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USDA to study crop production practices with 900 Michigan growers and has a potato focus this year
Roughly 900 wheat, potato, and vegetable growers across Michigan will soon be contacted by the USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service ... READ MORE »
USDA-NASS releases 2021 potato acreage estimate, acres up slightly
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released updated acreage estimates June 30. According to NAS... READ MORE »
Potatoes in stock up ‘slightly’ from a year ago, according to USDA
Potato stocks in Idaho totaled 97.0 million cwt as of Dec. 1, 2020. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 39.5 million cwt, the USDA's National... READ MORE »
USDA to focus on Oregon, Washington growers for annual chemical use survey
Interviewers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will interview more than 160 Washington and O... READ MORE »
NASS to end county-level estimates for potatoes, other crops
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will no longer publish county-level estimates for potatoes, dry... READ MORE »
USDA-NASS estimates ND production down 28 percent
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is estimating only 64,000 out of 80,000 planted potato acres in North Dakota will be harvested. P... READ 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 futu... READ MORE »
Water sampling for FSMA compliance
Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Final Rule on Produce Safety. One area that w... READ MORE »
PVY workshops June 20-23
Potato virus detection training workshops will be held in four different sites from June 20-23. The workshops will cover field identification of PVY (... READ MORE »
Marrone Bio reports first sales of MAJESTENE bionematicide
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBI) announced its first sales of its latest product, MAJESTENE. The company also reports that MAJESTENE has been liste... READ MORE »
