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Pressure bruise management aided by texture analysis
Pressure flattening in stored potatoes is a cause of significant economic losses for Colorado potato growers. Pressure flattening occurs as the tuber surface becomes depressed or flattened due to constant contact with a portion of an adjacent tuber a... more
Key Technology introduces digital sorters
Key Technology introduces its VERYX belt-fed digital sorters. With sustainable all-sided surface inspection and multi-sensor Pixel Fusion, VERYX maximizes foreign material and defect detection and removal while virtually eliminating false rejects, ac... more
PEI industry launches agronomy intiative
The Prince Edward Island Potato Board, Cavendish Farms, and the PEI Department of Agriculture and Fisheries have partnered to create the Enhanced Agronomy Initiative. This Initiative has a goal of improving marketable yields of processing potatoes an... more
Drone Rodeo to showcase UAS technology
The Oregon UAS FutureFarm will host the first Ag Drone Rodeo Aug. 18-19, in Pendleton, Oregon. The two-day event will feature real-world Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) crop survey flight demos and post-flight data analysis presentations from companies ... more
San Luis Valley Potato Festival set
The San Luis Valley Potato Festival is set for Sept. 9-10 at Chapman Park in Monte Vista, Colorado. A free concert featuring returning favorite Arch Hooks will be held Friday, Sept. 9. The Spud Nation food truck will also be making the trip from Denv... more
BioSafe to open Michigan production facility
BioSafe Systems will open a new production site in Coldwater, Michigan. This location will allow BioSafe Systems to manufacture, house and ship all BioSafe Systems' peroxyacetic acid chemistries, including all EPA registered and OMRI listed products ... more
Ag groups sponsor immigration reform campaign
The Partnership for a New American Economy (NAE) recently released 51 new economic research reports (one for every state plus the District of Columbia) and launched the Reason for Reform campaign. The campaign was created to showcase how immigration ... more
West Virginia farmers wary of aggregation center’s future
Crop aggregation machine located in Huntington. Photo: Clark Davis/WV Public BroadcastingWest Virginia farmers are being cautious about the future of the state's aggregation centers for root crops, reports West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB). Th... more
EPA staff to tour potato fields
The National Potato Council's Policy Makers and Regulators Field Tour is set for Aug. 16-18. The tour offers EPA staff the opportunity to see potato production, discuss pesticide utilization, and interact with farmers.The 2016 tour will take place in... more
Sweet potato crop shows promise as feed, fuel
As some Florida growers try to find new crops and the demand for biofuel stock increases globally, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers have found that sweet potato vines, usually thrown out during harvest, ca... more
