorities are finding a new CEO for the organization and
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Thursday, Mar 21
TOP ECONOMIST PREDICTS TIGHTER FARM SAFETY NET |
Former USDA Chief Economist Keith Collins, Ph.D., predicts a smaller farm safety net in the future, but one that cements
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Monday, Mar 18
PSYLLID CONTROL W/ LADYBIRD ADVANCES TO FIELD TESTS |
Research conducted by the Bio-Protection Research Centre at Lincoln University, using the southern ladybird as a biological
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Thursday, Mar 14
ZC FOUND IN POWER COUNTY, ID |
A new potato alert was posted to PNWPestAlert.net.
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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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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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© 2013 Potato Grower® Magazine
Published by Harris Publishing, Inc. |
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