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Idaho’s potato industry uses to produce about 90% of the potatoes grown in Idaho

The economy is raising more than just prices as farmers question how to manage fertilizer investments in 2022. For Helena...

It was supposed to be for one year only when the Prince Edward Island provincial government placed a moratorium on...

Three keys to making the plan work

Aroostook County may have pulled a record potato harvest out of the ground this year, but transportation slowdowns and a...

Market conditions for potatoes were running above year-ago levels in late October and early November. The top shipping states for...

Russ Van Boom and Keith and Kevin Goutbeck of Sturgeon County’s Northbank Potato Farms will receive a 2020 Farm Family Award Nov....

A combination of adequate water supplies, the long, sunny, summer growing season, and winters too cold for most insect pests...

The United States Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the winners of the Next Gen...

United States potato growers and industry partners from around the country are invited to the nation’s capital for the new...

A marketing expert who was raised in Shelley and has deep roots in the potato industry will be tasked with...

Like a good poker player, Don Flannery, president of the Maine Potato Board, is playing it close to the vest...

After a couple of difficult seasons, this year’s potato crop on Canada’s Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) is being called one of the...

Produce industry veteran Jamey Higham will become the next president and CEO of the Idaho Potato Commission, effective in early...

Last year, the cumulative worth of all potatoes sold for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington was seen at USD1.82bn, according to...

The marketing year that ended in June 2021 was unlike any year the potato industry has ever experienced, says Potatoes...

Genetic diversity is being lost at an alarming pace, according to a recent study from the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)....

A lot of potatoes are coming out of the ground this fall covered in warty-looking growths. But the good news...

This year, drought and unfavorable conditions have greatly affected the agriculture of our Russia, especially it affected the potato harvest....

According to a Potatoes USA annual sales and utilization study, the US potato use for the July 2020 – June...

Agricultural specialists and growers in Maine are predicting a higher quantity and quality of potato crop than was produced in...

Colorado’s San Luis Valley produces more fresh potatoes than anywhere in the country outside of Idaho, and farmers there are...

The transition from old crop to new crop potatoes is taking place right now, and two potato industry observers report...

The hot, dry, and smoky growing season has left some Idaho potato farmers bracing for a poor crop. Randy Hardy...

The Canary Islands Farmers and Ranchers Association (ASAGA Canarias ASAJA, for its acronym in Spanish) has made a call to...

Total U.S. potato exports increased by 4% in volume and 1% in value for July 2020 – June 2021 compared...

US Idaho’s 2021 potato crop, seriously hit by both heat and dryness, will almost certainly face a negative growth level,...

This year’s drought is on its way to becoming the worst the Prairies have ever recorded and the worst ever in...

From July 2020 - June 2021, potato sales increased in dollars by 3% but declined slightly in volume by 0.3%...

A team of researchers at Montana State University and North Dakota State University recently reported on results of a study...

As far as growing seasons go, the P.E.I. Potato Board says this summer is one of the best they’ve seen...

During its regularly scheduled meeting, the Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) voted to approve a Food and...

The Elora Research Station in Ontario will host its annual open house event next Wednesday, August 11. Everyone who is interested in...

According to a market report issued by Potatoes USA, potato sales declined in dollars by 10.5% and in volume by...

High heat in the early summer can lead to reduced yield and deformed potatoes on farmers, said Washington State Potato...

A study determined that the types of Creole potato have high resistance to water stress in dry seasons.

The U.S. pressured Mexico on Wednesday to allow genetically modified crops into the country and to open up access to...

Since 2019, Potatoes USA has been conducting foundational activities to create a new outlet for U.S. fresh, frozen, and dehydrated...

For potato growers in Idaho and Washington — the two most productive potato-growing states in the country — the lack...

2021 is a new year for potato growers, and that’s a good thing. “Most growers are pretty happy to have...

As the Magic Valley region in southern Idaho prepares for potentially record-setting heat this week, farmers, potato researchers and dairy...

Canada’s potato crop should be larger this year following the pandemic drop

Succession planning probably isn’t much above last will and testament toward the bottom of most farmers’ to-do list. Neither subject...

That’s how Karlene Hardy describes the people from across the country she and her husband Randy have gotten to know...

He didn’t grow up in Idaho. He didn’t even begin his farming career in Idaho

They say everything’s bigger in Texas. But when it comes to potatoes, the state sits just 13th in acres harvested. Only about...

varieties are differentiated by their morphological characteristics and their genetic material (DNA), duration of the productive cycle, resistance to diseases,...

Two years ago, a team of potato scientists and researchers from across Canada launched a comprehensive study aimed at reducing...

Washington, D.C. (June 9, 2021)— Yesterday, 288 agricultural organizations representing the geographic and commodity diversity of our nation’s farmers urged...

The United States, Europe and Bolivia are the main destinations for Peruvian potato exports, which this year are expected to...