INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
September 28, 2000

Colorado Growers Eye Bumper Crop

Growers in Colorado's San Luis Valley are well into harvest and all indications are that it will be a bumper crop.
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September 28, 2000

Imported Seed Only For PEI

It will be imported seed only on Prince Edward Island, Canada, as the growing area tries to get rid of virus and disease problems.
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September 26, 2000

Pac-NW Produces 59 Percent

Pacific Northwest potato-producing states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington combined for 256.6 million cwt of potatoes in 1999, or 59.7 percent of Unite
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September 26, 2000

Seed Acres Up In U.S., Canada

Seed potato acres entered for certification are up in both the United States and Canada; a report compiled by the Nebraska Seed Certification Associat
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September 22, 2000

Colorado Packers Form Alliance

According to The Packer produce industry newspaper, three Monte Vista-based potato growing, packing and shipping operations have formed a marketing al
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September 20, 2000

Miller Named New U of I Pathologist

Jeff Miller, an Idaho native with masters and doctor's degrees from Washington State University, was named University of Idaho potato disease research
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September 18, 2000

Beet Growers Eye Buy Outs

United States sugarbeet growers in eight states are considering buyouts of their sugar companies after the companies were put on the selling block thi
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September 18, 2000

Canadian Trade Woes Continue

Washington state potato growers are getting pretty frustrated with Canada over the anti-dumping tariffs being levied against United States imports.
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September 18, 2000

Storage Managers Given Warning

Before potato storage managers close up their storages this season and start the cooler air and humidity, they must first consider disease-control.
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September 12, 2000

Canadian Users Protest Duty

Canadian sugar users fight trade barriers.
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September 11, 2000

Idaho Governor To Help

Idaho's Governor Dirk Kempthorne will help out the state's potato growers by appearing in the Idaho Potato Commission's television commercial.
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September 11, 2000

Thailand Gets New Varieties

Frito-Lay received approval to import 30 tons of seven new potato varieties from Australia, Britain, Canada, China, The Netherlands, and the United St
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September 07, 2000

Australia Industry Has Ups, Downs

Australian potato growers are struggling like their counterparts over processing contracts, genetically enhanced varieties and packing plant closures.
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September 07, 2000

China Wants To Export Potato Products

With all the talk in the United States about the export of potato products to China, what about the United States importing potato products from China
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September 07, 2000

Lamb Weston Eyes New Maine Plant

Lamb-Weston is eyeing Aroostook County in Maine as the site of a possible new french fry processing plant.
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September 07, 2000

McCain Foods Seeks Non-GMO Oils

McCain Foods marketing vice president Mark McCauley told a Canadian food conference the company is looking for potential sources of oil made from GM-f
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September 07, 2000

PMA Announces Web Site

On Sept. 10 the Produce Marketing Association will launch its new consumer web site, located at www.aboutproduce.com.
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September 01, 2000

New Bacteria Defend Sugarbeets

New soil bacteria may defend sugarbeets against soil fungi.
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September 01, 2000

New Sugarbeets Halt Worm Assaults

A new breeding line of sugarbeets shows resistance to nematodes.According to an ARS news release, root-knot nematodes did little or no damage to a new
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