By Cory Hatch for INL Communications & Outreach Photos by INL photographer Chris Morgan Every year, it takes millions of gallons of water to clean, peel and slice Idaho’s potatoes…
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The Plant Management Network is now known as “Grow: Plant Health Exchange”. Due to the recent marketing change, Focus on Potato webcasts are no longer behind a paywall. Focus on…
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Agri-Stor Company Disinfecting and Crop Protection www.agri-stor.com/crop-protection/ Agri-Stor Company’s storage disinfecting and crop protection solutions address seed, process and fresh market growers’ needs for superior product quality. Multiple modes of…
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Sale at the home/warehouse 88 West Main Street in Pike, New York (Western N.Y./Southwest of Rochester/Southeast of Buffalo) N.Y.S. Route 39. Thom Ayers and Doug Gillette are retiring from a…
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In the US, 66% of recyclable packaging is not recycled. Fox Packaging has taken a leadership role to improve that figure by providing transparency in recycling and sustainability initiatives. The company is…
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On the May 18 edition of Ag Talk Tuesday, Jason Thomas with the University of Idaho announced a new website that will help farmers identify insect pests. Though the site…
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Washington State University (WSU) researchers found some alarming numbers of beet leafhoppers (BLH) on their sticky traps last week. Several “hot spots” have developed in the central-west and south-west areas…
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A farmer in India is using paddy straw for his potato seed beds. With help from the International Potato Center, Dilip Baral, said he has cut water usage by 80%…
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In a press release, Potatoes USA said strong demand for potatoes and potato products and tight domestic supplies continues to drive increases in imports for the current (July – June)…
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During the next several weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct two major mid-year surveys, the June Agricultural Survey and the June Area Survey….
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