potato growing magazine
Breshears joins USPB staff
Kim Breshears is the new marketing programs director for the U.S. Potato Board. Breshears will oversee development and implementation of USPB programs... READ MORE »
NPC awards da Silva 2014-15 scholarship
Washington Luis da Silva, a plant pathology Ph.D. student at Cornell University, is the recipient of the National Potato Council (NPC) 2014-15 academi... READ MORE »
Valmont acquires majority interest in AgSense
Valmont Industries, of Omaha, Nebraska, has purchased a majority interest in AgSense.Valmont produces products and services for infrastructure and mec... READ MORE »
Agrium acquires controlling interest in Agricen
Agrium, through its subsidiary, Loveland Products, has purchased a controlling interest in the biotechnology company Agricen.Agricen, based in Frisco,... READ MORE »
Trimble launches new applications
Trimble has launched two new applications, Connected Farm Field and Connected Farm Advisor, which work together in its Connected Farm web-based manage... READ MORE »
Idaho late blight continues to spread
Two fields with late blight in Idaho's Fremont County have been confirmed. This brings the total number of Idaho counties reporting late blight to fiv... READ MORE »
Late blight continues to spread across eastern Idaho
Late blight continues to move across eastern Idaho potato fields. The first confirmation of late blight was in Bingham County on August 12. Since then... READ MORE »
Late blight found in Idaho
Late blight was positively identified on a leaf sample brought to the University of Idaho's Idaho Falls Research and Extension lab. The leaf sample ca... READ MORE »
McCain to close PEI processing plant
McCain Foods (Canada) announced that it will close its french fry facility in Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island (PEI) on October 31, 2014.A shift ... READ MORE »
Ellips opens U.S. office
Ellips, based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, has opened Ellips USA with headquarters in Yakima, Washington.Ellips provides hardware add-ons and software f... READ MORE »
