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NASS Report: Value Of All Potatoes Sold In 2022 In Idaho, Oregon, And Washington Was $2.53 Billion

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The final value of Idaho's 2022 potato crop sold was $1.41 billion, up 35 percent from 2021. The marketing year average price for potatoes in Idaho was $12.50 per cwt, up $4.04 from last year.

Photos: Day 1 Of Idaho Potato Harvest Tour

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A former chef trained at the Culinary Institute of America, Eric Meisel of Gordon Food Service reveled in the mountain of potatoes — taller than three people standing on each other's shoulders — in the shed at Wada Farms in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Trimble And AGCO To Form Joint Venture To Better Serve Farmers Worldwide With Mixed Fleet Precision Agriculture Solutions

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Westminster, Colo. — Trimble announced today a definitive agreement to form a joint venture (the “JV”) with AGCO to better serve farmers with factory fit and aftermarket applications in the mixed fleet precision agriculture market. Trimble and AGCO’s shar

AGCO To Acquire Trimble Ag Assets And Technologies Through A Joint Venture Focused On Next-Generation Precision Ag Technology

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Duluth, Ga.--AGCO Corporation, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural machinery and Precision Ag technology, announced it has entered into a Joint Venture (JV) with Trimble where AGCO will acquire an 85 percent interest in Trimble’s port

Partnership Led By Roeslein Alternative Energy Finalizes Grant To Develop New Climate-Smart Agriculture Value Chain

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St. Louis, MO - A partnership of 13 public and private entities led by Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE) finalized an $80 million grant from the federal government’s first pool of funds from the USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program. T

Idaho Easily Leads The West In Per Capita Farm Income

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Pocatello – When it comes to farm income on a per capita basis, Idaho is the unchallenged leader in the West, far surpassing even agricultural juggernaut California.

National Potato Council Opposes Rep. Spartz’s Anti-Checkoff Amendment

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Washington – The National Potato Council (NPC) today announced its opposition to Rep. Victoria Spartz’s (R-Ind.) amendment to the House FY 2024 Agriculture Appropriations Bill that would undermine or eliminate commodity checkoff programs. Checkoffs, inclu

Sollio Agriculture Inaugurates Its New St. Thomas Fertilizer Coating Plant

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St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada - Sollio Agriculture, the Agri-business Division of Sollio Cooperative Group, inaugurated CRF Agritech, a new controlled-release fertilizer production plant in St. Thomas, Ontario. The project was launched in 2021, after Sollio

USDA Launches Program To Support Agricultural Employers, Farm Workers, Aiming To Increase Economic And Supply Chain Resilience

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Washington, D.C., – The Biden-Harris Administration announced that agricultural employers can begin to apply for a pilot program designed to improve the resiliency of the food and agricultural supply chain by addressing workforce challenges farmers and ra

Duravant Appoints Jack Lee As Group President – Food Sorting And Handling Solutions

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Duravant announces the appointment of Jack Lee as Group President, Food Sorting and Handling Solutions. Lee is responsible for leading strategies that bring sorting, conveying and other process automation systems from four Duravant operating companies – K

NRCS Announces Application Deadline For EQIP And RCPP Sign-Ups

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Boise, Idaho –The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Idaho announces an Oct. 6 application deadline for Fiscal Year 2024 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) projects.

Crisis Helpline For Oregon’s Agricultural And Forestry Communities Is Now Open

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Corvallis, Ore. – A crisis helpline dedicated to serving Oregon’s agricultural and forestry communities is now open.

Eat Your Way Through the Idaho Potato Trail

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Whether mashed, fried, baked or boiled, potatoes are a beloved starchy staple around the world. But in the United States, no place is more closely linked with these tasty tubers than Idaho, the top spud-growing state in the nation.

New T-L Irrigation Co. Edge Controller Offers Fully Remote Pivot Operation And More

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Hastings, Nebraska — The new fully remote Edge Controller from T-L Irrigation Co., gives irrigators the power to monitor and control pivot operations any time, any place. With no physical control panel needed at the pivot point, the controller itself is s

Accurate Ag Book Explains How Farmers Grow Potatoes

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Readers can take a voyage filled with friendship and farming in the latest accurate ag book—Potatoes for Pirate Pearl—released by Feeding Minds Press, which is the American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) publishing venture.

Corteva Launches Breakthrough Innovation To Control Crop-Damaging Nematodes, Protect Soil Health

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Indianapolis – Plant-parasitic nematodes are microscopic organisms found in soil that feed on the roots of plants. Because they are notoriously difficult for farmers to identify and control, plant-parasitic nematodes represent a significant constraint to