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01-19-01

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Hello

We had a great time at the Idaho Potato School and Ag Expo I hope all of you enjoyed it also. We would like to welcome all of you who sighned up for this E-zine at our booth at the potato school. We hope to be having the drawing for the free seed soon. Remember if you have anything that you would like to add please email it to me and I'll get it in the next weeks issue.

Thanks,

Wyatt Penfold

In This Issue:

Upcoming Events
Potato Stocks at Record High
Seed Growers Join PMC With Own Diversion Plan
PEI Potatoes Have Little Hope for Sale
Potato Prices and Shipping Information

Upcoming Events

January 30-31, 2001 34^th Annual Oregon Potato Conference, Lloyd Center Double Tree Hotel, Portland, Oregon

February 6-8, 2001 40^th Annual Washington State Potato Conference & Trade Fair, Big Bend Comm. Col. Moses Lake, Wash

February 7-8, 2001 New Brunswick Potato Conference and Trade Show 2001, Knights of Columbus Hall, Perth-Andover-NB

Potato Stocks at Record High

On January 1, potato growes and processors held a record high 273 million cwt. which is up 14% from last year. For complete story click here: http://www.spudman.com/pages/news01_01/news_stocks.html

Seed Growers Join PMC With Own Diversion Plan

With the over supply of potatoes on the market Idaho Seed Growers voted after the Idaho Seed Potato Growers Seminar January 16 to join the Potato Management Company (PMC) and divert 7% of their marketable seed into the program. This excerpt is taken from their contract:

Member hereby agrees to market through PMC during the first year of this Agreement, a minimum of seven percent (7%) of Member’s seed potatoes form the 2000 crop. Participation will be based upon members total acreage in the 2000 Idaho Certified Seed Growers Directory with production estimated at 200 cwt. per acre for any variety or generation.

Seed Growers who would like to view a copy of the contract can view one at http://www.buypotatoseed.com/pmcseed.html

Any Questions can be directed to the PMC at:

Potato Management Company

P.O. Box 949

Blackfoot, Idaho 83221

(208) 589-3276 or (208) 7985-1115

PEI Potatoes Have Little Hope for Sale

With the standoff between Canada and the US still in place the Canadians are hoping the new Republican administration will be easier to deal with then the outgoing Democrats. Go here for full story: http://www.canada.com/cgi-bin/cp.asp?f=/news/cp/stories/20010118/agriculture-500020.html

Potato Prices and Shipping Information

IDAHO FALLS Shipping Point Prices as of 02-JAN-2001 Provided by: Fruit and Vegetable Market News, Federal-State Market News Service, USDA. http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/IF_FV130.txt

Potato Seed shipments. http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/WA_FV443.txt

AMS USDA Market Repots http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/mncs/index.htm

Potato Stocks http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/field/ppo-bb/

2000 acreage "accepted" for seed potato certification – USA http://www.rrtrade.org/mcspga/usacres.htm

2000 total certified seed acres "accepted" - Canadian Provinces http://www.rrtrade.org/mcspga/cdnacres.htm

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