Potatoes USA Swears in New Members During Annual Meeting
Potatoes USA swore in 15 new members during its Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado the week of March 12th. Each member is elected to serve a three-year term. They can…
Read More
Potatoes USA Chooses Leadership
The Potatoes USA, 2018 Annual Meeting came to a close last week with the election of a new Board Chairman and Executive Committee. Dan Moss of Declo, Idaho was elected…
Read More
New Potato Publication – Plant Nutrition Diagnostics
The International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), J.R. Simplot Company, and Tennessee State University have collaborated on a new publication that provides readers with access to a unique collection of hundreds…
Read More
Potato and Onion Equipment Auction
Dave Bell auctions is hosting an auction for Gumz Farms LLC. They are selling excess assets from the acquisition of P&R Packing. Available items include an Idaho Steel Stacker, Idaho Steel…
Read More
The Fragmenting Potato Market
By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News A potato is no longer a potato. While potato varieties still substitute for each other, to some degree, differentiation between…
Read More
Dow Hires Telone Specialist
Dow AgroSciences has hired Jorge Villasenor as the Telone specialist for the Columbia Basin area of Washington. He replaces Ryan Roslak, who retired after 33 years with Dow AgroSciences. Villasenor…
Read More
Drone Package Flies Into Market
Aero Hawk is flying into the precision ag market with its new combination of drone, camera and software designed for the ag industry. The drone and four-lens camera combination weighs…
Read More
Spud School Teaches Plant Nutrition
Story and photos by Allen Thayer Nearly 150 people attended the sold-out Spud School 2018, a two-day workshop for growers, field consultants and fertilizer suppliers, held Jan. 15-16 in…
Read More
PNVA Offers Scholarships
The Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association is offering up to $5,000 in scholarships for the 2018/19 school year. The PNVA will give preference in the following order 1) Members of the PNVA…
Read More
AMVAC Markets New Nematicide
AMVAC Chemical Corporation now has an exclusive distribution agreement with Rotam North America to market and sell ReTurn XL insecticide/nematicide, which recently received federal registration. With the active ingredient oxymyl,…
Read More