Aardappelbewaring from North Dakota

APH Group, een wereldwijde dealerorganisatie voor landbouwmachines en -installaties, opent een verkoop- en servicekantoor in Grafton, North Dakota, waarmee het zijn aanwezigheid uitbreidt naar de regio Red River Valley.

Potato farming brothers Aaron Johnson of Northwood and Derek Johnson of Vancouver, B.C., will spend time in federal prison in the Federal Prison Camp in Duluth, Minn., and are jointly responsible for restitution of nearly $1 million because of crop insurance fraud.

The Columbia Basin, Idaho, and Wisconsin are all facing potential shortages, while North Dakota is sitting on more spuds than one year ago. The North American Potato Market News is reporting the Columbia Basin will run out by July 3rd if usage continu...