INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
November 24, 1999

Fulfill Now Fully Registered

It is now official. Novartis Crop Protection has received full registration for its new aphicide Fulfill.
— Read More
November 23, 1999

Idaho Pacific Eyes AgraWest

Richard Nickel of Idaho Pacific of Minneapolis, MN, has signed an agreement with officials of AgraWest to purchase the $30 million flake plant on Pri
— Read More
November 23, 1999

Northern Ireland Prices Plummet

Northern Ireland potato prices have recently fallen below the cost of production. Official figures showed non-contract prices averaging 73 pounds (US$
— Read More
November 23, 1999

PEI Growers Blacklisted By U.S.

Two Prince Edward Island growers have been blacklisted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration because traces of acephate were found in shipments int
— Read More
November 23, 1999

Sen. Craig Leads Trade Mission

Idaho Sen. Larry Craig said this week he will lead a 10-day trade mission to China, accompanied by representatives of 12 Idaho companies.
— Read More
November 19, 1999

Amtrak To Carry Fresh Produce

In efforts to shore up finances, Amtrak will start carrying fresh fruits and vegetables on its long-distance passenger trains, tapping a big cargo mar
— Read More
November 19, 1999

United Sets `Inspection' Meeting

United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association has tentatively scheduled a Dec. 13 meeting at its headquarters office in Alexandria, VA, to discuss the
— Read More
November 17, 1999

Japan Approves LibertyLink Sugarbeets

Minneapolis, MN - AgrEvo USA announced today that the Japan Ministry of Health and Welfare has approved LibertyLink Sugarbeets safe for human consumpt
— Read More
November 16, 1999

Novartis Breaks Industry Record

Novartis Crop Protection Inc, Greensboro, NC, announced Nov. 11 it registered four new active ingredients with the EPA in the Agency's '99 fiscal year
— Read More
November 16, 1999

Wisconsin Seed Site Launched

Wisconsin's Seed Potato Improvement Association announced a new official web site: www.potatoseed.org.
— Read More
November 12, 1999

U.S. Fall Potato Production Up

United States fall potato production for 1999 in forecast at 436 million cwt, up 1 percent from last year and up 3 percent above 1997's totals.
— Read More
November 11, 1999

Abbott Sells Ag Products

Abbott Laboratories in Abbott Park, IL, announced an agreement to sell its agricultural products business to Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., of Tokyo, Ja
— Read More
November 11, 1999

Growers Credited For `Save'

Bond McInnes of Griffin LLC said the National Potato Council and American Sugarbeet Growers Association should be given credit for saving the fungal-c
— Read More
November 11, 1999

Wysocki's Plan New Packing Plant

Louis, Francis and Greg Wysocki, the founders of Russet Potato Exchange and Paragon Farms in Custer, WI, plan to build a new packing plant next spring
— Read More
November 08, 1999

Companies Merge Crop Products

In an announcement made Nov. 3, Auxien Corporation of Lansing, MI, announced it has reached an agreement with Griffin LLC of Valdosta, GA, to develop
— Read More
November 08, 1999

Idaho, Montana Directories Out

Idaho and Montana seed potato directories are off the presses and now available for commercial growers.
— Read More
November 02, 1999

Monsanto Seeks Marketing Rights

Monsanto has filed applications to sell eight genetically engineered potato, corn, and canola products in Australia and New Zealand.
— Read More
November 02, 1999

Oregon Announces Web Site

Oregon's Potato Commission announced the availability of an Internet web site to join the list of other potato-producing states offering state potato
— Read More
November 01, 1999

BOR Eyes 358 Aging Dams

United States' Bureau of Reclamation is eyeing 358 dams and dikes which are considered to have high or significant hazards for facility reviews, monit
— Read More
November 01, 1999

Consultant Hired To Push Flakes

Nina Schlossman, owner of Global Food and Nutrition in Washington, DC, has been hired by a coalition of potato industry promotional groups and process
— Read More
November 01, 1999

New Tank-mix Targets Nematodes

Rhone-Poulenc Sedagri announced in late October that potato growers in the Pacific Northwest will be offered a new way to "super charge" their Metam S
— Read More
November 01, 1999

Yield, Size Off On Idaho Harvest

Potato supplies are expected to be tight in Idaho this winter and next spring as empty storages dot the western end of Magic Valley, and yields were o
— Read More