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Bioengineering offers options for growers, still waits on consumer acceptance
Bioengineering has made potatoes that are disease-resistant, apples that don't brown after slicing and groundcherries that stay on the plant until harvest. -
Europeans finding storage treatment alternatives with looming loss of CIPC
The European Union will beging phasing out use of the popular potato storage sprout inhibitor chlorpropham (CIPC) as of Jan. 1, 2020. -
Digging in on soil health
Multimillion dollar research initiative aims to give growers concrete advice on improving soil health. -
Hollee Alexander is National Potato Council’s ‘master sergeant’
If John Keeling has been the National Potato Council’s face and voice for the past 17 years, Hollee Alexander has been its backbone.
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Pennsylvania potato legacy Nathan Tallman heads state cooperative
Tallman grew up on a Tower City potato farm with his father, George Tallman. Both of Nathan’s grandfathers were potato growers, too.
News
- Heavy weeds on tap for Idaho potato growers, says expert
June 27 - New abamectin-based insecticide from Vive receives EPA approval
June 27 - Marrone Bio receives patent approval on bioinsecticide
June 25 - Vive Crop Protection co-founder Darren Anderson to assume CEO role
June 24 - Lamb Weston acquires Australian potato processor Harvest Choice
June 22
Production
It was a very wet spring around the U.S., including in Idaho. The higher-than-usual precipitation... more »
Industry Profiles
The Maine Potato Board has announced the Chandler family of D.C. Farms in Mapleton as the... more »
New Varieties
Talking to researchers and companies about their genetically engineered projects for specialty crops is a little bit like a trip to a grower’s dream world.
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Jul 10 • Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin - Potato Association of America Annual Meeting
Jul 29 • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - Empire Farm Days
Aug 6 • Seneca Falls, New York - Potatoes USA Summer Meeting
Aug 13 • Nashville, Tennessee - Agri Expo 2019
Aug 14 • Grand Falls, New Brunswick - Idaho Grower Shippers Association 91st Annual Convention
Aug 28 • Sun Valley, Idaho - PotatoEurope 2019
Sep 4 • Rue de Mourcourt 2, 7540 Kain, Tournai, Belgium - United Potato Growers of America Fall Meetings
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Oct 17 • Monterey, California - Drone World Expo
Oct 28 • Westgate, Las Vegas, Nevada - Irrigation Show & Education Conference
Dec 2 • Las Vegas, Nevada - Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market Expo
Dec 10 • Grand Rapids, Michigan - Potato Expo 2020
Jan 14 • Las Vegas, Nevada - Potato Business Summit by United Potato Growers of America
Jan 14 • Las Vegas, Nevada - Washington-Oregon Potato Conference
Jan 21 • Kennewick, Washington - Idaho Potato Conference & Ag Expo 2020
Jan 21 • Idaho State University, Pocatello - National Council of Agricultural Employers Annual Meeting
Feb 4 • Washington, D.C. - Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association Education Conference and Industry Show
Feb 4 • Stevens Point, Wisconsin - Michigan Potato Industry Commission Winter Conference
Feb 12 • Grand Rapids, Michigan - National Potato Council’s Potato D.C. Fly-In
Feb 24 • Washington, D.C. - Potatoes USA Annual Meeting
Mar 9 • Denver, Colorado - World Potato Congress 2021
May 31 • Dublin, Ireland
