Articles by Dave Alexander

On June 5, 2018, the United States and Indonesia reached a market access agreement that will allow U.S. fresh potatoes to be exported to Indonesia under a defined set of…

The British company Airponix, claims its new technology that grows potatoes in water will produce up to 50 times more yield than soil-grown potatoes, while at the same time using…

On June 5, the government of Mexico published a list of retaliatory tariffs in response to the Section 232 tariffs being imposed by the U.S. on steel and aluminum imports…

The International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) has released a new webinar on Youtube. Presented by IPNI Potassium Director T. Scott Murrell, the webinar is called “Crops Can Access More Potassium than is…

Potatoes USA has published a new study that revealed potatoes are America’s favorite vegetable for the second year in a row, followed by broccoli. The 2018 Consumer Attitudes and Usage…

How Already Great Potatoes Get Better All The Time! Washivore has a put a page on their website worth checking out. The site has a video from Washington Grown promoting…

Helpful Tips for Peru If you are one of the lucky folks going to the 10th World Potato Congress in Cusco, Peru, you will be heading to an extremely high…

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the purchase of dehydrated potato flakes from Basic American, Inc., headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. The contract is for distribution to the child nutrition and other…

By Peter VanderZaag Remembering a passionate potato scientist and a wonderful friend. Dr. Kaiyun Xie, PhD passed away suddenly on May 3, 2018 in China. He leaves behind his wife, Yuqing…