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The next UI Ag Talk Tuesday session will be held tomorrow morning at 8:00 at the Rexburg branch of Idaho AgCredit, 1586 N 2nd E, Rexburg. People can attend in-person or…

Potatoes USA is hosting an International Seed Symposium event on Monday, August 5, 2019 at The Jacquard Hotel in Denver, 8:00am-5:00pm & group dinner. There is a Seed Task Force meeting on the morning of Tuesday, August 6, 8:00–10:30am…

McCain Foods USA Inc. is making a $300 million investment in its Othello, Washington, potato processing facility. The 170,000-square-foot expansion will add another battered and conventional French fry processing line and…

By Dale Lathim   In the May/June issue of Potato Country, I discussed the historic spring weather that we had in the Columbia Basin and the subsequent late start to…

Three days after U.S. President Donald Trump removed the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Mexico responded by removing its 20 percent tariff on frozen potatoes…

Growers and industry are invited to attend the UI Snake River Pest Management Tour at the Aberdeen, Idaho Research & Extension Center on Tuesday June 25th. The tour runs from 8:30 am…

Two Top Potato Export Markets At Stake The National Potato Council joined with over 950 farm groups and agricultural organizations in a letter urging Congress to immediately ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada…