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Farm Bill field hearing scheduled for Michigan
The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry will hold its second Farm Bill field hearing of the 115th Congress in Frankenmuth, Michigan. The meeting begins work on the 2018 Farm Bill. The Saginaw Valley Research & Extension... more
Lindsay introduces FieldNET Advisor irrigation management tool
Lindsay has launched its FieldNET Advisor which works through the FieldNET management platform to automate irrigation scheduling. This system provides growers with continuously updated, science-based irrigation recommendations that can be custo... more
Potatoes USA leads mission to Cuba
Potatoes USA organized an informational exchange mission to Cuba March 27 – 31, 2017, comprised of 16 board members, seed potato growers and agronomists to explore the potential role for U.S. potatoes in Cuba. The Potatoes USA team met with officia... more
Gangwish, Moss to lead Potatoes USA Research committee
[caption id="attachment_9753" align="alignright" width="238"] Steve Gangwish[/caption] Steve Gangwish of Watertown, South Dakota, and Dan Moss of Declo, Idaho, were appointed to the Potatoes USA Executive committee on March 16, 2017 at the organiz... more
Growers share ag needs with President Trump, Secretary Perdue
Maureen Torrey with Torrey Farms of Elba, New York, participated in a roundtable discussion on April 25, at the White House with President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue regarding the policy needs of rural America and the agriculture i... more
Soil maintenance and refurbishment
As farmers, at the end of a long growing season when temperatures drop, when crops get harvested and put into storage, and when thoughts (daydreams) stray to traveling to warmer destinations or taking a snowmobile trip, we are often snapped back to t... more
Side Delights targets athletic performance
Fresh Solutions Network announced its Side Delights Athletic Performance Promotion to target athletes and sports fans. The theme “Potatoes Fuel Performance” promotes potato’s taste, nutritional value and ability to positively impact athletic p... more
Perdue confirmed as secretary of agriculture
Sonny Perdue was sworn in as the 31st U.S. secretary of agriculture by fellow Georgian and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas in a brief ceremony April 25 at the Supreme Court building. The U.S. Senate confirmed Secretary Per... more
Crop Shuttle 3600 series increases field versatility
Safe-T-Pull, the manufacturers of the hitch system and towing accessory to pull stuck vehicles and equipment in tough field conditions, and Crop Shuttle now offers additional field versatility with its Crop Shuttle 3600 cart. It features a self-l... more
April potato report: Stocks up 6 percent from 2016
The USDA-National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) released its April 1 potato stocks report. The 13 major potato states held 133 million cwt. of potatoes in storage April 1, up 6 percent from April 1, 2016. Potatoes in storage accounted for 33 ... more
