INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
November 28, 2000

Coalition Asks For Surplus Sugar

A recent study indicates adding sugar during fermentation increases ethanol production while decreasing fermentation time without displacing corn, pro
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November 27, 2000

Ireland Hit By Heavy Rains

Heavy rain is threatening the Irish potato crop and the harvest is behind schedule.
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November 22, 2000

Washington Against Diversion

Members of the Washington State Potato Commission went on record today as opposing any type of potato diversion program.
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November 21, 2000

RRVPGA Votes Against Diversion

The Red River Valley Potato Growers Association passed a resolution opposing the current effort to develop a program to divert potatoes in storage fro
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November 20, 2000

Workers In Mexico Strike

Over 48,000 workers protest salaries and retirement plans.According to the Dow Jones Newswires, over 48,000 sugar-mill workers throughout Mexico went
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November 17, 2000

Surplus Problem Goes To D.C.

Representatives from six potato-producing states will head to Washington, DC, Monday, Nov. 20, to meet with Mike Dunn, USDA Assistant Secretary of Mar
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November 14, 2000

Canadians Scramble On Issue

Canadian potato growers on Prince Edward Island, stung by the news that the potato wart virus has been found on PEI, are going to all efforts to solve
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November 14, 2000

Growers Propose 10 Percent Cut

Eleven grower associations belonging to the Potato Marketing Association of North America have agreed to cut back acreage in 2001 by 10 percent to get
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November 14, 2000

Idaho Production Sets Record

The most recent Y2K Idaho Agricultural Statistics Service potato production projection shows Idaho growers will produce 152.32 million cwt, up 14 perc
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November 14, 2000

Irish Growers Get Grants

Northern Ireland seed growers have received increased grants from Seed Potato Promotions to 50 percent from 33.3 percent for the cost of two breeding
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November 13, 2000

PGI Meets on Possible Diversion

Potato Growers of Idaho members met Nov. 10 in Idaho Falls, ID, to discuss the possibility of a national diversion program to reduce supplies in stora
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November 13, 2000

Tate, Lyle Accepts Growers' Offer

Tate and Lyle, the British Company that owns Western Sugar Co., has agreed to a grower buy out offer of $78 million.
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November 10, 2000

Aventis Joins Harvest Partners

BASF and Aventis Crop Sciences USA LP, announce they have signed a letter of intent to facilitate their continuing negotiations concerning Aventis par
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November 10, 2000

Maine: `Growers Scared To Death'

Despite objections from potato officials in Prince Edward Island, Can., to the indefinite ban on all shipments of PEI potatoes to the United States, C
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November 10, 2000

PAA Moves Meeting To April

The Potato Association of America has moved its annual summer meeting to April in the year 2001.
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November 10, 2000

Transpacific Charges Increase

It will cost more to ship exports to Asia based on recent action of member container lines in the Westbound Stabilization Agreement.
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November 10, 2000

Zeneca Tests New Touchdown

Zeneca Ag Products has successfully tested a new Touchdown non-selective herbicide in over-the-top applications on Roundup Ready crops. Zeneca anticip
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November 03, 2000

NPPB Holds Potato Export Summit

The NPPB held a Potato Export Globalization Summit Nov. 2 in Denver, CO. Growers and representatives from throughout the U.S. industry attended to dis
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November 02, 2000

FTC Clears Syngenta Merger

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has given a consent decree to allow the combination of the Novartis AG and AstraZeneca spin-offs into a new agrochem
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November 02, 2000

Washington Adds To No-No List

The news that potato wart has been discovered on Prince Edward Island, Can., has caused great concern in the United States because of the revelation t
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November 01, 2000

Border Quarantine Put On Canada

After an appeal from the National Potato Council, the USDA has placed quarantine on fresh or seed potatoes from Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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November 01, 2000

Idaho Seeks Total Canadian Ban

Potato Growers of Idaho said today it wants the USDA/APHIS to ban all imports of products from Canada that are potential carriers of the potato wart f
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November 01, 2000

Mycogen Buys Out Cargill Seeds

Mycogen Seeds announced today it has completed its acquisition of Cargill Hybrid Seeds from Cargill Inc.
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