INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
October 30, 2000

Dow AgroSciences Buys Acetochlor

Dow AgroSciences LLC of Indianapolis has signed an agreement to purchase the acetochlor herbicide product line from Zeneca Limited.
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October 30, 2000

Growers Reach Preliminary Agreement

Western Sugar growers get closer to purchase of company.
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October 30, 2000

PEI Grower Gets Court Date

Leslie MacKay, the Prince Edward Island, Canada, potato grower who illegally transported seed potatoes from Maine, faces a Nov. 21 date in provincial
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October 30, 2000

Potato Wart Found On PEI

For the first time, potato wart disease has been discovered in potatoes grown on Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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October 26, 2000

Arkoosh Produce Files For Bankruptcy

Arkoosh Produce Inc., of Gooding, ID, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. District Bankruptcy Court in Twin Falls, ID, Oct. 24.
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October 26, 2000

Idaho Seed Growers Discuss Issues

The Idaho Crop Improvement Association held its annual fall area meeting today in Idaho Falls, ID. Seed growers from around the state attended to lear
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October 25, 2000

Amalgamated Receives Research Grant

The Department of Energy has awarded Amalgamated Research Inc. a $1.9 million grant.
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October 25, 2000

Idaho Growers Shorted Payments

At least a dozen eastern Idaho potato growers could be out payment for their potatoes after selling them to a southern Idaho fresh packer.
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October 25, 2000

Mexican Sugar Talks Continue

Mexico threatens U.S. with retaliatory measures.
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October 23, 2000

Montana Growers Hit By Frost

Growers take over factory operations at Sydney, MT, plant.
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October 20, 2000

Colorado Wholesaler Convicted

A Center, CO, potato wholesaler will face up to 24 years in prison after being convicted in mid-October on two counts of felony theft for not paying f
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October 17, 2000

Idaho Company Gets $220,000 Grant

Insightek Inc., a Pocatello, ID-based technology company, has been awarded a $220,000 research grant by the USDA to test the feasibility of detecting
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October 17, 2000

Ireland Seed Growers Unite

Northern Ireland's potato sector has formed a Seed Potato Export Group to end a 10-year decline in sales and to re-establish the province as a premier
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October 17, 2000

Novartis Sells Flint Fungicide

Novartis Agribusiness announced sale of its worldwide Flint fungicide business to Bayer Crop Protection, a subsidiary of Bayer AG.
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October 17, 2000

Two New Varieties Released

Two numbered potato varieties have recently been named and released under the multi-state and ARS varietal-development program.
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October 12, 2000

Congress Gives Growers Good News

In a year when potato growers haven't had much to be happy about, good news is filtering out of Washington, DC.
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October 12, 2000

Frost Damage Reports Filter In

Frost damage reports from Canada continue to trickle into the United States following the devastating cold wave that swept over Canada, hitting parts
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October 11, 2000

USDA Announces Sugar Forfeitures

Thousands of tons were forfeited to the Commodity Credit Corporation
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October 10, 2000

Mexico Will Not Provide Samples

Despite the urging of the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Mexican officials will not share a sample of what it says is the golden nematod
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October 10, 2000

No Sir, Not From The U.S.

A seed grower in Prince Edward Island, Canada, could face fines up to $400,000 for shipping seed potatoes from Maine.
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October 10, 2000

PGI Confab Dates Changed

Dates for the annual Potato Growers of Idaho meeting in December have been changed.
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October 09, 2000

Bill Introduced To Stop Dumping

Congressional representatives introduce a bill to apply quotas to "stuffed molasses."
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October 05, 2000

Hard Frost Could Prove Costly

Potato Growers of Idaho President Keith Esplin of Blackfoot, ID, said a hard freeze throughout southern Canada early this morning could make a demand
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October 04, 2000

BASF, Cyanamid Complete Deal

BASF, a German company intent on keeping agriculture biotechnology and food safety foremost in crop production, has completed its takeover of American
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October 04, 2000

Biotech `Greens' Beaten In Court

A "green" group was beaten in U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, today when Judge Kollar-Kotelly granted a summary judgement to the Food and Drug
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October 04, 2000

Fry Imports Exceed Exports

Imports of frozen fries into the United States exceeded exports by two million cwt in the October-to-June period, a report from the U. S. Dept. of Com
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October 02, 2000

Mexico's Sugar Appeal

Mexico stands firm on NAFTA regulations
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October 02, 2000

Preliminary PIK Results

Thousands of acres entered in Payment-In-Kind program.
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