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A recent agreement between agriculture, labor and Congressional interests is being hailed as a key step in achieving comprehensive immigration reform – reform that includes long-sought provisions essential to growers. The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act was introduced in the U.S Senate… Full Story »

FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg announced the agency’s intention to extend the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) comment period by 120 days. Hamburg made the remarks during a Senate Appropriation Committee hearing. The comment period was originally set to end May 16. A group of more… Full Story »

Syngenta’s Revus Top fungicide, in partnership with key universities in Idaho, Michigan, North Dakota, Oregon and Washington, continues to sponsor potato early blight and late blight hotlines in 2013. This year Syngenta has added text messaging to alert growers of updates to their regions along… Full Story »

Verdesian Life Sciences has acquired all of the assets of Plant Syence and its affiliates. Plant Syence has served as Verdesian’s manufacturer’s representative in the United Kingdom for the past 11 years. Plant Syence will begin conducting business as Verdesian Life Sciences Europe immediately. John… Full Story »

Hundreds of thousands of migrant farm workers would be put on a speedy path toward U.S. citizenship and receive stronger labor protections under an immigration-reform proposal scheduled to be unveiled this week. The farm-worker component was one of the last sticking points threatening to unravel… Full Story »

U.S. potato industry leaders welcome the Obama Administration’s announcement that it supports the inclusion of Japan in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks. “The inclusion of Japan in TPP will be a tremendous boost for the U.S. potato industry, which currently ships one-fourth of… Full Story »

The Plant Management Network (PMN) has launched three new presentations in its Focus on Potato webcast network. Kyle Coleman from TKI Novasource discusses the Metam Sodium phase II changes that recently took place in the 25-minute presentation, “Metam Sodium: Implementation of Phase II Labeling.” Open… Full Story »

A group of 89 international, national, state and regional fresh fruit and vegetable groups has requested an extension of the May 16 deadline on the comment period for the proposed Produce Safety and Preventive Controls rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The request… Full Story »