Potato Becomes Oregon’s State Vegetable
Oregon has named the potato as the state vegetable. This comes after Oregon Potato Commissioner and chef Leif Benson discovered six years ago that Oregon didn’t have a registered state…
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NPC Welcomes More than $2 Billion to Strengthen Specialty Crops Sector
The National Potato Council (NPC) welcomed USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack’s announcement of a new Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops initiative, which, according to a USDA press release, will “provide $2 billion…
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Basic American and Top Tier Ingredients Win Dehy Contracts
The Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a contract for solicitation 2000010473, 12-3J14-25-B-0086 for the procurement of dehydrated potato flakes. Basic American, Inc. of Walnut, Calif. and Top Tier Ingredients, LLC of…
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Potato Business Summit Opens for Registration
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AgWest Reports Potato Supply-Demand Imbalances
In their November 2024 potato update, AgWest Farm Credit reports that the potato industry is grappling with significant challenges balancing supply and demand. According to the report, the excess of…
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Leadership Institute’s Class of 2025 Announced
The Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation (Potato LEAF) has announced the 2025 class of the potato industry’s Leadership Institute. Over the 10-day program, Feb. 19-28, participants will receive an…
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Tessenderlo Kerley Inc. Acquires Tiger-Sul Products, LLC
Tessenderlo Kerley is pleased to announce that it has acquired Tiger-Sul Products, LLC, a North American focused provider of sulfur-based fertilizer products, from Platte River Equity. The acquisition closed on…
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Farmer Sentiment in October Rebounded Ahead of the U.S. Election
By James Mintert and Michael Langemeier, Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture October provided a surprising pre-election bounce in farmer sentiment as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer index climbed to 115,…
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Restrain Rolls Out New Technology for Storage Season
Restrain has developed new technology for use in potato storages. The company’s new Precision Ethylene Treatment (PET) technology is designed to provide precise ethylene application and control. Ethylene, a natural plant…
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USDA Awards Over $120 Million to Fund Six Fertilizer Production Projects
The Biden-Harris administration and USDA is awarding over $120 million to fund six fertilizer production projects in Arkansas, California, Illinois, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin through the Fertilizer Production Expansion Program (FPEP),…
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