INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
February 29, 2000

HALFMANN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF RRVSGA

HALFMANN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF RRVSGA
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February 29, 2000

IMPERIAL OFFERS TWO FACTORIES TO CALIFORNIA GROWERS

Imperial Sugar Company, the owners of Spreckels, Holly and Michigan beet processing facilities, has offered their Tracy and Woodland factories to grow
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February 29, 2000

Washington Top Fry Producer

According to the Washington State Potato Commission, Washington produces 39 percent of North America's french fries making the state the top fry produ
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February 18, 2000

Hunt's Point Inspectors Plead Guilty

Seven of eight inspectors convicted for their involvement in a bribery scheme involving produce inspections at the Hunt's Point Terminal Market entere
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February 18, 2000

NatureMark Looks At Channeling

NatureMark, developers of the NewLeaf genetically enhanced potato, told growers in mid-February that it will work with processors and fresh pack opera
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February 14, 2000

Crisis Hits PEI Seed Industry

Preliminary testing is showing about half of the Prince Edward Island, Canada, seed lots have high virus levels and can't be planted this spring.
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February 14, 2000

Hearings Planned On Dam Breaching

A series of hearings is being held throughout the Pacific Northwest to give interested parties an opportunity to comment on the four "Hs"-habitat, hat
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February 14, 2000

Idaho Order Changes Standard

The Idaho-Eastern Oregon Potato Committee doesn't often make changes but agreed to allow No. 2 potatoes to be shipped by bag or carton.
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February 14, 2000

Ireland Growers Told To Cut Back

Ireland's remaining 1,100 potato growers were told to cut back 10 percent-or at least 5,000 acres-on their planting this year.
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February 14, 2000

Potato Board Corrects Misconceptions

To combat the high-protein, low-carbohydrate fad diets that are being espoused in the United States, the National Potato Promotion Board has developed
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February 11, 2000

McDonald's Lists January Sales

McDonald's Corporation reported that January Systemwide sales increased 10 percent on a constant currency basis. Sales were $3.16 billion, compared wi
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February 08, 2000

Potato Wastewater Under Control

For about a year, Idaho Supreme Potatoes Inc., of Firth, ID, has been successfully using a new technology to prevent and remove septic odors from its
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February 08, 2000

Will Scent Solve CPB Problem?

Scientists at the Beltsville, MD, ARS laboratories have found a synthetic scent that can fool Colorado potato beetles.
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February 08, 2000

Wisconsin Introduces Baby Bakers

Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers have introduced a brand of miniature Wisconsin russet potatoes to be labeled "Baby Bakers."
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February 07, 2000

Canadian Growers Lament Cause

Potato growers in the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island are lamenting the fact they have to pay a $600 lab-testing fee to c
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February 07, 2000

Frito-Lay Selects Thailand

Frito-Lay has selected Thailand as the regional headquarters for its new Asia-Pacific division.
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February 07, 2000

Potatoes Sold For Stock Feed

The Ulster Farmers' Union in Northern Ireland has organized a farm-to-farm sales plan for stock-feed potatoes after prices plunged.
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February 07, 2000

USDA Prepared To Repair Dams

The 50-acre USDA Agricultural Research Service Hydraulic Engineering Research Laboratory in Stillwater, OK, is prepared to play one of its greatest ro
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February 01, 2000

Idaho Workshops On Leaf Roll Virus

Idaho potato growers, used to fighting pests and challenges, are now naming Potato Leafroll Virus as their No. 1 enemy.
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