By Helen Smith, Colorado Potato Administrative Committee Jeff McCullough is committed to being an advocate. As a fourth-generation farmer, potato grower and San Luis Valley, Colorado native, he is a…
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The holidays just got a lot more festive for 14 charities, thanks to $500,000 in donations from the Brandt Group of Companies’ Thanks A Billion Holiday Fund. “We are very…
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The World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC) has announced that the resolution on the International Day of the Potato has been adopted by consensus of the United Nations General Assembly. It has been a…
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By Ben Eborn, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Potato production has exceeded industry expectations in the major processing regions of North America. Europe’s 2023 potato crop is also expected…
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The potato industry has a term for the unpleasant surprise of cutting into a seemingly good spud to find a dark bruise inside. Known as “cutting black,” the tuber quality issue…
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By Dale Lathim, Potato Growers of Washington I know it has been covered ad nauseum that we went from the shortest raw product supply situation in history to the longest…
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Jen Doxey has joined Fox Packaging as the company’s new director of sales. She is responsible for overseeing the sales operations of Fox Packaging and Fox Solutions and collaborating with…
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Acres, the data-driven land research platform designed by the team at AcreTrader to modernize the rural land buying experience, makes information-rich land data accessible via the small screen with the…
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New rules are in place for seed potato growers in Washington state. The Washington Administrative Code (WAC) Isolation District and Quarantine Rule were revised based on a request from the…
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Tong Engineering has come out with a new, more compact version of its field-loading machine. Suitable for use on a wide range of root crops including potatoes, onions and carrots,…
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