When Farm Tours Go Virtual
By Mike Wenkel, Chief Operating Officer, National Potato Council As I sat down to write this column on NPC’s annual EPA-USDA Farm Tour – which allows federal regulators to…
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North American Growers Cut Potato Acreage
Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News USDA reports that U.S. growers planted 921,000 acres to potatoes in 2020. That is 47,300 acres fewer than they planted in…
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Potato Tuber Second Growth
Unfortunately, not all tubers look nice coming out of the ground. A new article by Andy Robinson, Associate Professor and Extension Potato Agronomist, North Dakota State University/University of Minnesota and Eugenia…
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Ag World Golf Classic Shoots for $100,000
Despite the challenges brought on by COVID-19, the Ag World Golf Classic continued its tradition of giving to the Ronald McDonald House. This year, amidst masks and extra hand sanitizer,…
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NPC Welcomes USDA’s Expanded Coronavirus Financial Assistance Program
The National Potato Council welcomed an announcement by President Trump and USDA Secretary Perdue on Sept. 17 that USDA will implement an expansion of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. Coronavirus…
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BRANDT Expands Ag Sales Team
BRANDT Specialty Formulations has added two new territory sales managers, Cody Massey and Nate Britt, to its North American Ag sales team, covering the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Canada. They…
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Questioning the Value of a Contract
By Dale Lathim Now that we are several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, it is becoming clearer that many aspects of life as we knew it will no longer…
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2021 NPC Annual Meeting Moves to February to Coincide with Potato D.C. Fly-in
In a 2021 Annual Meeting update from Britt Raybould, 2020 NPC President, stated “… as we prepare for the 2021 Annual Meeting, which will elect next year’s set of grower leaders, we’ve…
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Certis Gains OMRI Approval for OSO
Growers can now use Certis USA’s polyoxin D zinc salt fungicide OSO on organic acreage, thanks to the bio-pesticide’s recent listing by the Organic Materials Review Board (OMRI). Introduced by Certis USA…
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Into the Mudroom
Rain that made fields too muddy for field tours didn’t stop University of Idaho researchers from reporting on their latest herbicide trials during the Snake River Weed Management Tour, held…
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