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Maine potato growers having difficulty marketing crop ; Declining demand and expanding production in Canada are key factors.
Portland Press Herald (Maine); Apr 29, 2004; ; 545 Words ...potatoes - and seed growers who rely on year...left with until growers up north start planting...said last year growers of fresh potatoes...The demand for potato products everywhere...people think of potatoes." Without a market...Susan Collins, R- Maine, along with ...
Maine Potato Growers Are Staring a Tough Marketing Year in the Eye.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; Dec 3, 2003; 700+ Words ...Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder...FRENCHVILLE, Maine--Jim Pelletier...Pelletier Farms Inc. can't sell his...production. The grower, who is in business...lose quite a few growers in the spring...production for the few potatoes he is shipping...promising for northern ...
BURGER KING PULLS HOT POTATO CONTRACT MAINE GROWER DOWN, NOT OUT.(Business)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); Oct 12, 1989; 699 Words ...problems for McCain's Inc., the potato processer...officials of the Maine Potato Board said...spokeswoman for the potato board. Burger King...canceling the deal for Maine potatoes because taste tests...million pounds of raw potatoes, Potato Board officials...only ...
Presque Isle gas stations sold Dead River buys Shell businesses from Maine Potato Growers
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; May 2, 2006; ; 700+ Words ...town are under new ownership after Maine Potato Growers Inc. completed their sale, as well...other convenience stores throughout Maine. A week ago Monday night, MPG...wholesale accounts in northern Maine, Lallande said. The CEO explained...
Growers look to increase interest in Maine potatoes ; The 'Get Real, Get Maine' campaign will push other locally grown produce as well.
Portland Press Herald (Maine); Mar 16, 2007; ; 508 Words ...03-16-2007 Growers look to increase...Hobbs of the Maine Potato Board said the...represents all 400 growers, dealers and processors of Maine potatoes. "We grow roughly...Fred J. Field Maine farmers grow about...Maine Newspapers Inc.
Extended potato harvest strains growers
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; Oct 9, 2006; ; 700+ Words ...Huge mounds of potatoes grew quickly...Pelletier and Sons Inc. storage facility...Aroostook County potato growers will be 7able...annual chore. Maine growers had...000 acres of potatoes to harvest...processing potatoes know their...crew at the potato storage ...
Potato growers in tough marketing year
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; Dec 3, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...Pelletier Farms Inc. can't sell his...production. The grower, who is in business...lose quite a few growers in the spring...production for the few potatoes he is shipping...promising for northern Maine potato growers. The newsletter...movement this fall. Maine shippers ...
Potato Growers to sell P.I. store Company switching its business focus
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; Jun 17, 2005; ; 700+ Words PRESQUE ISLE - Maine Potato Growers Inc. officials announced...needs of northern Maine potato growers and the Maine blueberry industry...possibility of exporting potato products to Cuba...opportunity for Maine seed potatoes as well as an opportunity...
Potato dumping bill stalls in Legislature McCain Foods gives growers new option
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; Apr 23, 2004; ; 612 Words PRESQUE ISLE - Growers were disappointed...evening after the Maine Potato Board announced...disposal of marketable potatoes had stalled in the Maine Legislature. Growers...with McCain Foods Inc. in Easton. The...Flannery, Maine Potato Board executive...
Potato farmer facing government foreclosure ; Kendall Shaw, former Maine Seed Potato Board president, apparently owes more than $447,000.
Portland Press Herald (Maine); Apr 30, 2008; ; 413 Words ...04-30-2008 Potato farmer facing government...Kendall Shaw, former Maine Seed Potato Board...board member of the Maine Potato Board and president of the Maine Seed Potato Board. A seed potato grower, he has gotten...Maine Newspapers Inc.
Naturally Potatoes Focusing on Restaurants
AP Online; Aug 23, 2005; ; 700+ Words ...Potatoes poses in a potato warehouse, Wednesday...of fresh-cut potato products that...Bukaty) Naturally Potatoes hopes to do for...McCrum. Naturally Potatoes is focusing on...s Fine Foods Inc. Reser's product...line is named "Potato Express" and...For potato ...
Major push provided in potato preparation; Efforts might slow steady declines in consumption
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); Nov 20, 2005; ; 653 Words MARS HILL, Maine - Naturally Potatoes...McCrum. Naturally Potatoes is focusing on...s Fine Foods Inc. Reser's product...line is named "Potato Express" and...For potato growers, any opportunity...like Naturally Potatoes and two McCain...are good for potato ...
DELEGATION ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF FACT-FINDING REPORT BY ITC ON U.S.-CANADIAN POTATO TRADE
Capitol Hill Press Releases; Jul 18, 1997; 700+ Words ...of Maine potato growers during an April...officials of the potato industry will determine...facts affecting the potato trade between the...representatives of the potato industry to analyze...Storage of Maine potatoes, restrictions on...held in storage in Maine, ...
Low Potato Supplies Boost Prices
AP Online; Nov 2, 2001; ; 654 Words ...made money." Maine potato growers harvested...billion pounds, of potatoes, a drop of about...has been good, growers say. Because...of round white potatoes is currently...amp; Sons Inc. in Frenchville...that farmers in Maine were struggling...No table stock grower ...
Low Supplies Boost Potato Prices
AP Online; Oct 30, 2001; ; 660 Words ...Potato Prices PATTEN, Maine (AP) -- Potato...shot in the arm to growers who sell their spuds...market. From Idaho to Maine, demand is up...executive director of the Maine Potato Board. ``The growers...bag of round white potatoes is currently $1...Pelletier & ...
Potato Farmers Boosted by Prices; Lower Supply, Higher Demand Create Best Market in Years
The Washington Post; Nov 11, 2001; 440 Words ...shot in the arm to growers who sell their spuds...market. From Idaho to Maine, demand is up...executive director of the Maine Potato Board. "The growers...bag of round white potatoes is $1, compared...Pelletier & Sons Inc. in Frenchville...five percent of Maine's ...
SENATORS BACK ADDITIONAL USDA LOAN GUARANTEE FOR NATURALLY POTATOES OF MARS HILL
Capitol Hill Press Releases; Jun 11, 1998; 521 Words ...audit of Naturally Potatoes. An audit of this...been difficult for Maine potato growers, as farmers have...priced Canadian potatoes, and an unfavorable...Bank, Northern Maine Development Commission...Coastal Enterprises Inc. For more information...
SNOWE HAILS $70.8 MILLION EXPANSION OF EASTON MCCAIN FOODS POTATO-PROCESSING FACILITY
Capitol Hill Press Releases; Sep 21, 1998; 393 Words ...for Maine's potato producers and...in McCain's Maine infrastructure...by Naturally Potatoes and the potential...show that Maine's potato industry is...brighter figure for Maine's potato growers - and for Aroostook...CLEARING HOUSE, INC.
SENATOR COLLINS SECURES $4.39 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR MAINE IN AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Capitol Hill Press Releases; Jul 7, 2009; 700+ 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...
Federal judge dismisses Saint David, Maine, farm's bankruptcy filing.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; Sep 16, 2004; 700+ Words ...16--BANGOR, Maine -- A federal bankruptcy...Rocky Beach Farms Inc. of Saint David...Beach Farms, a grower of potatoes near...to process any potatoes that may be in...Heritage Bank, the Maine Potato Growers Inc. of Presque Isle...
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