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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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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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Friday, Feb 22
MORE EFFICIENT VARIETIES KNOCK ON DOOR OF QSRS |
Officials with the Tri-State Potato Breeding Program say recent and ongoing field trials of many of their new varieties
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Monday, Feb 18
HEINZ TO SELL TO 3G CAPITAL |
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and private equity firm 3G Capital will buy ketchup and baby food maker H.J. Heinz Co
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Wednesday, Feb 13
USPB ANNOUNCES FIRST ONLINE CHIP SEED AUCTION |
New for 2013, the USPB Chip Committee will be conducting the Online USPB Chip Committee Seed Auction, the first industry
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© 2013 Potato Grower® Magazine
Published by Harris Publishing, Inc. |
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