agriculture
Miller new seed potato specialist with MDA
Jeff Miller has been hired by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture as a seed potato specialist. For the past 12 years Miller worked as a research ... READ MORE »
Cañon Potato closing
Cañon Potato has announced that it is closing and plans to sell its assets to MountainKing Potatoes. Cañon, based in Center, Colo., has... READ MORE »
Philippine market opens to U.S. fresh
The Philippines has revised its import requirements to allow for entry of U.S. fresh table-stock potatoes. Prior to this revision, only U.S. fresh po... READ MORE »
Japan establishes MRL for Luna Tranquility fungicide
Bayer CropScience announced that Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has established Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) of 0.2 parts per million ... READ MORE »
Managing Idaho’s water resources
Water is always a precious commodity, be it potable or to irrigate crops. A low snowpack for 2012-2013 combined with a warm spring, a sizzling hot st... READ MORE »
Michigan growers bid farewell to Ben Kudwa
Michigan's potato growers recently honored Ben Kudwa with a retirement party after 27 years of serving the Michigan potato industry. Kudwa was execut... READ MORE »
PVY conference held in Idaho Falls
The Sixth Annual International Potato Virus Y conference was held in Idaho Falls. Nine countries were represented at the conference: United States, C... READ MORE »
Colorado grower, former NPC president, Tom Ford dies
Tom Ford, 81, of Carmel, Colo., died on June 25 of an apparent heat attack in East Wenatchee, Wash. Ford was traveling to the National Potato Council... READ MORE »
ICIA appoints Westra
The Idaho Crop Improvement Association has appointed Alan Westra its new southeast area manager beginning August 1 in Idaho Falls. Westra's primary r... READ MORE »
NASS reports fall acres decline
The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service reports a national decline of 44,300 acres planted in potatoes for the 2013 fall season compared ... READ MORE »
