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You don't HAVE to eat the white potatoes

mei 22, 2014

Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Senator Collins' Request to Include Fresh White Potato in WIC Program

Today, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bipartisan agreement, authored by Senators Susan Collins (R-Me) and Mark Pryor (D-AR), that would allow families using the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program to purchase all fresh, healthy vegetables, including the white potato, which has been excluded from the program.

mei 21, 2014

Canadian and American potato growers benefit from new testing requirements for potato cyst nematode (PCN)

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have adopted revised guidelines to manage potato cyst nematode (PCN) that will support potato growers, help facilitate international trade, and maintain protection against the pest.

mei 21, 2014

Wisconsin Farmers Provide Resources to Tackle Water Issues in Central Wisconsin

The potato and vegetable growers in Wisconsin's Central Sands are not content to debate causes, and they have united to proactively seek solutions to Tackle Water Issues in Central Wisconsin.

Nathan Oberg, Director, Business Development Aceto Agricultural Chemical Corporation

mei 21, 2014

Aceto Agricultural Chemicals Corporation hires Nathan Oberg as director Business Development

Aceto Agricultural Chemical Corporation announced that Nathan Oberg has been hired as its Director, Business Development.

Nacho Usual Breakfast, winning recipe USPB contest

mei 20, 2014

US Potato Board Announces Winner of Guilt-Free Potato Goodness Recipe Contest

'Nacho Usual Breakfast' is the creative and catchy title of the Grand Prize winning recipe in the US Potato Board's Guilt-Free Potato Goodness consumer recipe contest, selected by 'Hungry Girl' Lisa Lillien.

United States - Mexico trade agreement for fresh potatoes

mei 19, 2014

All of Mexico now open for US Potatoes

The National Potato Council (NPC) and the United States Potato Board (USPB) are pleased that effective today, May 19, 2014, the Mexican government has implemented its final rule to allow U.S. fresh potatoes to enter all of Mexico.

mei 19, 2014

Potatoes: Working to Put Common Sense Back into the WIC Rules

Did you know that in the United States participants in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program can buy nutritious potatoes with a voucher at a farmer’s market, but not at their local grocer?

mei 15, 2014

Black Gold Farms Kicks off Popular Locally Grown Program for 2014

Black Gold Farms has recently kicked off their 2014 summer red potato harvest with their extremely popular locally grown programs. The programs correspond with Black Gold Farms harvesting schedule.

mei 15, 2014

Prince Edward Island Potato Board joins 'Agriculture More Than Ever' program

The Prince Edward Island Potato Board signs on as a partner in Farm Credit Canada’s successful Agriculture More Than Ever program.

mei 11, 2014

Cavendish Farms Jamestown reduces potato imports from Manitoba

Potato Processor Cavendish Farms of Jamestown, North Dakota, United States, has reduced its contracts with Manitoba growers (Canada) to 305,000 hundredweight for 2014

Dan Sawatzky, Keystone Potato Producers Association

mei 11, 2014

Manitoba potato growers still in talks with Simplot

Keystone Potato Producers Association based in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, has yet to complete negotiations with Simplot Canada II over a contract for 2014 production.

mei 09, 2014

Prince Edward Island Potato growers and McCain Foods reach new contract

Prince Edward Island process potato farmers who grow for McCain Foods have a new contract. The deal was reached in last-minute negotiations before it actually had to go to arbitration.

mei 08, 2014

Maine potato growers take hit on price in new contract

Farmers in Aroostook, Maine brace for a tough year as processors pay less and reduce orders by as much as 20 percent.

mei 08, 2014

Idaho Potato Growers concerned about delays at McCain Foods Burley

A delay in a $100 million expansion project for McCain Foods USA in Burley, Idaho has area potato growers worried about the status of their contracts to sell produce to the company.

The growing season in Arizona was nearly perfect this year

mei 07, 2014

Potandon Produce Begins Shipping Potatoes Out Of Arizona

Potandon Produce L.L.C., the exclusive marketing agent for Pinto Creek Cooperative., Inc. in Eloy, Arizona, announced that its fresh potato season has begun in Arizona.

Average estimated potato yields for each county in the Eastern Seaboard region, assuming that water was limiting. Credit: Dave Fleisher, USDA-ARS.

mei 07, 2014

Optimizing potato yield - for the entire US East Coast all at once

Potato Farmers are used to optimizing crop production on their own lands. But is it possible to optimize production across a much bigger area—say, the whole East Coast of the United States?

One of the winners of the IPC potato display contest: Nick Eisele

mei 06, 2014

Over 5000 retailers participated in the potato display contest of the Idaho Potato Commission

More than 5,000 supermarket chains and independent retailers showcased spuds for Idaho Potato Commission's annual Potato Lover’s Month retail display promotion in February, the most ever in the contest’s 23 years.

mei 06, 2014

Wisconsin Potato Growers highlight their Sustainable practices

Wisconsin potato growers have achieved national recognition not only through their ability to produce more potatoes on fewer acres but also for the sustainability of the practices they use