INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
May 31, 2000

Usda To Invest $13.3 Million In Rural Development Projects

WASHINGTON, DC-Some rural communities across the country will get a shot in the arm to improve their economies. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman tod
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May 31, 2000

Usda To Invest In Rural Development

WASHINGTON, DC-Some rural communities across the country will get a shot in the arm to improve their economies. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman tod
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May 24, 2000

Idaho Growers Ready To Meet

Members of the Potato Growers of Idaho are ready to meet June 6-7 at the Elkhorn Resort at Sun Valley, ID, for their annual mid-year meeting.
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May 24, 2000

Ohio Companies Roll Out Products

Two Ohio food companies will introduce products containing potatoes at the annual Institute of Food Technologists 2000 Food Expo June 11-14 at the Dal
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May 23, 2000

Aphid Information Being Offered

Growers and others wanting handy information on the Green peach aphid and Potato leaf roll virus can get it by checking out the site: www.wsu.edu/~pot
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May 23, 2000

May 12 Freeze May Slow Growth

Growers on the extreme western side of Idaho and the extreme eastern side of Oregon saw their potato crops set back by a freeze the morning of May 12.
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May 23, 2000

Potato Institute Held In Oregon

The U.S. Potato Institute, a joint effort of the National Potato Promotion Board and the Oregon Potato Commission, was held the week of May 22-27.
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May 23, 2000

Washington Makes Trade Contacts

An estimated 6,000 buyers from more than 100 countries got a "taste of Washington," at the U.S. Food Export Showcase in Chicago, IL, May 7-9.
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May 19, 2000

Companies Team To Introduce Snacks

Poore Brothers Inc., Goodyear, AZ, and T.G.I. Fridays, a worldwide leader in the casual dining industry, have teamed to launch an innovative new line
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May 19, 2000

Potato Board Hires Group

National Potato Promotion Board announced it has set up a partnership with Willard-Bishop Perishables Group in a retail marketing partnership.
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May 19, 2000

UFFVA-PMA From Joint Committee

An industry-wide forum will be created to bring better understanding and coordination to challenges associated with the rapidly changing climate in pa
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May 11, 2000

USDA TO PURCHASE U.S. SUGAR

WASHINGTON, DC-Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) will bu
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May 09, 2000

Government Increases Biotech Oversight

Significant changes were announced in federal oversight of genetically engineered foods this week by the Clinton Administration and the FDA.
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May 09, 2000

UI Weed Scientist Asks the Question:

Can Growers Who Wait Out sugarbeet Planting Outwit Weeds?
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May 04, 2000

EPA Comment Period Ends May 15

EPA has extended the comment period on its proposal to revise the public participation process now in use for the reassessment of the organophosphate
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May 04, 2000

Nestle's Schult Named `Net CEO

Robert Schult, former president and COO of Nestle USA Inc. was named chief executive officer of Novopoint, an internet business-to-business (B2B) mark
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May 04, 2000

Washington Eyes Flake Exports

Washington State Potato Commission trade representatives say that China is very much interested in potato flakes to make snack foods.
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May 03, 2000

Open Regulation Of Biotechnology

The American Crop Protection Association welcomed further oversight of biotech food crops by the Food and Drug Administration.
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May 02, 2000

BASF Announces New Fungicide

BASF Agricultural products announced the submission of a new fungicide to the EPA for registration. The compound has already been accepted by the EPA
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May 02, 2000

Monsanto Merges With Pharmacia Upjohn

Monsanto Company has merged with Pharmacia Upjohn, it was learned. Technically, at this time, Monsanto does not exist.
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May 02, 2000

New Chemistry Gets EPA Okay

A natural trigger to harness a plant's own protectant and growth systems to significantly improve crop production and food quality has received EPA ap
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May 02, 2000

WPVGA Names Duckworth

Randy Duckworth of Pullman, WA, has been named executive director of the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers' Association in Antigo, WI.
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