Murray Wise Associates LLC, Kander LLC, and National Land Realty acted as broker and transactional advisors in connection with the sale of a 4,528 acre farm located in Pamlico County, North Carolina…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $11 million to 21 grant projects to strengthen and explore new market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products. The funding is…
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This is the first call for topics for the 2022 Idaho Potato Conference that will take place in Pocatello, Idaho, on Jan. 19-20. If you have ideas for potential workshops…
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U.S. imports of potatoes and potato products for the July 2020 – June 2021 marketing year increased by 12% in fresh weight equivalent volume and 16% in value, compared to…
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Indigenous communities of the Southwest work to ‘rematriate’ the Four Corners Potato. by ALASTAIR LEE BITSÓÍ FIRST MESA, ARIZONA – With drought a persistent problem in the Southwest, Hopi/Tewa seed keeper Valerie…
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National Potato Council (NPC) joined a letter to Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Vice Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) of the Senate Committee on Appropriations to maintain language in the FY2022 Labor, Health and…
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From July 2020 – June 2021, potato sales increased in dollars by 3% but declined slightly in volume by 0.3% compared to the previous July-June marketing year. The elevated purchasing…
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American youth between two and 19 years-old have the lowest measures of diet quality compared to other age groups;i and nutrition thought leaders have called for effective strategies to reverse this…
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The 2019 National Farmers Market Manager Survey was undertaken with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). NASS conducted the…
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With a new $20 million federal grant, Washington State University (WSU) will lead a multi-institutional research institute to develop artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to tackle some of agriculture’s biggest challenges…
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