INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
October 31, 2001

New Zealand Adopts Two-year Ban

The New Zealand government announced a two-year ban on commercial releases of genetically modified organisms.

However, it will allow med

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October 31, 2001

PGI To Hold Seven Meetings

Potato Growers of Idaho will take its platforms on the road to try to reach all growers about the aspects of "the new" PGI.

Meetings sta

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October 30, 2001

RSS Scanning Technology On Stage

Members of the Idaho Potato Commission participated in the first demonstration of Reduced Space Symbology bar code technology at the Fresh Summit Show
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October 29, 2001

Canada Moves On Fast-Track

In January the Ag-Canada Potato Research Center in Fredericton, NB, will again take the best french fry clones that have cleared its rigorous selectio
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October 29, 2001

Chip Company Profits Soar

Poore Brothers Inc., of Goodyear, AZ, reported this week its third-quarter revenues increased 37 percent to $14.7 million, a record for the Company's
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October 29, 2001

GM Labeling Delayed Down Under

The labeling of genetically modified food for existing product in Australia and New Zealand has been delayed for a year.

Australian heal

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October 29, 2001

Idaho Growers Out On Oust

Idaho growers learned today that Congress failed to approve the requested compensation for those affected by the off-site movement of the herbicide Ou
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October 29, 2001

PEI Looks Strongly At Irrigation

Cavendish Farms on Prince Island, Can., tired of relying on rain for potato production, is now asking that up to 30 percent of next season's PEI crop
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October 26, 2001

CPB Killed By Glowing Bacterium

Lab studies by the ARS show that a glowing bacterium called Photorhabdus luminescens reduced Colorado potato beetles by 100 percent. This makes it a p
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October 26, 2001

Grand Forks Hit By Early Snow

Growers in the Grand Forks, ND, area breathed a sign of relief yesterday after an early season blizzard nearly paralyzed many areas of the state.
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October 25, 2001

Mike Corey Resigns In Maine

Mike Corey, executive director of the Maine Potato Board, announced his resignation yesterday at a board meeting.

Corey, who has held th

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October 24, 2001

Drought Takes $50 million Toll

Drought is expected to take a $50 million toll on potato growers on Prince Edward Island, Can.

Potato officials say the 2001 harvest is

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October 22, 2001

NPC Readies Jan. 8-12 Meeting

Preparations for the National Potato Council's 53rd annual meeting are proceeding, with a deadline fast approaching for making reservations.

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October 18, 2001

Orange Mashed Potatoes?

Charles R. Brown of the USDA/ARS Vegetable and Forage Crops Production Unit in Prosser, WA, has developed an orange-fleshed potato with up to four tim
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October 17, 2001

Mexican, Canadian Conflict Flares

The seed trade issue between Canada and Mexico keeps miring down rather than improving.

PEI Agriculture Minister Mitch Murphy has told g

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October 15, 2001

Basic American Plant Damaged By Fire

An explosion and fire believe started from natural gas damaged a portion of the Basic American Foods potato processing plant in Blackfoot, ID, Saturda
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October 15, 2001

McCain To Expand In UK

McCain Foods announced it will build a $100-million state-of-the-art potato processing plant in the West Midlands area of England.

The p

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October 15, 2001

Northern Ireland Processors Accused

Northern Ireland processors have been accused of threatening to bring potatoes from England if local growers do not accept lower prices.

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October 10, 2001

Nematode-Resistant Potato Introduced

ARS scientists and cooperators in the eastern United States have developed a potato variety that resists the Golden Nematode.

According

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October 10, 2001

Simplot Proceeds With Plant

After over a year of dealing with environmental permits and licensing requirements of provincial and Canadian governments, J.R. Simplot Food Group has
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October 05, 2001

`Potato Police' Patrol On PEI

Some 200 "potato police," as they have been called, are patrolling the potato fields on Prince Edward Island for the past three weeks looking for sign
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October 05, 2001

Bayer, Aventis, Schering Sign Pact

Bayer, Aventis and Schering AG have signed an agreement for Bayer to purchase Aventis CropScience. The announcement came Oct. 4

This wil

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October 05, 2001

Idaho Harvest Nears Last Quarter

Idaho's 2001-potato harvest should be hitting the 75 percent mark at the beginning of next week.

A cold weather front, which swept throu

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October 04, 2001

Former Secretaries Support Overhaul

One Democratic and two Republican former Secretaries of Agriculture have called on Congress to bring essential changes to the domestic sugar industry.
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October 03, 2001

Aussies Give Shelf-life Grant

Victoria-based Green Lands Holdings Pty. Ltd. received an Australian government grant of up to A$312,000 to adopt a process that extends the shelf lif
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October 03, 2001

Raw Fry Oil Used As Fuel

A University of Idaho research teams believes that used fry oil from Albertson's delis could be used to power small diesel engines that cool refrigera
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October 03, 2001

Saskatch Venture Under Review

A review of the future of the Saskatchewan government's Saskatchewan Valley Potato Corp. is under way as the company reported a first-half loss of C$7
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