ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AWARDS: Four operations honored
for their stewardship effort
The National
Potato Council’s 2003 Environmental Stewardship Award
was given to four growers from across the U.S for their
outstanding achievement in the area of pesticide risk reduction.
The winners of the award use a pesticide reduction strategy,
IPM and manage their farm’s water, soil and habitat
conservation needs. Some have begun to test biologic control
methods in their operation.
United
States sees first-ever potato trade deficit
n
2003, the U.S. trade balance in potatoes and potato products
was in deficit for the first time ever. Total U.S. exports
were valued at $646 million in 2003 – down 11 percent
from 2002, while imports were valued at $682 million –
up 19 percent. The $36 million deficit came after a decades-long
surplus, which peaked in 1995 at $437 million.
GOODBYE
HERMISTON
Simplot to permanently close processing facility
The
J.R. Simplot Company has announced that it will permanently
close its Hermiston, Ore., potato processing plant in a
phased shutdown over the next nine months.
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