Articles by Dave Alexander

Due to COVID-19, the Ag World Golf Classic slated for June has been rescheduled to August. Golfers are invited to hit the links on Aug. 11 at Canyon Lakes Golf…

Yara North America, a market leader in crop nutrition, has joined the Potato Sustainability Alliance.  As a member of the Alliance, Yara will work with processors, packers, buyers, grower organizations,…

Keith McGovern, president of R.D. Offutt Farms, has joined the board of the Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation (LEAF), a new organization launched in January. The organization is designed…

USDA is exercising enforcement discretion for a temporary period to provide labeling flexibilities to the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements and allow the re-distribution of food products intended for foodservice to…

John Deere, in collaboration with the UAW, the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association, announced today it is producing protective face shields at John Deere Seeding…

Several potato organizations have signed onto a letter urging the USDA to develop a $5 billion Produce Market Stabilization Fund to help U.S. produce growers and shippers and licensed PACA…

The National Potato Council joined 30 agriculture organizations and businesses calling on the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to include agricultural businesses in the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, as…

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act allocated $350 billion to help small businesses keep workers employed amid the pandemic and economic downturn. Known as the Paycheck Protection…