Production
Lockwood announces new Mobile TANK potato harvesting equipment
Lockwood Manufacturing has announced the launch of its latest potato equipment innovation — the Mobile TANK, which is new for 2020. The Mobile TA... more »
Agriculture leaders implore Senate to take action on Adverse Effect Wage Rate
With the new increased Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) going into effect Jan. 2, 2020, the National Potato Council (NPC), as part of the Agriculture ... more »
TOMRA to showcase new 3A potato sorter at Potato Expo
TOMRA Food has introduced the TOMRA 3A, a vision sorter for the separation of a range of foreign material from unwashed potatoes. Developed in res... more »
Syngenta celebrates 40th anniversary
Growers rely on seed treatments to prepare for each season’s unique challenges. In an effort to meet this need, Syngenta and its legacy companie... more »
Valley receives patent for variable rate irrigation (VRI)
Valley Irrigation, a Valmont company, recently received a patent for a new and better way for growers to implement Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI)... more »
US potato stocks down 4%, processing numbers continue to increase
Potato stocks in the U.S. are down about 4% from this time last year, reported the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service Northwest Regional ... more »
House passes Farm Workforce Modernization Act, move applauded by NPC
The National Potato Council welcomed U.S. House passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R. 5038) Dec. 11. The bill, sponsored by Reps. Zoe ... more »
Britt Raybould, Idaho state rep and NPC member, urges passage of farm labor act
Britt Raybould, of potato producer Raybould Brothers Farm and a member of the Idaho House of Representatives, is urging passage Farm Workforce Moderni... more »
Canadian potato crop rebounds, but still sees heavy lost acreage
Statistics Canada estimates the 2019 Canadian potato crop at 106.577 million cwt, up 4% from a down 2018 season and on par with 2017. Canadian grow... more »
Marrone Bio founder Pam Marrone to retire as CEO
Marrone Bio Innovations founder Pam Marrone is retiring as the bioprotection company's chief executive officer. The board of directors of the Davis... more »