February 15, 2025
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Secretary Rollins Takes Bold Action To Stop Wasteful Spending And Optimize USDA To Better Serve American Agriculture

Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins addressed more than 400 USDA staffers, stakeholders and friends and pledged to bring greater efficiency to USDA to ensure it better serves American farmers, ranchers, and the agric
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February 15, 2025
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Secretary Rollins Delivers Opening Remarks At USDA Headquarters

Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins delivered opening remarks at the Department of Agriculture to more than 400 USDA employees, stakeholders, and congressional members and staff as they welcomed her to her first full
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February 14, 2025
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The Little Potato Company Expands Microwave, Oven Or Grill Ready Lines With Trending Flavors

Edmonton, Canada – The Little Potato Company, the No. 1 little potato company in North America, is introducing two extensions to its popular Microwave Ready and Oven or Grill Ready product lines: A Little Hot Honey Microwave Ready Kit and A Little Garlic
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February 14, 2025
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Kubota’s New MX4900: Highly Capable Cabbed Tractor At The Lowest Price Point In The Series: Introducing Kubota’s largest cabbed tractor series

Louisville, Ky. – From the 2025 National Farm Machinery Show, Kubota Tractor Corporation unveiled the MX4900, its newest addition to the company’s popular line of utility tractors.
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February 13, 2025
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Brooke L. Rollins Sworn In As 33rd U.S. Secretary Of Agriculture

Washington, D.C. — Brooke Rollins was sworn in as the 33rd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas in a private ceremony today at the Supreme Court building. The U.S. Senate confirmed Rollins by a vote
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February 13, 2025
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NPC Welcomes Confirmation Of Brooke Rollins As USDA Secretary: Potato industry looks forward to working with influential voice in the Trump Administration

Washington – National Potato Council CEO Kam Quarles issued the following statement congratulating Brooke Rollins, who was confirmed today by the full Senate to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture:
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February 12, 2025
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SCFBA To Congress: Strengthen National Health And Food Security, Prioritize Specialty Crops In Farm Bill

Washington – The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) called on Congress to advance a bipartisan farm bill that prioritizes investments in specialty crops, ensuring the long-term viability and competitiveness of growers.
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February 12, 2025
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Case IH Upgrades Performance And Comfort With New Farmall C Models

Case IH is introducing the latest iteration of the Farmall C series tractor, building upon the legacy of the popular Farmall tractor while elevating performance, comfort and power.
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February 11, 2025
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A Look Back At The Idaho Potato Conference

There is always so much to see and do at a potato conference and the most recent two-day Idaho Potato Conference was no different.
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February 11, 2025
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5 Expert Insights From Crop Nutrition Week 2025: Virtual education event offers growers strategies for improved ROI

St. Johns, Mich. – Crop Nutrition Week 2025, a week-long virtual learning event hosted by AgroLiquid, delivered data-driven strategies to help growers build stronger returns on their fertility investments. Here are the top five insights shaping the upcomi
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February 10, 2025
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Pucker Up!: Introducing the first-ever French fry-inspired lip luxury

Eagle, ID – French fries aren’t just a side dish—they’re an obsession! And this Valentine’s Day, the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) is turning that obsession into the ultimate gift with Kiss of French, a limited-edition lip luxury that captures the essence
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February 10, 2025
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Karn Joins Extension's Precision Agriculture Program

Rupak Karn has joined North Dakota State University Extension as a precision agriculture specialist. He started in January 2025.
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February 10, 2025
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Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics

Unlocking The Secrets Of Nitrogen Use In Potatoes: A Path To Reduce Fertilizer Dependence: This research paves the way for sustainable agricultural practices by improving nitrogen use efficiency in potato cultivation

In a world where food security is increasingly threatened by climate change and the population growth, researchers are turning to genetic solutions to enhance crop resilience. A recent study led by Salomé Prat, a CSIC researcher at CRAG has unveiled groun
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February 07, 2025
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Farmers’ Voices Shape The Future Of Biologicals In Specialty Crops: 65 percent of specialty crop growers use biologicals to boost crop yield, quality

Columbus, Ohio -- Specialty crop growers across the nation are speaking, and the agricultural biologicals sector is listening. In the first study of its kind to directly measure specialty crop grower perceptions regarding the use and value of biologicals,
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February 07, 2025
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Maine Potato Summit Recap

The Maine Potato Summit was held on January 15 at the Smith Wellness Center at Northern Maine Community College.
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February 06, 2025
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AFBF President Duvall Shares Agriculture Challenges With Senate

America’s farmers and ranchers need a new, modernized farm bill, a strengthened farm safety net, and open trading markets. American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall traveled to the Capitol to emphasize those priorities to the Senate Agricultu
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February 05, 2025
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Bayer And Pula Foundation Partner Up To Insure 10 Million Smallholder Farmers In Sub-Saharan Africa And South Asia

Davos, Switzerland – Bayer Foundation and the Pula Foundation announced at World Economic Forum that they are planning to provide insurance coverage for 10 million smallholder farmers by 2030.
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February 05, 2025
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John Deere Expands Options For Adding Precision Technology: Upgrades available to help farmers, growers and ranchers find more productivity and efficiency through precision ag technology

Olathe, Kansas – John Deere announced the release of a new precision ag hardware kit – Precision Essentials – that will reduce upfront costs, making advanced precision agriculture technologies accessible to farmers, growers and ranchers, regardless of the
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February 04, 2025
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Boozman Leads Ag Committee In Advancing Brooke Rollins Nomination To Be Agriculture Secretary

Washington - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) voted to advance the nomination of Brooke Rollins to be Secretary of Agriculture.
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February 04, 2025
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Kugler Introduces K-CARB ProStart: A game-changer for planting season

McCook, NE — Kugler Company has announced the launch of K-CARB ProStart, an innovative high ortho, low-salt starter designed to give crops the strongest possible start to the growing season.
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February 03, 2025
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Lane Lindstrom, Editor, Potato Grower Magazine

Go, Fight, Win: Fun mascot names with an ag twist

The other day when I came to work a couple of people commented that the shirt I was wearing looked like a Shelley High School (Idaho) coach’s shirt.
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February 03, 2025
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T-L Irrigation Co. Celebrates 70 Years Of Irrigation Innovation

Hastings, Nebraska — On January 1, Hastings, Neb., based T-L Irrigation Co. celebrated not just a new year, but their 70th year of supplying innovative, reliable irrigation solutions to farmers the world over.
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February 01, 2025
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Cibus’ Agriculture Breeding Breakthroughs Create New Industry Paradigms For Development And Commercialization Of Plant Traits

San Diego -- Cibus, Inc., a leading agricultural technology company that develops and licenses plant traits to seed companies for royalties, announced that it has established production standards for its proprietary RTDS gene editing process.
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February 01, 2025
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KALO Welcomes Jonathan Barrett As New Director Of Sales

Overland Park, Kansas – KALO has announced the appointment of Jonathan Barrett as its new Director of Sales, effective January 6.
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