Cover Crops Can Benefit Hot, Dry Soils
The Southern High Plains of the United States have low annual rainfall. When it does rain, though, intense storms can cause severe soil erosion. Strong winds also strip away valuable topsoil….
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Thymox Biopesticide Now Available in U.S.
Kemin Crop Technologies, the Kemin Industries business unit focused on providing crop protection and crop health solutions for specialty crops and commercial greenhouses, has announced a strategic partnership agreement with…
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Vive Crop Protection Adds to Board of Directors
Vive Crop Protection has added Joe Dales to their Board of Directors. Dales has extensive business and corporate governance experience with over 35 years serving in various leadership, agri-marketing and…
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Potatoes USA Releases 2019 Retail Sales
Potatoes USA has released IRI data for the calendar year 2019 (January through December 2019) that showed success with dollars and volume sales for total potato sales at retail. Total…
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New Brunswick Seed Shows Low PVY
Potato virus Y in 2019 crop near lowest levels since regulatory caps began in 2011 Recent research presented at the N.B. Potato Conference and Tradeshow, Feb. 6th 2020, has highlighted…
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WPC Webinar on Powdery Scab Set for March 18
The World Potato Congress (WPC) is presenting a powdery scab webinar on March 18 at 9 a.m. EDT. The webinar will be presented by Dr. Leah Tsror. Powdery scab causes significant…
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Potato Growers, House Supporters of Ag Labor Reform to Call for Senate Action on Legislation
Wed., Feb. 26 at 1:00 pm ET, potato growers from across the United States will host a press conference with agricultural industry partners and members of the U.S. House of…
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New Deere Heavy-Duty Compact Utility Tractor
John Deere, has launched the new 4M Heavy-Duty Tractor. Designed with commercial customers and large property owners in mind, the new 4M Heavy-Duty delivers all the performance customers demand from their…
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40 Percent Increase In Production on Ag Innovation Agenda
At the start of USDA’s 2020 Agriculture Outlook Forum on February 20, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the Agriculture Innovation Agenda, a department-wide initiative to align resources, programs, and research…
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Diesel Fuel Prices Fall for Sixth Consecutive Week
During the week ending February 17, U.S. on-highway diesel fuel prices averaged $2.89 per gallon, 2 cents lower than the previous week and 11.6 cents below last year. Average diesel…
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