INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
January 29, 2001

Canadian Growers Will Divert

Some 200 growers have applied for the Prince Edward Island potato diversion program.
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January 29, 2001

Cold Weather Slows Diversion

Extremely cold weather in eastern Idaho has slowed the Potato Management Company potato diversion program.
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January 29, 2001

Irish Growers Fear Disease

The Irish Farmers' Association and the Ulster Farmers Union have formed a cross-border campaign to maintain the island of Ireland's potato industry's
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January 26, 2001

Canadians Boycott U. S. Potatoes

At least three major Atlantic grocery chains have removed all United States potatoes from their Prince Edward Island stores-until the U.S. border is o
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January 26, 2001

Mexican Harvest Down

According to Dow Jones Newswires, the Mexican sugar harvest, as of Jan. 20, was down over 25 percent compared to a year ago. The harvest produced 774,
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January 25, 2001

EPA, NRDC Reach Agreement

EPA and the Natural Resources Defense Council have entered two agreements to settle pending lawsuits.
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January 25, 2001

Olberding Selected To Head NPC

Allen Olberding, Pasco, WA, grower, was selected to head the National Potato Council during the 2001-2002 year at the group's recent annual meeting he
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January 25, 2001

PEI Board Member: `Bite The Bullet'

Robert MacDonald, formerly chairman of the Prince Edward Island Potato Board, told the industry on the Canadian island that it was "time to bite the b
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January 16, 2001

Green Light Given Diversion Program

A grower self-help potato diversion program was given the green light at a meeting attended by nearly 200 growers in Idaho Falls, ID, Monday.
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January 15, 2001

Almost 200 Discuss Buyout

Almost 200 growers met at the Alliance Country Club Jan. 9 in Torrington, WY, to discuss the Rocky Mountain Sugarbeet Growers Cooperative's proposal t
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January 15, 2001

Diversion Meeting Today In I.F.

Idaho potato growers will converge on Idaho Falls today at 1 p.m. for what is scheduled to be the last in a series of meetings for a self-help potato
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January 15, 2001

Idaho Growers Face `Make Or Break'

Over 200 growers met in Idaho Falls this afternoon for what was scheduled to be the last of a series of meeting for a self-help potato-diversion progr
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January 15, 2001

Ireland May Leave Part Of Crop

Irish growers may leave more than 20 percent of the potato crop in the ground after being hit by recent heavy frost and snow.
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January 15, 2001

Sugar Prices on the Rise

Sugar prices are on an upswing, possibly the result of recent frosts in southern Florida and Louisiana. Domestic sugar futures closed last week at aro
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January 12, 2001

Canadians Given $5 Bailout Offer

Potato growers on Prince Edward Island are to be paid $5/cwt in a government diversion program designed to remove three million cwt.
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January 12, 2001

U.S. Potatoes Blocked By Manitoba

Manitoba province of Canada has blocked the sale of 10,000 tons of Washington potatoes to an Alberta processor under the country's protective import r
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January 08, 2001

Colorado Growers Take Big Hit

San Luis Valley Colorado potato growers took a heavy hit when it was announced that the valley's only processing plant will be shut down because of hi
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January 08, 2001

Diversion Program Rolls Along

What was called the largest meeting of potato growers in Washington state in the last 10 years was held last week to discuss the Potato Management Com
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January 08, 2001

Rocky Mountain Growers Near Buyout

Western Sugar Co. officials look to finish the company buyout by the Rocky Mountain Sugar Growers Cooperative as early as March 31, according to the A
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January 04, 2001

Idaho Has Volume, Size Problem

Idaho growers not only have a surplus potato production problem this year but a size profile challenge as well.
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January 04, 2001

Washington Talks Diversion

Potato growers in Washington and Oregon met today at the DoubleTree Hotel in Pasco, WA, to hear the potato diversion plan from the Potato Management C
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January 03, 2001

Canada Reviewed By WTO

A recent World Trade Organization trade policy review pointed out that government assistance to Canadian agriculture can only compound the problem of
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January 02, 2001

Canadians React With Disdain

Even though the U.S. border is open to potatoes from Prince Edward Island, Canada, Canadian officials say it isn't enough and retaliation may be the o
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January 02, 2001

Northern Ireland Growers Prepare

Northern Ireland's potato growers have been told to expect a disastrous year with prices not likely to top more than 50 pounds (about $72) a ton.
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