Industry News

By Chris Voigt, Executive Director, Washington State Potato Commission Good potato breeding can solve many of our industry’s challenges. I often tell people that it is easier to breed people…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is delivering on its commitment to support child health and American agriculture by opening applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Patrick Leahy Farm to…

Farmer sentiment dipped for the third straight month in August, with the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index falling 10 points to 125. Producers expressed markedly less optimism about the future, as…

Jared Hansen is GroupAg’s newest customer relationship representative, serving the southern Idaho region. Hansen brings extensive experience in post-harvest storage management, having worked with multiple farms across Idaho and Washington….

Nearly two decades after pale cyst nematode (PCN) was discovered in eastern Idaho, officials have eliminated it from a once-infested farm field. Having passed the testing requirements of a PCN…

By Max Feldman, Collins Wakholi and Devin Rippner, USDA-ARS; and Bhoja Basnet, USDA/Cornell University Breeding Insight Artificial intelligence (AI) may offer solutions to some of the diverse challenges faced in…

The Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation (Potato LEAF) has announced Hannah Johnson, a Ph.D. candidate at Washington State University, as the recipient of the organization’s 2025-26 academic scholarship. The…

While Congress has already addressed much of the Farm Bill when it approved the One Big Beautiful Bill in early July, attention has turned to finalizing the remaining provisions. House…