December 2011 Newsletter

• Members respond quickly armed with United data
• US and Canadian yields well below average for 2011
• Board endorses continued daily text messaging service
• Fewer fresh shipments estimated for 2011-12 marketing year
• Photo contest winner announced
• United annual meetings in Orlando

October 2011 Newsletter

• Trustees meet to provide lawsuit defense oversight
• Board meeting news recap
• Shipping chart with analysis
• Photo contest winners announced
• 2012 United meetings in Orlando
• Supply and Demand Committee news
• Shahan takes on a new role for United

July 2011 Newsletter

• Experts to growers: You deserve higher returns
• Chart with analysis of Idaho shipments
• New address
• Yield prediction method posted on website
• Photo contest winners announced, record number of entries
• Save the date: July 19-20 Committee and Board meetings in Salt Lake City

May 2011 Newsletter

• Crop transition conferences slated June 9
• Estimated supplies for May through July period are down
• National Membership Committee releases 2011 Tool Kit
• United teams with University of Utah for acreage mapping project
• Enter you high-resolution photos in the United contest by June 15

March 2011 Newsletter

• Planting decisions loom large this year
• Officers re-elected
• National Membership Committee formed
• Fifth annual North American Potato Grower Summit photo
• Third annual photo contest announced
• Sign up for website access and receive the United News Brief.
• March 9 marks UPGA’s sixth anniversary

December 2010 Newsletter

• Will growers repeat 2009 planting mistakes?
• Estimated available supplies for next seven months down 11 percent
• All-star legal defense team assembled to fight pending litigation
• Melanie Likes takes the prize again
• 2011 United Potato Partners to launch
• Request a username and password