Articles by brian@columbiamediagroup.com
Products
March 7, 2018
AMVAC Chemical Corporation now has an exclusive distribution agreement with Rotam North America to market and sell ReTurn XL insecticide/nematicide, which recently received federal registration. With the active ingredient oxymyl,…
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Industry News, Market Report
February 21, 2018
By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Grower returns on russet table potatoes are exceeding production costs for the first time since the 2013 crop. Returns on…
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Industry News, Products
February 13, 2018
Brookside Agra is now offering dry and liquid humates. Humates are a naturally occurring material rich in humic and fulvic acids, amino acids and sugars. Humates are said to store…
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Diseases and Pests
February 6, 2018
WSU Extension is offering free soil health testing to a limited number of growers in Eastern Washington. Growers can see how their soils measure up when compared to similar soils…
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Industry News
February 1, 2018
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Bill and Legislative Principles for 2018 during a town hall at Reinford Farms in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania….
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Diseases and Pests
January 31, 2018
By Mark Milenski and Manuel Campos, Entomologist, BioSafe Systems The year 1859 may not hold much significance to most people in the potato industry; however, it was during that…
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Industry News, Products
December 27, 2017
Central Valley Supply (CVS) has introduced a 100 percent electric utility truck. The Yosemite by airEoso Motor Corporation is billed as durable and rugged and built to offer strength,…
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Industry News
December 20, 2017
On Monday, the South Korean government announced the reopening of its market for table-stock potatoes from the Pacific Northwest states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The market had been closed…
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Health & Nutrition, Industry News
November 29, 2017
On November 7, representatives from Potatoes USA met with the School District of LaCrosse, Wisconsin to test school foodservice recipes with the K-12 experts themselves. The first-of-its-kind test and learn…
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Industry News
November 1, 2017
Montana Seed Potato Crop By Nina Zidack, Montana Seed Potato Certification This year was an illustration that nothing is ever normal when it comes to describing an individual growing…
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