United Fresh
New features added to annual United conference
United Fresh will expand its innovation platform for the produce industry, moving its annual conference and expo into the larger West Hall at Chicago�... READ MORE »
Food Marketing Institute cancels FMI show
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) will retire the 2017 FMI Show, known as FMI Connect, originally scheduled to be held in Chicago next June. Leslie G.... READ MORE »
Felsot to serve as ESA’s pesticide expert
Allan Felsot, a professor and extension specialist at Washington State University, has been selected to serve as a subject matter expert (SME) and lia... READ MORE »
Psyllids test positive for liberibacter in Idaho
Two potato psyllids found in two Canyon County potato fields in western Idaho tested positive for liberibacter according to a report in the Pacific No... READ MORE »
North Dakota ag commissioner approves Praiz fungicide
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has issued a Special Local Needs (SLN) registration to Winfield Solutions LLC enabling North Dakot... READ MORE »
Freshway Foods introduces fresh-cut potatoes
Freshway Foods will introduce new fresh-cut potatoes at the upcoming United Fresh food show. Freshway's fresh-cut potatoes are available in several va... READ MORE »
SouthWind Farms exports fresh potatoes
SouthWind Farms in Heyburn, Idaho, is now in its second full season exporting fresh potatoes to the Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada ... READ MORE »
Farm Bureau, NASDA call for faster H-2A processing
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) joined forces with the American Farm Bureau Federation to call on the federal gov... READ MORE »
Farms recharge groundwater
Farmers use the lion's share of California's groundwater, but they also do the most to rebuild depleted reserves of this critically important water so... READ MORE »
Industry Outreach Committee co-chairs elected
Karlene Hardy of Oakley, Idaho, was re-elected to the Potatoes USA Executive Committee on March 17, at the organization's 44th Annual Meeting in Color... READ MORE »