Should You Be Drone Spraying?: Montana Seed Potato Seminar
Story and photos by Dave Alexander, Publisher The XAG P100 Pro drone sprayer used at Kimm Seed Potatoes has a 30-foot spray width. Photo courtesy Kimm Seed Potatoes If you’re…
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Turn Up the Beat: Idaho Potato Commission Announces Jukebox Sweepstakes Prizes for 34th Annual Display Contest
Every night can be a sock hop for three lucky winners of full-size Victrola jukeboxes in the 2025 Idaho Potato Lovers Display Contest. From old school vinyl records to the…
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AMS Awards A Contract for CCC Dehydrated Potato Products
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has awarded contracts for dehydrated flakes for distribution to the National School Lunch Program and other Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs for Fiscal Year…
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Idaho Crop Improvement Association – Seed Potato Seminar
Registration fee is $35 if received by January 14 ($50 late and on-site registration). (Cash or check only.) Location: Red Lion, Pocatello Date: January 21 Time: 11:30 AM to 5:00…
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Seed Crop Reports – 2025
Colorado Seed Potato Crop By Andrew Houser, Colorado Potato Certification Service We had a mix of a cool spring, warm July and a very rainy August. Fortunately, the rainfall turned…
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World Potato Conference Webinar: Early Warning System for Sustainable Preventive Management of Potato Late Blight
Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 8:00am EST (USA/Toronto) Presenter: Ivette Acuña B. Agr. Eng. Ph.D.Phytopathologist, Agricultural Research Institute, INIA Chile Summary: The potato is of social, economic, and cultural…
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Farmer Sentiment Drifts Lower While Producers Remain Optimistic About the Future
Farmer sentiment drifted lower in December as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dropped 9 points to a reading of 136. The decline was driven by producers’ weaker perspective…
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Kenyan Collaboration
Story and photos by Bill Schaefer Could a seed potato researcher from Kenya provide key disease-resistant germplasm for the next generation of Idaho potatoes? And in a quid pro quo…
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University of Idaho to Hire Nematologist
The University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences has raised more than $3.2 million from stakeholders to create an endowment named after U of I nematologist Saad Hafez,…
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USDA Announces Appointments to the National Potato Promotion Board
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the appointment of 11 members to serve on the National Potato Promotion Board beginning March 1, 2025. Nine producer members and one…
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