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SIMBA barcode system helps potato shippers
Dynamic Systems has launched a barcode-based system for potato processors. The SIMBA Potato System provides up-to-the-minute accurate inventory, both unprocessed bins and product that is packed and ready to be picked for shipment. The software pri... more
BPIA expands with industry growth
The Biopesticide Industry Alliance (BPIA), the U.S.-based trade association representing the biopesticide industry, marked several milestones in September during its largest-ever semi-annual meeting in Arlington, Virginia. In a year that brought t... more
$48.1M available in funding for specialty crop research
USDA' National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) released details on up to $48.1 million in available funding to support systems-based research and extension activities to accelerate science-based solutions and new technology for the specialty... more
OABA emerging leader program set for 2017
The Ohio AgriBusiness Association (OABA) will select up to 25 promising leaders to participate in a leadership enhancement program early next year. Knowing that half the agribusiness workforce could retire in the next 10-12 years, Leaders Achievin... more
Bushwick Commission launches new value added line
Northeast potato shipper Bushwick Commission has launched its new value added line of petite potatoes, “Get Saucy Potato Sides.” Get Saucy potatoes are petite potatoes with a shelf stable, ready-to-use sauce. Get Saucy potatoes are the produ... more
Food Marketing Institute cancels FMI show
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) will retire the 2017 FMI Show, known as FMI Connect, originally scheduled to be held in Chicago next June. Leslie G. Sarasin, FMI President and CEO, said in a statement, “At FMI we continue to believe that events d... more
US seed featured at Latin American potato field day
On Aug. 25, Potatoes USA sponsored a U.S. demonstration plot at the Panama-hosted Latin American Potato Congress (known as ALAP). In the 2015/2016 marketing year, 77 percent of all U.S. seed potato exports were to Latin America. The ALAP field da... more
Rain shuts down Red River Valley harvest
Just when some growers were beginning to make some progress, Mother Nature stepped in and slammed the door. Rainfall amounts over the weekend varied but generally ranged around three-quarters of an inch to a few reports topping two and a half inche... more
MLB’s Jim Morris named Potato Expo keynote speaker
Former Major League Baseball player Jim "The Rookie" Morris will give the keynote address at Potato Expo 2017. Morris inspiring story was made into the film 'The Rookie,' which won an ESPY for "Sports Film of the Year" in 2002. [caption id="attach... more
African Potato Congress to feature roundtable for private sector
World Potato Congress (WPC) will be facilitating a roundtable for the private sector during the African Potato Congress in October, which will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. WPC acts as a catalyst to develop the potato system in the developing ... more
