At Land O’Lakes International Development, we uniquely understand how to help farmers and enterprises in low-income nations to transform into profitable, business-minded entities. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization deeply affiliated…
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By Greg Roumeliotis and Ludwig Burger German drug and crop chemical maker Bayer clinched a $66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds company Monsanto on Wednesday, ending months of wrangling with…
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The Canada and Manitoba governments have invested more than $210,000 in a new vegetable research site near Winkler, focused on improving yields, developing new varieties and creating opportunities for potato,…
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Potato All Locations Harvest and Minimizing Foreign Material: On-line educational videos now available. Foreign material is any material that is not the potato tuber. It is “trash” or “garbage”…
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Potato Council (NPC) and Potatoes USA are accepting applications for the Potato Industry Leadership Institute (PILI) class of 2017. The annual eight-day program, to be held Feb….
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Washington, D.C. – The National Potato Council (NPC) led a delegation of 12 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff on a tour of Minnesota potato fields. The annual field event…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A half-dozen fresh potato packing facilities have been testing software and a smartphone app commissioned by the National Potato Council to help them comply with new federal…
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Cattle may get a tasty treat soon – feed from sweet potato vines. New research from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are researching the industrial…
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Hoshiko Farms is having a huge auction Friday, August 26, 2016 at 10:30 am MDT. They are reducing their fleet of well-maintained, fully serviced, field-ready trucks & trailers. This is…
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Washington, D.C.–The National Potato Council has joined more than 100 prominent national grower organizations, state grower associations, and agribusiness members as part of the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba, whose…
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