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Potato Harvest Indicates Yield Decrease
Harvest time is here and farmers are busy digging up their fields. But the hot weather we saw this summer has taken a toll on the local crop. KPVI.com... more
Maine Potato Growers Face New Federal Guidelines
The program is known as Good Agricultural Practices or GAP. Maine Department of Agriculture Commissioner Seth Bradstreet says the new guidelines have been in the works for about two years. WCSH6... more
USDA says North Dakota`s 2006 crop totaled 25.5-million hundredweight, up 24-percent from the previous year. Both harvested acres and yield were up last year. KFYR-TV... more
U.S. Potato Exports Top $1 Billion
For the marketing year July 2006-June 2007 the United States Potato Board reports total U.S. potato exports were valued at a record of more than $1 billion.
State Potato Report Tracks Usage, Cash Value
Most of last year's potato crop in Wisconsin has now been used up. The state's agriculture department says farmers produced 29.4 million hundredweight of potatoes on 66,000 acres in 2006. Wisconsin Ag Connection... more
Potato Farmers Adapting to new Food Safety Requirements
As potato farmers nationwide dig up and truck in this year's crop, they're being held for the first time to guidelines aimed at preventing a food safety scare similar to the deadly E. coli outbreak in spinach last year. The Bismark Tribune... more
Land Use Proposal a Not-so-Clear Choice Between ‘Apples or Asphalt’
With one foot on the gas pedal and one ear tuned into backseat conversation, I powered up the hill on the morning school commute. StatesmanJournal... more
Regent Insecticide Registered for Wireworm Control in Potatoes
Potato growers have a new tool to control wireworms and protect yields with the recent federal registration of Regent insecticide from BASF for use in potatoes
Ontario Potato Harvest: Quality Good, Acreage Down
Early reports from Ontario's potato harvest indicate good quality this year, but shows reduced acreage that is a sign of changes in the economics of growing the crop over the decades. Seattle Post Intelligencer... more
Maine a Hot Potato at Big E in Mass
Sixteen of Maine?s state senators and representatives didn?t have to take a special tour of the Maine building at the Eastern States Exposition Monday to get a feel for the public?s sentiments about Maine. Bangor Daily News... more
