Associate Members

AG World Support Systems, LLC

Address: P.O. Box 1696 Moses Lake, WA 98837

Email: whenniger@aginspection.com

Contact: Warren Henninger

Phone: 509-765-0698

Website: www.aginspection.com

Products: Inpection Services

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Arcola Hardwood Company

Address: 2316 NC Hwy 43, Warrenton, NC 27589

Email: arcolalumbercoinc@embarqmail.com

Contact: Gary Harris

Phone: 252-257-4484, 252-257-1139

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Details: 20 bushel & 40 Bushel produce boxes; hardwood lumber to meet your needs.

B & B Produce

Address: 2778 NC 50 South, Benson, NC 27504

Email: bbproduce@hotmail.com

Contact: Bob Bassetti, President

Phone: 919-894-2527, 609-561-8835

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Brands: Sun Beauty, Micro-Sweet

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington

Pack: 5 lb - 40 lb, individually wrapped 20 lb boxes

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BB Hobbs Company

Address: P.O. Box 1147 Darlington, SC 29540

Email: irrigate@bbhobbs.com

Contact: Erwin Newell

Phone: 800-597-8903, 843-395-2120

Website: www.bbhobbs.com

Products: Irrigation and fertigation sales, design services

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Details: Crop production assistance and support from start to finish; full line of irrigation products; irrigation designs, service/installation available; decades of combined experience.

Clinton Truck & Tractor Co., Inc.

Address: 107 Northeast Blvd., Clinton, NC 28328

Email: rjackson@intrstar.net

Contact: R.V. Jackson, President

Phone: 910-592-4188, 800-672-4216

Website: www.clintontractor.com

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ConAgra Foods – LambWeston

Address: 8701 W Gage Blvd., Kennewick, WA 99336

Email: david.smith2@conagrafoods.com

Contact: Kalvin Keys, Manager, Ag Operations; Todd O'Neal, Sr Ag Operations Specialist

Phone: 509-736-0291 / FAX: 509-736-0285

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Details: A major potato processor in North America and western Europe. Sweet potatoes are also processed into fresh fries and mashed products.

Crown Cork & Seal Co.

Address: PO Box 1132, Skyland, NC 28704

Email: bkeith@crowncork.com

Contact: William R. Keith, Director of Strategic Accounts

Phone: 404-307-4130, 404-386-0254

Website: www.crowncork.com

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Details: World's leading manufacturer of packaging products for consumer goods.

Farm Fresh Produce Inc.

Address: P.O. Box 124, Fasion, NC 28341

Email: steven@farm-fresh-produce.com

Contact: Steven A. Ceccarelli, President

Phone: 800-606-9267

Website: www.farm-fresh-produce.com

Products: Sweet potatoes, cucumbers, squash, strawberries, blueberries, peppers, cabbage, nappa cabbage

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Details: Suppliers and exporters of sweet potatoes to England, Holland, Ireland, France and the United States.

FarmPak Products, Inc.

Address: 7840 Old Bailey Hwy, Spring Hope, NC 27882

Email: sales@farmpak.com

Contact: Johnny Barnes, President

Phone: 800-367-2799

Website: www.farmpak.com

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Brands: Farm Pak, Queen Ann, Beta Blast, Dole

Varieties: Evangeline, Covington, White, Batata, Orientals, Organic

Pack: 3 lb and 5 lb bags, 20 lb and 40 lb boxes, 1,000 lb plastic bins, 1,200 lb cardboard bins, 6 kg box export, Count Pack 45-60-75-80-90, organic 2 lb net bag, microwave single wrap

Details: Electronic sizer for a uniform size pack, count pack, year round supply, exclusive marketers and exporter for Barnes Farming, USDA GAP & GHP, GLOBAL GAP, CCOF, IFOM Organic Certified

First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.

Address: 200 Fayetteville St., Clinton, NC 28328

Email: wallace.herring@firstcitizens.com

Contact: Wallace R. Herring, Agribusiness Manager

Phone: 910-590-5359, 800-662-7130

Website: www.firstcitizens.com

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Details: First Citizens Banke's Agribusiness Group is committed to meeting the unique financial requirements of their agribusiness customers with top quality products and services.

FMC Corporation

Address: 2344 Branch Hill Lane, Clover, SC 29710

Email: kent.raker@fmc.com

Contact: Kent Raker

Phone: 816-507-5724

Website: www.fmc.com

Products: Command 3ME, Brigade 2EC, Spartan 4F and Spartan Charge, Brigadier, Capture LFR, Authority MTZ and Authority IL, Mustang Max, Cadet Herbicide

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Details: FMC Corporation is a multi-national chemical company that supplies top quality insecticides, herbicides and fungicides to the American farmer through a distributor network.

Ham Produce Company, Inc.

Address: 963 Hwy 258 S, Snow Hill, NC 28580

Email: sales@hamfarms.com

Contact: Bobby G Ham, President

Phone: 252-747-8200, 866-747-8200

Website: www.hamfarms.com

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Brands: Ham's Yams, Sweet Carolinas, Baker's Pride, Granny's Choice, Micro Yams, Carolina's Best

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington, Grand Asia, Japanese

Pack: 40 lb, 10 lb, 3-5 lb bags, bulk, 6-12 kg

Details: Family-owned and operated grower/packer/shipper/exporter since 1975.

JR Simplot Company

Address: PO Box 1059, Caldwell, Idaho 83606

Email: david.ingersoll@simplot.com

Contact: David Ingersoll

Phone: 208-454-4323

Website: www.simplot.com

Products: Sweet potatoes and potatoes

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Details: The JR Simplot Company is one of the largest privately held international food processing and agricultural companies in the world.

Manry Rawls Insurance

Address: 301 N Main St., Franklin, VA, 23851-0857

Email: vspittman@manryrawls.com

Contact: V.S. Pittman, II, CIC, AFIS

Phone: 800-666-6131

Website: www.manryrawls.com

Products: Commercial Insurance, Farm Insurance, Crop Insurance, Employee Benefits and Safety Services

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Details: Manry Rawls has 140 years experience serving the insurance needs of agri-businesses in the southeast. Our clients include farmers, growers, packer-shippers, cotton gins and warehousing, fertilizer & Chemical retailers, food processors, swine/poultry confinement operations and many others.

McCain Foods USA, Inc.

Address: 2275 Cabot Drive, Lisle, IL, 60532

Email: John.anderson@mccain.com; janet.wojcik@mccain.com

Contact: John Anderson & Janet Wojcik

Phone: 630-857-4418

Website: www.mccain.com

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Details: McCain Foods USA is a leading supplier of frozen potato and snack food products for the foodservice market and retail grocery chains. The parent company McCain Foods Limited has become the world’s global French fry producer with 57 production facilities on six continents and over $6 billion in annual sales.

Moody Dunbar Inc.

Address: PO Box 519, Dunn, NC, 28335

Email: raustin@moodydunbar.com

Contact: Ron Austin, Plant Manager

Phone: 910-892-3175

Website: www.moodydunbar.com

Products: Canned Sweet Potatoes

Brands: Dunbar, Nature’s Pride, Thrifty Maid, Glory

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Pack: All consumer and foodservice sizes

Details: Moody Dunbar is a major source for excellent quality canned Sweet Potatoes for both the foodservice and consumer market.

Nash Produce

Address: 6160 S NC Hwy 58, Nashville, NC, 27856

Email: info@nashproduce.com / thomasjoyner@nashproduce.com / laurakornegay@nashproduce.com

Contact: Thomas Joyner - President / Richard Joyner - Vice President / Laura Kornegay - Marketing & Business Development Director / Hunter Gibbs - Sales / Don Sparks - Sales / Butch VanEpps - Sales / Jim Young - Sales / Doug Craig - Food Safety Manager

Phone: 252-443-6011 or Toll Free: 800-334-3032

Website: www.nashproduce.com and Federal Government site : http://www.nashproducegov.com

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Brands: Nash’s Pride, Nash’s Gold, Cajan Gold, Oh So Sweet, Mr. Yam Microwaveables

Varieties: Covington, Beauregard

Pack: 40 lb box, 3-5 lb bags, 6kg box, foodservice count packs, shrink-wrapped microwavables, bulk, bins, totes, custom sizing available

Details: One of the largest cucumber and sweet potatoe shippers in the United States. We specialize inproviding the best quality sweet potatoes to retailers, restaurants, foodservice, processiong and exports 365 days a years. Our sweet potatoes are electronic sized, allwoing us to offer the perfect size and solution to our customers needs. We are fully integreated in food safety and tracability and maintain annual certifications. (Global GAP, PRIMUS, USDA, GAP, and Organic Certified). With dedicated personnel for freight logistics, food safety, marketing and sales, we offer a turn-key solution for fresh sweet potato needs.

NC Certified Sweet Potato Seed Producers Association

Address: 7094 Honeysuckle Lane, Bailey, NC, 27807

Email: jonesfarmsnc@aol.com

Contact: Jim Jones, President

Phone: 252-230-2084

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Products: Micropropagated and Virus Tested Sweet Potato Seeds

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Details: Members produce virus tested and micropropagated sweet potato seeds inspected in field and storage by NC Crop Improvement Association. Many varieties generation #1 & 2 certified.

Netafim USA

Address: 5470 E. Home Avenue, Fresno, CA 93727

Email: ztolley@netafimusa.com

Contact: Zach Tolley

Phone: 803-528-7939

Website: www.netafimusa.com

Products: Drip/Micro Irrigation Products

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Details: Netafim USA is the industry leader in the manufacture of high quality drip irrigation tubing and equipment for all types of agriculture applications.

North Carolina Yam Festival

Address: 103-D E. 5th St. / PO BOX 446 Tabor CIty, NC 28463

Email: tccofc@yahoo.com

Contact: Cynthia Nelson, Secretary

Phone: 910-377-3012

Website: www.ncyamfestival.com

Products: Sweet potatoes - shirts etc.

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Details: Annual agricultural festival honoring our regions N.C. Sweet Potato crop. We give recognition to our sweet potato growers and those who purchase sweet potatoes. We enjoy a day of celenration.

Raincrow Farm

Address: 305 Weeks Rd., Clinton, NC, 28328

Email: ghatcher@intrstar.net

Contact: G. B. Hatcher, Owner

Phone: 910-592-1139

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Varieties: Beauregard 94-14, Covington, Grand Asia, Hernandez, Okinawa, Ornamentals. Grower Seed Category: Category II

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Details: Grower certified G-1 roots

Russet House Inc.

Address: 142 Route 202, Suite 103, Huntington, Quebec Canada J0S 1H0

Email: michael.zieger@russethouse.com

Contact: Michael Zieger, VP of Sales

Phone: 908-872-9228

Website: www.russethouse.com

Products: Processes IQF sweet potato products, sweet potato fries, diced sweet potatoes, sweet potato puree, low fat sweet potato fries, non-GMO swet potato products

Brands: Russet House

Varieties: Processor of Covingtons/Beauregards/Evanglines

Pack: We pack to your requirements

Details: Russet House develops products that each customer can call their own. Our dynamic team offers a full service process that includes logistics, product development, quality assurance and graphic design. Private label processor and Co-packer of IQF Sweet Potato Products.

SAIL Sea Air Integrated Logistics LLC

Address: 3301 A Nash Street NW Wilson, NC 27896

Email: wilson@sail.li

Contact: Mr. Mark C. Suddreth

Phone: 252-243-7245 (243-SAIL)

Website: www.sail.li

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Details: We are specialists in Perishable Logistics. As Ocean Freight Forwarder + NVOCC we handle temperature controlled and non-temperature controlled shipments. We also offer Domestic Transportation/Trucking.

Scott Farms, Inc.

Address: 7965A Simpson Rd, Lucama, NC, 27851

Email: sales@scottfarms.com

Contact: Sonny Scott, Owner

Phone: 919-284-4030; 919-284-4014; Toll-free: 877-284-4030

Website: www.scottfarms.com

Products: fresh sweet potatoes

Brands: Sonny’s Pride, Dri Pak

Varieties: Covington, Carolina Ruby, White & Musasahi

Pack: 40 lb., 20 lb., 3 lb. bagged & microwavables.

Details: Family-owned and operated grower/packer. On our 3rd generation of producing quality Sweet Potatoes.

Southern Produce Distributors. Inc.

Address: PO Box 130, Faison, NC, 28341

Email: spd@southern-produce.com

Contact: Stewart Precythe, CEO

Phone: 910-267-0011

Website: www.southern-produce.com

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Brands: Pointer Brand, Chef's Pride, Southern Choice Yams, Southern's Large Yams

Varieties: Beauregard

Pack: 5, 10, and 40 lb cartons, consumer packs

Details: Over 60 years of quality service in sweet potatoes and vegetables. Hagan sizer for premium packs. Over 1,000,000 sq.ft. of year round storage capacity. Supplier, processor, wholesale, retail, foodservice and international sales.

Spring Acres Sales Co. Inc

Address: 1280 Macedonia Rd, Spring Hope, NC, 27882

Email: cjoyner@springacressales.com

Contact: Cindy S Joyner, President

Phone: 252-478-5127; 800-849-5436

Website: www.springacressales.com

Products: sweet poratoes

Brands: Spring Acres, Spring Harvest, Mardi Gras, French Quarter

Varieties: Evangaline, Covington

Pack: 40 lb. boxes, 5lb. bags, 800 lb. cardboard bins, No.1 & No.2 sized and foodservice

Details: 30 years of quality, customer service, and satisfaction

SSI Packaging Group, Inc.

Address: 1514 Brook Rd.

Email: rwomble@ssipackaging.com

Contact: Ricky Womble

Phone: 804.649.1111

Website: www.ssipackaging.com

Products: Suplier of truck, trace and barcode equipment, lables, box coding and printing.

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Details: We offer solutions for packaging cost reductions and tracking of product through the supply chain.

Steele Plant Company, LLC

Address: 202 Collins St. - Gleason, TN 38229

Email: plants@steeleplantcompany.com

Contact: Ken Sanders | Larry Hudson | Valerie Sanders

Phone: Phone: 731-648-5476 Fax: 731-648-1946

Website: www.sweetpotatoplant.com

Products: Mail order (direct ship) sweet potato plants

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Strickland Brothers Enterprises, Inc.

Address: 3622 Wiggins Rd, Spring Hope, NC, 27882

Email: terry@stricklandbros.com

Contact: Terry L Strickland, President

Phone: 252-478-3058

Website: www.stricklandbros.com

Products: Sweet potato bedding and harvesting equipment, custom packing/grading equipment.

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Details: We specialize in custom fabrication; from repair, modifications or complete replacement of all equipment required from plant production through harvest, all the way to grading of sweet potatoes.

Techmark, Inc.

Address: 5801 W. Mt. Hope Hwy Lansing, MI 48917

Email: tforbush@techmark-inc.com

Contact: Todd Forbush

Phone: 517-322-0250

Website: www.teckmark-inc.com

Products: curing room/storage ventilation for bul or box storage.

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Details: Techmark , Inc. specializes in storage and handling of sweet potatoes and other produce after it has been harvested. We assist growes in maximizing profit from improved storage results.

Triangle / SIA Insurance

Address: P.O. Box 1179 Clayton, NC 27520

Email: ejohnson@triangleinsurancegroup.com

Contact: Earl Johnson / Sue Bryant

Phone: Office: 919-359-9400 Cell: 919-669-8400 Fax: 919-359-9401 616

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Products: Insurance

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Details: Agribusiness specializing in large row crop and packing plants.

Valent USA Corporation

Address: P.O. Box 1406, Lumberton, NC, 28359

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Contact: Hal Blackmore-Sales Rep

Phone: 910-916-1031

Website: www.valentusa.com

Products: Belay Insecticide, Valor SX Herbicide, Select Max Herbicide, DiTera DF Biological Nematicide, DiPel DF and Xentari DF biorational insecticides.

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Details: Basic Manufacturer of a broad range of crop protection chemicals and biorational products.

Vick Family Farms Partnership

Address: 11124 Christian Rd, Wilson, NC, 27896-8115

Email: charlotte@vickfamilyfarms.com , jerome@vickfamilyfarms.com, diante@vickfamilyfarms.com, hunter@vickfamilyfarms.com, lyn.vick@landdb.com

Contact: Jerome Vick or Charlotte Vick-Ferrell, Diane Vick

Phone: (252) 237-7313; (252) 291-8880

Website: www.vickfamilyfarms.com

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Brands: Carolina Gold, Pure Gold

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington, Evangaline, O'Henry

Pack: 40 lb., 10 lb, 6 kg, Bulk, shrinkwrap

Details: Family-owned and operated business. Reliable service and dependable quality with complete traceback capability..

Wada Farms Marketing Group, LLC

Address: 2155 Providence Way, Idaho Falls, ID, 83404

Email: sweets@wadafarms.com

Contact: Shane Watt: VP of Sourcing Norman Brown: Director of Sales Jeff Scramlin: Director of Business Development

Phone: 919-578-4020 fax: 919-882-2039

Website: www.wadafarms.com

Products: Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes and Onions grown, packed and shipped in the DOLE label.

Brands: Dole, Wada

Varieties: Covington, Beauregard, Murasaki

Pack: 3 lb., 5 lb., bulk and carton

Details: Wada Farms Marketing Group exclusively manages the DOLE sweet potato, potato and onion program in NoOrth America. This includes all sales, marketing and packaging.

Wayne E. Bailey Produce Company, Inc.

Address: 490 Old US Highway 74, Chadbourn, NC, 28431-9510

Email: info@sweetpotatoes.com; mrsweetpotato@sweetpotatoes.com; nicky@sweetpotatoes.com, ronnie@sweetpotatoes.com, michelle@sweetpotatoes.com, pat@sweetpotatoes.com, corey@sweetpotatoes.com, adam@sweetpotatoes.com, webfarms@sweetpotatoes.com

Contact: George Wooten, Owner; Nicky Herring, Produce Scheduler/Sales; Ronnie Mercer, Sales; Michelle Jacobs, Sales; Pat Wooten, Sales Manager; Corey Troutman, Food Safety Coordinator; Adam Wooten, Operations Manager; George Wooten III, Farm Manager

Phone: 910-654-5163; 800-845-6149

Website: www.sweetpotatoes.com

Products:

Brands: Play Boy, Green Giant, Sampson King, Nutritional Allstars, We Be Yammin’

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington, White, Orientals

Pack: 3 lb., 5 lb., 10 lb., 40 lb., Bulk, Bins, Foodservice count packs, Microwaves

Details: The leading innovator in the sweet potato industry since 1935. Offering one of the most complete sweet potato lines for retail, foodservice, export & process. This includes our newest products: Sweet Potato Fingerlings, Fresh Cut Sweet Potatoes, Frozen Sweet Potato Fries, Fresh Sweet Potato Fries with Butter, Petite Steamables and Shrink Wrapped Microwavables.

Williamson Produce, Inc.

Address: PO Box 3508, Wilson, NC, 27895

Email: wpro@cocentral.com

Contact: Joan Dozier

Phone: 252-243-5700

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Brands: Classic

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington, Jewel

Pack: 40 lb., Bulk, Bins

Details: Williamson Produce, Inc. grows, packs, ships and brokers sweet potatoes

Yara North America

Address: 739 Hwy 70 Bettie, Beufort, NC 28516

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Contact: George Simpson

Phone: 252-504-2514

Website: yara.us

Products: Yara tropicate (calcium nitrate) Yara L7VA CN-9, Lara L7VA UCAN-17

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Details: Retail and wholesale of fertilizer, fertilizer materials

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