Failure to Prevent a Surplus… Now What?
By Dale Lathim Old axioms last over time because there is a whole lot of simple truth in each one. This applies to those in the potato industry, as well,…
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Northwest Potato Research Consortium Names New Manager
Raina Spence has been hired as the new manager of the Northwest Potato Research Consortium (NPRC). Spence is training alongside current NPRC manager Andy Jensen as he prepares to retire….
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Major Biologicals Companies Join Stratovation Group for Specialty Crop Growers Research
Three major businesses and organizations have signed on as sponsor partners for a benchmarking study into the use of agricultural biologicals by farmers and growers. The study: “Biologicals: Specialty Crop…
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Webinar Nov. 8 on Water Scarcity in Agriculture
Join the USDA’s International Climate Hub on November 8 from 8-9:30 a.m. MT for a webinar on nature-based and unconventional water management solutions for agriculture. Moderated by Dr. Peter McCornick…
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Ag to Asphalt Campaign
AgAmerica’s Like a Farmer podcast partners with Ross Chastain to amplify the voices of Rural America and give back to the community that keeps us fed with 2024 NASCAR season…
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U.S. Specialty Crop Coalition Endorses Legislation Addressing Nutrition, Organics
The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA), a national coalition of more than 200 specialty crop organizations representing growers of fruits, vegetables, dried fruit, tree nuts, nursery plants and other…
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IPC Headed to Southeast Asia for Trade Mission
The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) along with leaders from three state agriculture departments and 29 U.S. agribusinesses and organizations will accompany U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Alexis M. Taylor…
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Survey: Ag Industry Confident about Future Profitability
More than half of agriculture leaders optimistic about future economic conditions6 in 10 expect the profitability of their businesses to increase in the next 12 months Agriculture leaders anticipate the…
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Six Management Options For Cull Potatoes
By Kasia Duellman, Nora Olsen, J. Benton Glaze Jr., Pamela J. S. Hutchinson Cull potatoes are low-market-value tubers, unusable or disposable, often due to overproduction. Because they are grown at…
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Farm Bill in Jeopardy Due to House Turmoil
The inability of the House to elect a new Speaker has numerous trickle-down consequences, NPC CEO Kam Quarles told the Ag Information Network this week. “Given this environment, I don’t…
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