New Name, Same Structure
On January 1, 2019, United Phosphorus Inc. (UPI) officially changed their name to UPL NA Inc. According to the company, the name change will more accurately reflect the global brand…
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AMS Expects Minimal Impact From Government Shutdown
In a news release from December 27, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) assured their business partners that AMS expects the Federal government shutdown to have minimal impact on most commodity procurement activities….
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Planning for the 2019 Potato Crop
By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Potato growers are likely to see mixed signals as they make production plans for 2019. Markets for the 2018 potato…
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Ag World Golf Classic Donates $91K to Charity
Ag World ended 2018 by presenting a $91,487 check to the Ronald McDonald House Charities Inland Northwest. Columbia Basin potato producers, processors and industry supporters raised the money at the…
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USDA Seeks Changes to SNAP for ABAWDs
At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a proposed rule intended to move more able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) off of Supplemental Nutrition…
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Potato Stocks Up 3 Percent From December 2017
The latest potato stock report is in from the USDA. The 13 major potato States held 283 million cwt of potatoes in storage December 1, 2018, up 3 percent from…
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U.S. Food Supply is Among the Safest in the World
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published the 2017 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary. The Summary shows more than 99 percent of the samples tested had pesticide residues…
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Deere to Launch Startup Collaborator Program
Deere & Company is launching the Startup Collaborator program in its Intelligent Solutions Group to enhance and deepen its interaction with startup companies whose technology could add value for John…
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Top 10 Tips
Top 10 Packing and Shipping Practices In response to a quality initiative by the Idaho Potato Commission, Nora Olsen and Mike Thornton, researchers with the University of Idaho, developed a…
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Podcast Episode 5: IPC’s Frank Muir on Football and Marketing
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