Spud School Teaches Plant Nutrition
Story and photos by Allen Thayer Nearly 150 people attended the sold-out Spud School 2018, a two-day workshop for growers, field consultants and fertilizer suppliers, held Jan. 15-16 in…
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AMVAC Markets New Nematicide
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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Maintaining a Balanced Potato Market in 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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Brookside Agra Adds Humates to Product Line
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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Free Soil Health Testing
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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Perdue Announces USDA’s Farm Bill and Legislative Principles for 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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Colorado Potato Beetle Management Innovations
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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CVS Rolls out Electric Utility Truck
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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South Korea Re-Opens Market for Table-Stock
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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First Ever School Foodservice Potato Recipe Testing Roadshow
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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