Potato LEAF’s Silent Auction Kicks off Dec. 1
Online bidding starts December 1 for the Potato Expo 2022 silent auction to benefit the Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation (Potato LEAF). Click here to learn more.
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Intelligent Irrigation System: Increases Profits, Protects Environment
A team of Clemson University researchers is working to show how Intelligent Water and Nutrient Placement (IWNP) can help farmers increase profits while minimizing effects of agricultural practices on the environment. The…
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Microbe Product Startup Wins AgSharks Competition, Earns $250,000
3Bar Biologics walked away from Western Growers/S2G Ventures’ AgSharks® Competition with a $250,000 equity investment offer to take its microbe technology from development to market. The seed funding was awarded by S2G…
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USDA Awards $1.2M Contract
The Basic American Foods plant in Blackfoot, Idaho, will be shipping 70,000 cases of dehydrated potato flakes from Jan. 15, 2022 through March 31, 2022. The company was awarded a…
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P.E.I. Seed Potatoes to U.S. Halted After Potato Wart Found
The U.S. border has closed to Prince Edward Island seed potatoes after potato wart was again found in two P.E.I. fields, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed. The CFIA…
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Veteran Farmers
Every year since President Dwight Eisenhower issued the first “Veteran Day Proclamation” in 1954, the United States has commemorated Veterans Day on November 11th by paying respect to over 18 million veterans who have served in…
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NPC Tours Washington
National Potato Council (NPC) Executive Committee members Jared Balcom and Ted Tschirky were able to join NPC CEO Kam Quarles as he visited Washington state in November. “It was great…
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Potato LEAF Awards Scholarship
The Potato Leadership, Education and Advancement Foundation (Potato LEAF) has awarded a $10,000 scholarship to Thilani Jayakody, a third-year graduate student at Michigan State University. The scholarship is awarded annually to one graduate student with a strong interest in research that can directly…
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Q1 Retail Potato Sales See Increases Compared to 2019
During the first quarter of Potatoes USA’s Marketing Year 2022 (July – September 2021), potato sales decreased in dollars by 1.1% and in volume by 5.7% compared to the same…
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IPC Appoints New Commissioner, Mark Duncanson
During the Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) November meeting, Mark Duncanson, the director of raw material procurement at Basic American Foods, was sworn in to represent the processor sector of the industry….
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