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The outlook is good for high-quality crops of red and yellow potatoes from North Dakota and Minnesota. Optimistic predictions for an excellent crop of consistent volume of Red River Valley potatoes is ...

Idaho potato grower-shippers and marketers say they have responded to the current global pandemic the best way they know how: with a good crop. The weather was an ally to growers, said Ross Johnson, ...

India on Saturday threw open its domestic market for certain agricultural commodities including potatoes from Bhutan. The decision is expected to help a large number of Bhutanese traders as India had stopped ...

As farmers continue to struggle with labor shortages, technology steps in with innovative tools to help bridge the gap. The United Nations estimates the world’s population will expand to nearly 10 billion ...

Agriculture is continuing to show resilience in the face of one of the most disruptive crises the world has ever seen. In the first quarter of the financial year ended June 2020, ...

After losing two nights of sleep over shrinking potato yields, Kevin Grass rolled out of bed at 3 a.m. on a late-September morning and began crunching numbers to figure out how he’s ...

This is the cold desert of the landlocked Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh where you won't drop the idea of trade as its disease-free potatoes are virtually selling like hotcakes despite the ...

Grower-shippers of Red River Valley potatoes offer a selection of consumer packs — most commonly 3- and 5-pounders — in addition to the larger-sized sacks, cartons and totes they ship to retail, wholesale and ...

Nokota Packers Inc. started harvesting red potatoes the week of Sept. 14, says Mike Rerick, vice president of sales. “Everything is going smooth at this point,” he said the third week of ...

The 2019/2020 financial year has been eventful in many respects for us. Despite the consequences of COVID-19, we had an operationally successful season. The coming season, however, may well be more of ...

‘Market Growth Insight’ has presented an updated research report on the ‘Global Seed Potatoes market’ which offers insights on key aspects and overview of the fundamental verticals of the market. The Seed ...

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) - Farmers are hoping this year's potato harvest will be better than last year. A manager at Wilcox Fresh potato company says this year we are seeing a good ...

The campaign of potato will “fairly advanced” in Castilla and León, as described by Eduardo Arroyo, president of Appacyl. The hot winds of August have dried the crops ahead of schedule. So much so that, ...

What if you were told in a sales meeting not to make a profit by the CEO, president or company owners? What if your boss said, “We’re making too much money. Cut ...

NEW HAVEN, Ill. — Delicious food. Beautiful vista. Down-home hospitality. It’s easy to understand why Higher Ground, a banquet destination sitting among the hills of White County in southern Illinois, is such ...

‘Sometimes your truck needs a tuneup, maybe sometimes you yourself do’P.E.I.'s Farmer Assistance Program has seen an increased number of calls in each of the last three years from people in agriculture ...

Colorado’s San Luis Valley, the state’s foremost potato production area, is seeing the release of a new spud variety, the Rocky Mountain Russet, this year. According to Colorado Potato Administrative Committee Executive ...

Eagle Eye Produce in Idaho Falls, ID, has just introduced a new style retail bag for Idaho red, yellow and russet potatoes in its Harvest Select line. Called combo bags, they are ...

It was just 18 months ago that Potandon Produce LLC in Idaho Falls, ID, introduced an innovative value-added potato product in the Green Giant Fresh brand called One Step … Done!, which ...

Since 2000/01 potatoes accounted for approximately 45% of total vegetable crops produced in South Africa and contribute around R8.5 billion to the economy.  These numbers, however, are under threat due to a ...

The Industry Advisory Group (IAG) of the IPPC ePhyto Solution calls on governments to support the adoption of ePhyto to facilitate international agricultural trade, which would be crucial in safeguarding global food ...

Summer is the potato harvesting season in Castile and Leon, the region with the most area of tuber cultivation nationwide. Patatas Melendez, a company based in Medina Del Campo, is a leader ...

Just days before his Center, CO, operation kicked off its 2020 San Luis Valley potato season, Skyline Potato Co. General Manager Les Alderete said he was optimistic about the overall market situation ...

'The sector has risks, but at the moment they seem to lie mainly with the grower' Potatoes are again harvested en masse in September. But the economic shock of the corona crisis ...

The Idaho potato harvest has started. For Eagle Eye Produce, the harvest kicked off in central Idaho during the first week of August with their russet potatoes. The harvest of their red, ...