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  • APRE debuts digital newsletter

    Feb 11, 2013

    The Alliance for Potato Research & Education (APRE) will launch its monthly digital newsletter Spud Nutrition eNews on Feb. 11. The monthly newsletter will provide the latest science-based research and news about all forms of the white potato. APRE will email Spud Nutrition eNews to… Full Story »

  • USPB to hold online seed auction

    Feb 7, 2013

    The United States Potato Board (USPB) will conduct  an online USPB chip committee seed auction. Seed lots and varieties developed and produced through the chip industry fast-track variety development program will be on the auction block. Online bidding opens at 8 a.m. Central time, Monday,… Full Story »

  • Reinke introduces VRI

    Feb 7, 2013

    Reinke Manufacturing has introduced a variable rate irrigation (VRI) to its product line. A data-driven irrigation product, VRI is designed to improve water use efficiency and conserve energy while working to optimize quality and yield for growers. Reinke VRI represents the first integrated agronomic VRI… Full Story »

  • FDA adds two more meetings on FSMA

    Feb 6, 2013

    The Food and Drug Administration will be holding more public meetings on the recently released Food Safety Modernization Act proposed rules for produce safety and preventive controls. Two meetings will be held in Chicago on March 11 from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and March 12 from… Full Story »

  • OPC presents awards

    Feb 1, 2013

    OPC presents awards The Oregon Potato Commission (OPC) presented the 2012 Oregon Potatoes, Goodness Unearthed Gold Medal Awards during the 2013 Washington-Oregon Potato Conference in Kennewick, Wash. Rob Lane was presented the Gold Medal in the russet category for his Russet Norkotah. Dan Chin won gold medals in… Full Story »

  • FSMA meetings planned in D.C.

    Jan 31, 2013

    United Fresh will host a series of stakeholder meetings held in conjunction with the FDA public hearings on the proposed Produce Safety Rule and the Preventive Controls for Human Foods Rule. The first will be held Feb. 27 in Washington, D.C, immediately prior to FDA’s… Full Story »

  • PCN detected in two new Idaho fields

    Jan 28, 2013

    Two more fields were positively confirmed as infested with pale cyst nematodes (PCN) in Bonneville County, Idaho on Jan. 2, according to Tina Gresham, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service director of the PCN program. The two new fields, one approximately, 65 acres, and… Full Story »

  • Senators reach deal on immigration changes

    Jan 28, 2013

    A bipartisan group of eight senators plans to announce they have agreed on a set of principles for comprehensive immigration reform. The deal, which will be announced at a news conference Monday afternoon, covers border security, guest workers and employer verification, as well as a… Full Story »

  • Washington growers agree to contracts with Lamb-Weston and Simplot

    Jan 26, 2013

    Washington state potato growers voted to accept contracts from processors Lamb-Weston and the J.R. Simplot Co. for the 2013 season. Dale Lathim, executive director of the Potato Growers of Washington (PGW), said that PGW members had voted unanimously to accept contracts offered with a two… Full Story »

  • Senators nearing agreement on immigration-reform proposal

    Jan 25, 2013

    A working group of senators from both parties is nearing agreement on broad principles for overhauling the nation’s immigration laws, representing the most substantive bipartisan effort toward comprehensive legislation in years. The six members have met quietly since the November election, most recently on Wednesday.… Full Story »

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