Production
French grower finding success with seaweed-based fertilizer
Seaweed is proving to be an alternative fertilizing aid for farmers, including some potato growers. Farmers Guardian, a UK-based agriculture-focuse... more »
Reinke’s new Advanced Plus puts irrigation control into touchscreen control panel
Reinke’s new RPM Advanced Plus is a main control panel that combines multiple controls with use of a touchscreen. Advanced Plus makes controlling... more »
Soil health symposium coming from Washington State University
Registration is open for Washington State University’s upcoming “Building Soils for Better Potato Crops” symposium. The two-day event is sche... more »
Senninger welcomes new vice president of global sales
Senninger Irrigation has appointed Adam Skolnik as vice president of global sales. Skolnik is a former president of the Irrigation Association and ... more »
Exports of US potato products valued at $1.8 billion
The National Potato Council (NPC) details exports of U.S. potato products in a new National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. NPC co... more »
Pigweed prone to herbicide resistance confirmed in North Dakota
Palmer amaranth has been confirmed in four more North Dakota counties, reports North Dakota State University (NDSU). The very aggressive, hard-to-cont... more »
H-2A guestworker program triples in last decade
The Department of Labor has released its latest statistics for the H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program. They confirm that in the last ten years, the... more »
H-2A revisions outlined by DOL in 60-day notice
The Department of Labor plans to revise application forms, instructions, and other information collected under the H-2A temporary agricultural visa p... more »
NPC identifies potato export challenges
The National Potato Council (NPC) filed public comments that identified trade impediments impacting the potato industry in export markets around the w... more »
AGTools launches online tool that provides real-time data to growers
AGTools Inc. has created a new online tool enabling the agriculture industry to improve decision making, reduce waste and increase revenue. The tool i... more »
