INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
May 31, 2002

Idaho’s Final Tally 70,000 Acres

Final tally for the number of sugarbeet acres replanted in Idaho is 70,000, according to Vic Jaro, vice president of agriculture for Amalgamated Sugar
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May 30, 2002

American Crystal Replants 61,000 Acres

American Crystal Sugar Company reported the frost on the morning of May 24 resulted in the need to replant 61,000 acres.
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May 29, 2002

Get Congress Out Of Food Business

With the threat of congressional action on “sin foods,” or taxing foods Congress deems unhealthy, the Center for Consumer Freedom is issui
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May 24, 2002

Aussies Overhaul Potato Industry

Western Australia is starting a review of the Potato Marketing Act to find ways to provide a more secure future for development of the industry.
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May 23, 2002

Idaho Gets Valuable Rain

Most of the potato-growing areas in Idaho received a real shot in the arm Monday and Tuesday when they received over an inch of rain.
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May 21, 2002

Colorado Remains Dry, Dusty

Weather conditions that have brought historic drought conditions to Colorado have not changed in the past few days.
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May 20, 2002

Replants Total Over 63,000 Acres

Growers in the Amalgamated Sugar Company area of Idaho have had to replant over 63,000 acres of sugarbeets this spring.
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May 20, 2002

Washington Growers ‘Slapped In Face’

Washington process potato growers who lost contracts or had contracts cut by McCain Foods are looking at it as “taking a slap in the face,”
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May 17, 2002

Canadian Potatoes ‘Going South’

It may not be the first time processors have brought Canadian potatoes across the international boundary line for processing but this time it sure has
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May 17, 2002

Pontandon, Idaho Fresh Announce Merger

Potandon Produce LLC, exclusive marketer of Green Giant Fresh potatoes and onions in North America, and Idaho Fresh Cooperative/Sunspiced of Idaho, an
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May 16, 2002

Board Holds Reverse Trade Missions

Two reverse trade missions, sponsored by the United States Potato Board and the U.S. Potato Institute, will take place in the next few weeks in the Pa
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May 15, 2002

Board Advertising For Int’l Director

United States Potato Board is advertising for an international marketing manager.
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May 15, 2002

Frito-Lay Squeezes Useful Food

Thai snack maker Useful Food Co. Ltd. is considering closing its factory in China and cutting back its growth plan to Southeast Asia instead of the en
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May 15, 2002

Western Canada In Drought

Because many Manitoba residents still have memories of the flooding Red River in 1997, they probably did not pay attention this year when the river cr
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May 14, 2002

Colorado Acreage Will Be Up

Acreage in Colorado will be up this year, according to the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee bulletin.
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May 13, 2002

Idaho Growers Moving Forward

Despite some weather and contract setbacks, Idaho growers are moving forward with the 2002 potato crop.
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May 13, 2002

Western Growers Must Replant

A hard freeze destroyed a good percentage of the Denver-based Western Sugar Cooperative’s beet crop and as many as 30,000 acres in four states.
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May 09, 2002

Frost, Wind Take Heavy Toll

.Damage assessments won’t be known for some hours but the second straight night of below-freezing temperatures will take a heavy toll on Idaho s
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May 08, 2002

RRV, Colorado Growers’ Woes

Growers in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota are just opposite of climatic conditions of growers in Colorado’s San Luis Valley.
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May 07, 2002

Idaho Growers Still Wondering

Idaho growers who have lost all or part of their Simplot contracts for this season are still in the “wondering mode” of just what should h
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May 06, 2002

Weather Hurts Amalgamated

Weather is playing havoc on Amalgamated Sugar Company beet plantings this spring.
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May 03, 2002

CEO Named For Western Co-op

Inder Mathur, who has been in management of the Western Sugar Company, has been named CEO of the new Western Sugar Cooperative.
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May 03, 2002

Saskatchewan To Sell Storages

The Saskatchewan government is taking another step to getting out of the potato business.
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May 03, 2002

Simplot To Close Heyburn Plant

After the announcement of grower contract cutbacks and the furor that followed, Simplot announced to workers last night that it is closing its Heyburn
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May 02, 2002

Colorado Planted, But No Water

Growers in Colorado’s San Luis Valley have finished planting their crops but now are sweating out an historic low water-table situation.
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May 02, 2002

Idaho’s ‘Crunch’ Won’t Go Away

Growers in southern Idaho, faced with severe contract cutbacks by Simplot, are scrambling with eastern Idaho growers to find homes for already planted
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May 01, 2002

Rocky Mountain In, Columbia River Out

Rocky Mountain Sugar Growers Cooperative announced today the acquisition of The Western Sugar Company. At the same time Columbia River Sugar Company i
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