Washington, D.C. – The National Potato Council supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and believes that passage is necessary during the final days of the 114th Congress. TPP includes tariff reductions…
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In November 2001, we had Dyk Seed on the cover of Potato County. The growers said their quality was great, but their numbers were down. They also noted that seed…
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By BRIAN WALKER HEYBURN STATE PARK — Already in a 4-year-old’s paradise — mud — Nikye Carillo spotted a water potato that had been dug up from the southern end…
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By Heather Barnes 10/14/2016 It’s a race against time to get North Carolina sweet potatoes dug. Hurricane Matthew dropped up to 15 inches of rain in some parts of the…
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What on earth would our past generations make of Ireland’s National Potato Day? The very fact the food authorities believe it is necessary to give the humble spud a day…
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – Greg Donald is upbeat discussing the upcoming harvest, until talk turns to potato tampering. Donald, the general manager of the P.E.I. Potato Board, would rather the topic…
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October of 1999 was the last flight of the U.S. aircraft Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird.” That same month, Randy Mullen was on the cover of Potato Country, talking about his “earliest of…
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IT HAS been a tumultuous couple of years for the WA potato industry, with many growers concerned about the industry’s future following deregulation and the closure of a major processing…
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With harvest time approaching — or already arrived — local potato farmers, researchers and those in the farming industry recently spent a few hours together in Hastings collaborating on ways…
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