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United Potato Growers of America announced its 2008 corporate partners: Bayer CropScience, AMVAC Chemical Corp. and WinField Solutions. The partnerships are part of UPGA’s United Potato Partners sponsorship program. New partner Bayer CropScience will work with UPGA to launch potato educational seminars in the major… Full Story »

Valent U.S.A. Corporation has received a chemigation use label for Chateau Herbicide in potatoes. Now in its third use season, Chateau has provided long-lasting and consistent preemergence residual protection against tough weeds, including yield-robbing annual nightshades, according to a company release. The new chemigation label… Full Story »

Fresh Solution Farms plans to open a potato processing facility in Mottville Township, just outside White Pigeon in St. Joseph County in southwest Michigan, according to a WWMT, Channel 3 report. Read the full story here.