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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...