INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
April 28, 2000

USDA Gives Grower Percentages

Potato growers are getting a very thin piece of the benefit-of-return pie, according to recent figures compiled by the USDA.
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April 25, 2000

PEI Will Speed Seed Production

Prince Edward Island, Canada, seed potato growers will try to speed up the multiplication of nuclear and pre-elite seed at the PEI Elite Seed Farm, co
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April 24, 2000

PEI To Get $3 Million For Seed

In an effort to increase the quality of Prince Edward Island, Canada's 2001 seed stocks, the PEI provincial government has set aside $3 million for in
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April 19, 2000

Bank, AgSupplier.com Form Alliance

In what is probably a first in the agricultural industry, First National Bank North Dakota and AgSupplier.com have formed an alliance which allows the
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April 19, 2000

Container Lines Seek Fuel Relief

Transpacific shipping lines are responding to an 80- percent increase in marine fuel and diesel oil over the past year by adjusting surcharges built i
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April 19, 2000

Maxim-MX Nubark Now Registered

Novartis Crop Protection announced it has received registration for its Maxim MZ Nubark (fir bark formulation) with production started March 31.
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April 18, 2000

Canada Gets China's Okay

Canada won the exclusive right to become the only country in the world allowed to export seed potatoes to China.
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April 17, 2000

Industry Makes Landmark Move

In a landmark development, 10 grower associations in the U.S. and Canada agreed to combine information and work for united marketing.
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April 13, 2000

E. Idaho Tornado Damage Extensive

Damage estimates from the Feb. 14 tornadoes that touched down in eastern Idaho will top $1.5 million, the Idaho Bureau of Disaster Services and the Na
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April 13, 2000

Hairy Vetch May Catch CPB

Scientists at the Agriculture Research Service's Beltsville, MD, center are experimenting with a weed that may impede the movement of Colorado potato
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April 13, 2000

Retailers Like Biotech Report

The Agricultural Retailers Association has commended the National Academy of Sciences for its recent report on biotech crops.
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April 13, 2000

What's Next For U.S. Ag?

Jim Jesernig, director of the Washington State Department of Agriculture, said unless the U.S. government makes a commitment to its agriculture indust
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April 07, 2000

PGI Plans Move Forward

Plans are moving forward for the Potato Growers of Idaho despite the recent resignation of Mike Duff, executive director.
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April 05, 2000

Bronater Pro Herbicide Receives Registration for 2000

Bronater Pro Herbicide Receives Registration for 2000
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April 02, 2000

Cal. Growers' Future Uncertain

Cal. Growers' Future Uncertain
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April 02, 2000

Idaho Pesticide Disposal Program

Idaho Pesticide Disposal Program
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