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Downey Potato Farms Poised to Corner Market
Downey Potato Farms, created as new company with the sale of D.D. E. Downey Farms Ltd. to a numbered Ontario company represented by John Lowndes, is in a capital investment mode, Trevor Downey indicated in an interview at the processing plant Monday.... more
Fed-Funded Potato Pest Fumigation Starts in Idaho
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has started treating fields in eastern Idaho by injecting pesticide and covering them with giant sheets of plastic. KTVB... more
Downey Potato Farms Poised to Corner Market
Downey Potato Farms, created as new company with the sale of D.D. E. Downey Farms Ltd. to a numbered Ontario company represented by John Lowndes, is in a capital investment mode, Trevor Downey indicated in an interview at the processing plant Monday.... more
You May Be A Country Boy or Farmer If…
His meaning of true love is buying you a tractor that you will drive. Hometown Journal... more
Senate Democrats, Republicans Reach Agreement on Immigration
A bipartisan coalition of Senate Democrats and Republicans has reached agreement on immigration reform.
Scientists Pit Fungus Against Potato Pest
A fungus that packs a powerful biochemical "punch" may help knock out potato tuber moths. USDA ARS... more
Yorkshire Farm Gets GM Potato Approval
A new UK site has been approved for GM potato trials, the Government said today. UK Daily Mail... more
Students Sickened When Pesticides Drift
On Grandparents Day, Domitila Lemus accompanied her 8-year-old granddaughter to school. As the girls lined up behind Sunnyside Union Elementary, a foul mist drifted onto the playground from the adjacent orange groves, witnesses say. Grand Rapids Pres... more
May Potato Stocks Down 4 Percent
The 13 major potato states held 73.2 million cwt. of potatoes in storage May 1, down 4 percent from last year and 17 percent below May 1, 2005, for comparable states.
Potato Chip Film Screening Thursday
Filmmakers from Germany came to Saratoga Springs last April for a documentary on the history of the potato chip. Saratogian... more
