In January, Potatoes USA launched a partnership with ACTIVE.com to expand its digital footprint for performance-specific messaging. ACTIVE is the leader in online event registrations, ranging from 5k running races and marathons to…
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Help for Employers, Worker, Handlers and more. The 2015 revised Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is complex, so this guide breaks it up into bite-sized chunks and sorts information by…
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By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Grower returns on russet table potatoes are exceeding production costs for the first time since the 2013 crop. Returns on…
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Brookside Agra is now offering dry and liquid humates. Humates are a naturally occurring material rich in humic and fulvic acids, amino acids and sugars. Humates are said to store…
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A new smartphone application that promises to make growers’ lives easier. Available on the App Store and Google Play, SetPoint Agriculture is a customizable weather application designed specifically for the agriculture…
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WSU Extension is offering free soil health testing to a limited number of growers in Eastern Washington. Growers can see how their soils measure up when compared to similar soils…
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Potato Association of America (PAA) has issued a first call for papers to be presented at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Potato Association of America, to be held July…
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Bill and Legislative Principles for 2018 during a town hall at Reinford Farms in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania….
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By Mark Milenski and Manuel Campos, Entomologist, BioSafe Systems The year 1859 may not hold much significance to most people in the potato industry; however, it was during that…
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By Tibi Puiu The moon has been neglected for far too long, and China seems keen on moving fast to cover all the lost lunar ground. The nation’s ambitious space program,…
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