Ports To Run 24/7 In Effort to Ease Congestion
The port of Los Angeles will soon be operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week in an effort to ease shipping delays. The port of Long Beach made…
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Progress Report Released for FY20 USDA ARS-State Partnership Potato Research Program
In each of the last 30-plus years, Congress has appropriated funds to USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to help solve specific production and disease problems of the U.S. potato industry….
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Skin in the Game
By Dale Lathim Sometimes things are so obvious that we have a tendency to overlook them. One example of this was brought up by one of my favorite growers at…
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NPC Hires Program Coordinator
The National Potato Council (NPC) recently welcomed Ethan Keller to serve as the organization’s program coordinator. The 2021 Ohio State University graduate will support the execution and implementation of NPC…
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WPC Webinar On Irrigating Potatoes Coming Nov. 11
World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC) has scheduled a webinar on November 11, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. ET with Netafim’s Yechiam Gets. The webinar is titled “Basics of Irrigation for Processing Potatoes…
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Would you lease your water rights? The devil is in the details
A new Washington State University (WSU) article focuses on water markets, or the transfer or leasing of water and water rights from one user to another. These markets provide a…
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North American Growers Expand Potato Acreage
By Ben Eborn, Publisher, North American Potato Market News North American potato growers planted 3.2 percent more ground to potatoes this year than they did during 2020. Acreage remains slightly…
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Novozymes and Anuvia Plant Nutrients Join Forces To Bring Sustainable Bio-Based Nutrients to Commercial Agriculture
New biosolutions will reduce the amount of synthetic fertilizer needed while maintaining or improving crop performance Novozymes, and Anuvia Plant Nutrients, an innovative plant nutrient company, today announced that they have…
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USDA Announces Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Virtual Meeting
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (FVIAC) will hold a virtual meeting Nov. 3-4, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m….
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RNA-Based Biopesticide Tech Delivers 98% Mortality of Colorado Potato Beetle
Renaissance BioScience Corp., a global bioengineering company, has announced that an independent test of its environmentally safe, RNA-based biopesticide technology conducted on Colorado potato beetle (CPB) larvae resulted in 98.3%…
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