Articles by Dave Alexander

Due to a shortage of potatoes, McDonald’s restaurants in Japan are only selling fries in small size servings. Medium and large orders are unavailable from Dec. 24 to Dec. 30….

Potato stocks in Idaho on December 1, 2021 totaled 92.5 million cwt. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 39.6 million cwt. December 1 potato stocks in Oregon totaled…

In the wake of suspended Prince Edward Island potato exports to the U.S. due to the discovery of potato wart in two P.E.I. fields, many packers are working at a…

TriCal Group will be putting on another free virtual potato school next week on Tuesday, December 14th from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. These credits will be available: Michigan…

The University of Maine (UMaine) has devoted valuable agricultural research to studying how to improve potato crops, a central element of the state’s agricultural economy. Over the past year, the focus of…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has suspended shipment of fresh potatoes to the U.S. The suspension comes in response to concerns expressed by the U.S. Animal and Plant Health…

A team of Clemson University researchers is working to show how Intelligent Water and Nutrient Placement (IWNP) can help farmers increase profits while minimizing effects of agricultural practices on the environment. The…

3Bar Biologics walked away from Western Growers/S2G Ventures’ AgSharks® Competition with a $250,000 equity investment offer to take its microbe technology from development to market. The seed funding was awarded by S2G…