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Farmer Fights for Ring Rot Cash
The farmer whose seed potato business was wiped out by the first UK outbreak of the world?s most damaging potato disease has been left high and dry. icWales.com (UK)... more
Potato Farmers Call for Clearer Laws
Two potato farmers ordered to make changes in their fields after a recent fish kill in the Dunk River have some advice for the government as it rewrites legislation protecting Island waterways. CBC News... more
This Year’s Potato Crop Loss Estimated at 3,300 Hectares
The extent of losses to the 2007 potato crop from flood, waterlogging and blight is provisionally estimated at 3,300 hectares (2.6 per cent of total plantings). Farmers Guardian (UK)... more
Request Turns to Order for Potato Farmer
The P.E.I. government is still waiting for one potato farmer to convert part of a potato field to grass and has given the farmer 72 hours to do it or face fines of $220 a day. CBC News... more
U.S. Agriculture Exports May Top $78.5B
U.S. agriculture exports likely will be $1 billion more than the record $77.5 billion the U.S. government forecast, an agricultural economist said Monday. UPI... more
Potato Farming Advocated for China
Potato planting may play a key role in minimising the losses incurred due to crippling drought and shrinking arable land in China, agriculture experts say. The Hindu News Update Service... more
McCain’s Potato Chip Factory May Run on Wind Power
McCain Foods is investing ?10m to build three wind turbines at the UK's largest chip factory, which should cut energy bills at the site by up to 60 per cent. The Independent (UK)... more
Small Biz and the New Immigration Rules
Last year the Social Security Administration sent 138,000 letters to employers notifying them that certain Social Security numbers their workers submitted on their W-2 forms did not match the agency's records. Business Week... more
No Small Potatoes
A Frailey Township potato processor will receive a $1.2 million state loan as part of a $2.8 million expansion project that could create as many as 32 jobs. Republican Herald... more
Idaho Tubers Take to YouTube
Two Idahoans are among the five runners-up in the first iTuber Video Contest sponsored by the Idaho Potato Commission. Idaho Press-Tribune... more
