Maine Potato Growers Inc.

SENATOR COLLINS SECURES $4.39 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR MAINE IN AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Capitol Hill Press Releases; 8/4/2009; 789 words; ...Extension Service, Potato Integrated Pest Management...program is to provide Maine potato growers with current information...700,000 for the Maine Department of Agriculture...and Presque Isle, Maine, is the only USDA...CLEARING HOUSE, INC. COPYRIGHT 2009...

Growers Worry Blight Could Wipe Out Tomato Crops
NPR Morning Edition; 7/10/2009; 608 words; ...Edition 07-10-2009 Growers Worry Blight Could...led to the Irish Potato Famine. Maine Public Radio's...Farm in Dresden, Maine, even the pigs are...feast on tomatoes and potatoes. Johanson grows...Jim Dale, of the Maine Cooperative Extension...National Public Radio, Inc.. All ...

Food product recalls reported.(WASHINGTON)(Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc.)(McCormick and Company Inc. (Sparks, Maryland))(Brent & Sam's Cookies Inc.)(Report)
The Food Institute Report; 5/4/2009; 1918 words; ...PISTACHIO OF TERRA BELLA, INC.'s Salmonella outbreak...New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut and...S FOOD PRODUCTS, Inc., Canton, MI...Green Peas OU Frozen Potato Strips OU Frozen Strawberry...Lemon Juice OU Sunkist Growers Inc. Lemon Oil OU Orange...

On the Move
Portland Press Herald (Maine); 4/26/2009; 755 words; ...nonprofit division. Maine Farmland Trust won...received $2,000 and a Maine-made handcrafted...the United States Potato Board. Qualey is a Maine chip stock grower. The last time a...decades ago. S M R Inc. in Scarborough won...

UM, growers look to protect potatoes Computerized weather station, scouts help stop blight, improve crops
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 3/18/2009; 774 words; ...years, Exeter potato farmer Neil Crane...irrigate his potatoes and when to begin...Crane Bros. Inc., said Tuesday...University of Maine Cooperative Extension...300 acres of potatoes. "Every time...applications a year." Potato late blight is...Crane Bros.' potatoes are ...