Vive Crop Protection received a Clean Technology award, a new awards category in the Technology Fast 50 program that recognizes Canada’s top clean innovators providing processes, goods or services that…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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