Four months after potato growers in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota agreed to join Salt Lake City-based United Potato Growers of America, that membership could be in jeopardy, adding another chapter to an on-again/off-again relationship that began last summer.
The Red River Valley Fresh Co-op had set March 21 as the deadline to convince 75% of growers to join United Potato.
But the date came and went without the required number of growers signing up, and now the co-op is looking at a meeting the week of April 7 to reach the magic number, said Ted Kreis, marketing director of East Grand Forks, Minn.-based Northern Plains Potato Growers Association.
The Red River Valley Fresh Co-op had set March 21 as the deadline to convince 75% of growers to join United Potato.
But the date came and went without the required number of growers signing up, and now the co-op is looking at a meeting the week of April 7 to reach the magic number, said Ted Kreis, marketing director of East Grand Forks, Minn.-based Northern Plains Potato Growers Association.
