INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
August 28, 2001

Idaho Water Pow Wow Today

Irrigators concerned about water rights and irrigation possibilities for next year are going to get together Aug. 28 (today) at the Idaho Department o
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August 27, 2001

It Has Been Dry On PEI

It has been the driest summer on record at Prince Edward Island. No major rain has fallen since July 1.

The norm on the Island is one da

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August 24, 2001

Idaho Harvest Will Be Early

Water shortages could push part of Idaho's annual fall potato harvest up by one or two weeks as some irrigation canals have been turned off.

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August 24, 2001

Ireland Awards $1.3 Million

>Ireland's Dept. of Agriculture has announced grants of $1.3 million under the government's national government plan for 38 potato projects.

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August 24, 2001

Omega Fungicide Now Registered

The EPA has registered Syngenta's "multi-site" chemistry for the control of white mold and late blight on potatoes.

A broad-spectrum fun

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August 24, 2001

Washington Targets Payments

A specialty crop coalition in Washington state has asked the state's Department of Agriculture to use the $9.6 million block grant for Washington's sp
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August 21, 2001

Brassica Growers Join Aussies

Brassica growers in Australia have joined potato and pea producers in seeking higher prices for contract crops.

After obtaining the firs

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August 17, 2001

EPA Gives Okay To TPTH

The U.S. EPA has determined that the benefits outweigh the risks of the use of TPTH, triphenyltin hydroxide, and so has ended a 16-year review of the
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August 17, 2001

Idaho Unveils Plate, Sticker

Idaho Potato Commission unveiled a new specialty license plate bearing a baked potato complete with a pad of butter, and a universal sticker for label
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August 17, 2001

McCain Gives In To Aussies

Australian potato growers won a pay increase from McCain Foods after a long battle for better contracts.

After weeks of protests, includ

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August 17, 2001

Super Tin Gets Seven-day PHI

Griffin LLC announced today that growers in Minnesota and North Dakota will be able to use Super Tin on a pre-harvest interval change from 21 to seven
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August 16, 2001

RRV Reports Heavy Rains

Red River Valley potato growers in the East Grand Forks, Grand Forks and Thompson areas are struggling with excessive rain that has plagued the area i
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August 15, 2001

Idaho Irrigators `Cutting It Close'

Idaho irrigators are going to come real close to having enough irrigation water for their crops this season.

Despite a lingering drought

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August 15, 2001

Poll Shows Acceptance Growing

The Alliance for Better Foods applauded the results of an independent Gallup News Service poll, which shows that more than half of consumers support a
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August 10, 2001

Klamath Growers Continue Struggle

Growers in the Klamath Basin of California and Oregon are struggling to keep their 6,000-plus acres irrigated and ready for harvest. For those growers
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August 08, 2001

PGI To Remain Organized

Potato growers from throughout Idaho met in Pocatello today and in a unanimous vote agreed to remain a viable organization for the Idaho potato indust
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August 07, 2001

Angry Aussies Stage Protests

Australian potato growers are not going to let the major potato processors off the hook that easy. They plan a series of nationwide protests in the ne
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August 07, 2001

Idaho Hires First Cropping Specialist

University of Idaho's College of Agriculture has hired Idaho Falls, ID, native Bryan Hopkins as the extension's first potato-cropping systems agronomi
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August 07, 2001

Irish Crop In Bad Shape

The Irish Farmers' Association said falling yields of new crop potatoes because of late planting and lack of fall could result in higher prices this y
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August 07, 2001

USDA Expands Ethanol Use

USDA will expand its use of ethanol and biodiesel fuels in its fleet of vehicles where practicable and reasonable in cost.

The new polic

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August 06, 2001

Illinois Men Get Sentences

Two Illinois produce dealers were sentenced in federal court in Boise, ID, today for packaging more than three million pounds of non-Idaho potatoes in
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August 06, 2001

PEI Growers Lose $50 Million

With anger still directed at the United States for the border blockade of Prince Edward Island potatoes, figures show that the Island province suffere
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August 06, 2001

PGI To Hold `Determination' Meeting

Potato Growers of Idaho will meet Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 1 p.m. to literally determine their future course as an organization or even disband.
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August 06, 2001

Union Pacific, CSX Add Philly

Express Lane Service to Philadelphia has been added to market availability for western U.S. shippers, Union Pacific Railroad and CSX Transportation an
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August 02, 2001

McCain, Simplot `Under Attack'

Tasmanian potato growers surrounded a McCain Foods processing plant with 400 tractors and trucks to protest low prices for their crop.

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August 01, 2001

Idaho's Crop Mostly `Good'

Idaho's 2001 potato crop is listed as 61 percent "good," 28 percent "fair," 6 percent "poor," and 1 percent "very poor," by the Idaho Ag Statistical S
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August 01, 2001

Packaging Matters For Potatoes

Potatoes are being sold in "dull, cheap-looking and boring bags" a consumer research project conducted by the National Potato Promotion Board discover
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