Company Cuts Into Market With New Slicer
FAM recently unveiled its new V-belt slicing machine, the Volantis. The machine is suited for the transverse slicing of a large range of vegetables in slices, shreds and square pieces….
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The Potato Podcast 25: Group Ag, Allan Equipment, Ceres Imaging, Parkland Varieties, SQM, Ag World Golf Classic
Group Ag – Jake Meachum Allan Farm Equipment – David Huestis Ceres Imaging – Jamie Barker Parkland Varieties – Adam Nelubowich SQM – Jim Smith Ag World Golf Classic…
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Early Planting Risks
By Mike Thornton and Nora Olsen, University of Idaho It’s really a very simple formula: increase the length of the growing season and increase the potential yield and profits from a…
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$5000 Available For Student Scholarships
The Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association (PNVA) is offering up to $5,000 in scholarships for the 2020/21 school year. This scholarship can be used in any area of study in agriculture,…
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How Does Flooding Affect Farms?
Patience is a virtue for on-farm flood recovery Severe flooding caused devastation for farmers across the Midwest in the spring of 2019. The March 7th Sustainable, Secure Food blog explores the effects…
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New Plant-Based Frozen Pizza Hits Market
A new frozen pizza has hit the market from GOOD PLANet featuring Beyond Meat sausage. Beyond Meat makes their products using plant-based proteins, fats, minerals and flavorings. The carbs come…
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Cover Crops Can Benefit Hot, Dry Soils
The Southern High Plains of the United States have low annual rainfall. When it does rain, though, intense storms can cause severe soil erosion. Strong winds also strip away valuable topsoil….
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Thymox Biopesticide Now Available in U.S.
Kemin Crop Technologies, the Kemin Industries business unit focused on providing crop protection and crop health solutions for specialty crops and commercial greenhouses, has announced a strategic partnership agreement with…
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Vive Crop Protection Adds to Board of Directors
Vive Crop Protection has added Joe Dales to their Board of Directors. Dales has extensive business and corporate governance experience with over 35 years serving in various leadership, agri-marketing and…
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Potatoes USA Releases 2019 Retail Sales
Potatoes USA has released IRI data for the calendar year 2019 (January through December 2019) that showed success with dollars and volume sales for total potato sales at retail. Total…
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