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Salazar to leave Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has informed President Obama that he intends to leave the department by the end of March.
In a press rele... READ MORE »
NPC elects officers
2013 National Potato Council Executive Committee:
Nels Iverson, Steve Crane, Randy Hardy, Randy Mullen, Dan Lake, Jim Tiede and Dwayne Weyers,... READ MORE »
Emerging Leader Award presented to Halverson
Eric Halverson, executive vice-president of Black Gold Farms, is the inaugural recipient of Spudman's 2013 Emerging Leader Award. Halverson, of Gran... READ MORE »
NPC industry awards
The National Potato Council honored a number of individuals during the 2013 Potato Expo in Las Vegas.
Jim Carlson of Culver, Ore., was presente... READ MORE »
Bayer sponsors social media workshop at POTATO EXPO
Trying to improve your social media skills? Bayer CropScience is sponsoring a free workshop for all POTATO EXPO attendees on Wednesday, Jan. 9, from... READ MORE »
Jackson leaving EPA
President Obama is searching for a new head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Lisa Jackson, administrator of the EPA, announced that she will b... READ MORE »
Senators issue appeal to Obama
Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) led a bipartisan letter signed by 17 senators urging President Obama to work with the Me... READ MORE »
Agritech opens new location
Agritech has recently opened a sales, parts and service location in Othello, Wash. Agritech will focus on consignment, purchase and sales of used pot... READ MORE »
SPUDS fly first class
In an effort to improve Wi-Fi connections and eliminate weak signals in-flight, Boeing Co. engineers are using sacks of potatoes as surrogate passeng... READ MORE »
Vilsack makes NPPB appointments
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed 30 members to the National Potato Promotion Board (dba the United States Potato Board). Each member will se... READ MORE »
