Associate Members

Address: 108 Planters Walk Lane, Clinton NC 28328

Email: hc@5girlsproduce.com, terry@5girlsproduce.com

Contact: HC Precythe, Managing Partner; Terry Cottle, Managing Partner; JD Lee & Eddie Lee, Sales

Phone: 910-567-6877

Website: www.5girlsproduce.com

Products: Sweet potatoes, cucumber, squash, pepper, eggplant

Brands: 5 Alive, 5 Girls, Sweet Delight, Blue Bayou

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington

Pack: 40 pound cartons, bulk bins, special sizes

Details: Quality sweet potatoes and vegetables with over 50 years combined experience in the industry.

Address: 5900 Turkey Highway, Turkey, NC 2893

Email: jallen@allens.com

Contact: Josh Allen, COO; Glenn Blackmon, Raw Product Manager; Martin Griess, Plant Manager

Phone: 910-596-0028

Website: www.allens.com

Products: Canned sweet potatoes and vegetables

Brands: Allen's, Princella, Royal Prince, Sugary Sam

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Pack: 6/10, 12/21/2, 12/40, 12/300

Details: America's leading sweet potato processor.

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.

Address: 3520 US Hwy 220, Madison, NC 27025

Email: bob@comptontape.com

Contact: Bob Driggers, CEO

Phone: 336-548-4400, 850-206-7888

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Products: Authentication Track & Trace Solutions, Full Supply Chain Visibility, Compliance with Produce Traceability

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

Email: irrigate@bbhobbs.com

Contact: Erwin Newell

Phone: 800-597-8903, 843-393-3595

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.

Address: 1436 N NC Hwy 581, Spring Hope, NC 27882

Email: bissettproducecompanyinc@msn.com

Contact: Ted L Bissett II, Vice President

Phone: 252-478-4158, 800-849-5073

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Brands: Bissett's/Rue's Choice (#1 Top), Bissett's Rue's Choice Steakhouse, Bissett's/Rue's Choice Large, Bissett's Rue's Choice Petite

Varieties: Beauregard, White Delight

Pack: 40 pounds, 800 pound bulk bins suitable for display, specialty packs that are electronically sized by count or ounce

Details: Family-owned buinsess. Over 95% of what we shop is grown on fields selected or approved by our family to ensure oly the best quality sweet potatoes for our customers.

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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Address: 6251 Forest Green, Bsatrop, LA 71220

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Contact: Colby Daniels, Owner; Michael Austin, Manager

Phone: 318-351-2025, 318-669-2461

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Products: Sweet potatoes

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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

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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.

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.

Address: 7101 Atwater Jordan Rd., Atwater, CA 95301

Email: apc95301@sbcglobal.net

Contact: David P. Souza, Owner

Phone: 209-761-9292

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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.

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, EUREGAP, CCOF, IFOM Organic Certified

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.

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.

Address: P.O. Box 1436, Smithfield, NC 27577

Email: mcwooten@fouroaksbank.com

Contact: Mike Wooten

Phone: 919-989-6700

Website: www.fouroaksbank.com

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Details: Banking services

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.

Address: 5728 Carriagehouse Ct.

Email: srimar@johndeerewater.com

Contact: Steve Rimar

Phone: 919-669-6294

Website: www.deere.com/en_US/water/homepage/index.html

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Details: Irrigation & Water Managment Manufacturer

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.

Address: 2925 Huntleigh Drive, Suite 204, Raleigh, NC 27604

Email: Jeff.scramlin@lmcompanies.com

Contact: Jeff Scramlin

Phone: 919-981-8098

Website: www.lmcompanies.com

Products: Sweet potatoes, onions, melons, bell peppers, cucumbers, squash, cabbage, apples, limes, white potatoes, red potatoes, Yukons, tomatoes, eggplant, pears, cherries, peaches, nectarines, broccoli, mangoes, hard squash, beans, chili peppers, grapes, sweet corn

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Details: A fully integrated, year-round suppliers of fresh fruits and vegetables and includes farms, packiing house, repacking operations, logistics and marketing services.

Address: 2250 Huntington Dr., Fairfield, CA 94533

Email: alaughlin@macroplastics.com

Contact: Andrea Laughlin

Phone: 707-437-1200

Website: www.macroplastics.com

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Details: We manufacture large storage containers for the harvesting and storage of sweet potatoes. Our virtually maintenance-free bins offer superior ventilation and improved sanitation benefits over existing wooden bins.

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

Email: vspittman@manlyrawls.com

Contact: V.S. Pittman, III, 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 139 years experience serving the insurance needs of agri-businesses. A client that has grown to include farming, processing, storage and distribution will be right at home with Manry Rawls.

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.

Address: PO Box 519, Dunn, NC, 28335

Email: raustin@moodydunbar.com

Contact: Ron Austin, Plant Manager

Phone: 910-892-3175

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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.

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

Email: info@nashproduce.com

Contact: Thomas Joyner, President

Phone: 252-443-6011; 800-334-3032

Website: www.nashproduce.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, bulk, bins, totes, shrink-wrapped microwaveables. Pickling Cucumbers-4 bushel cardboard bulk (Custom sizing available)

Details: One of the largest cucumber & sweet potato processing facilities in the United States. We are dedicated to superior customer service & quality produce.

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.

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

Email: mnassie@netafimusa.com

Contact: Maureen Nassie

Phone: 559-453-6800

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.

Address: Reefco Logistics, Inc., Raleigh, NC, 27609

Email: ernie@reefco.biz

Contact: Ernie Beauregard, President

Phone: 919-845-0771

Website: www.reefcologistics.com

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Details: Provide international shipping services for perishable and non-perishable food products.

Address: 3203 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.

Address: 3204 South River Rd., Lillington, NC, 27546

Email: michelle.scs@windstream.net

Contact: Michelle Davis, Manager

Phone: 919-895-9095

Website: www.scscrating.com

Products: Potato Boxes 20 and 40 bushel, Pallets, Crates, Cardboard, Apple boxes, Trellises, Clipped Towers, Any Wood Product

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Details: Specialty Crating & Pallet Co. We provide all types of wood related needs. Also build heavy duty products that are reliable.

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

Email: cjoyner@springacressales.com

Contact: Cindy S Joyner, President

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

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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

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.

Address: P.O. Box 70, Sydney, FL 33587

Email: jason@tatermaninc.com

Contact: Jason Bell

Phone: Office: 813-707-0075; Fax: 813-717-9189; Cell: 229-938-9100

Website: www.tatermaninc.com

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Details: Tater Man is a Dover, FL produce company that specializes in growing and marketing sweet potatoes on approximately 325 acres in Central & Northern Florida, and in Southern Georgia.

Address: 141 Knobbs Creek Drive, Elizabeth City, NC 27909

Email: janderson2@ufpi.com

Contact: Jeff Anderson

Phone: 252-435-3746

Website: www.ufpi.com

Products: Sweet Potato Bins, Specialty Pallets & Crates, Lumber Products

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Details: Lumber wholesaler, production of specialty domestic and export crates and pallets including sweet potato bins, precut red oak parts and hardware.

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.

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

Email: charlotte@vickfamilyfarms.com; dwayne@vickfamilyfarms.com

Contact: Jerome Vick, Owner and Dwayne Ferrell, Sales

Phone: 252-237-7313

Website: www.vickfamilyfarms.com

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Brands: Carolina Gold, Pure Gold

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington, Evangaline, White Sweet Potatoes

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

Details: Family-owned and operated business. Reliable service and dependable quality.

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

Email: shanew@wadafarms.com

Contact: Shane Watt

Phone: 208-542-2898

Website: www.wadafarms.com

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

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Details: Wada Farma Marketing Group exclusively manages the Dole sweet potato, potato and onion program in North America. This includes all sales, marketing and packing of all products.

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

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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.

Address: PO Box 995, Wilson, NC, 27893

Email: jeff_wcfs@ncrrbiz.com

Contact: Jeff Creech, Manager

Phone: 252-237-3816

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Products: Fertilizers, Lime, Farm Chemicals, Seed and Feed

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Details: Retail and wholesale of fertilizer, fertilizer materials, lime, farm chemicals, seed, feed; custom spraying and spreading.