Industry News

Potatoes continue to get a lot of pick up in the press. In the first quarter, we’ve seen publications ranging from NY times to Men’s Health promoting potatoes. So far…

Washington, D.C. – The National Potato Council supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and believes that passage is necessary during the final days of the 114th Congress. TPP includes tariff reductions…

By BRIAN WALKER HEYBURN STATE PARK — Already in a 4-year-old’s paradise — mud — Nikye Carillo spotted a water potato that had been dug up from the southern end…

What on earth would our past generations make of Ireland’s National Potato Day? The very fact the food authorities believe it is necessary to give the humble spud a day…

IT HAS been a tumultuous couple of years for the WA potato industry, with many growers concerned about the industry’s future following deregulation and the closure of a major processing…

With harvest time approaching — or already arrived — local potato farmers, researchers and those in the farming industry recently spent a few hours together in Hastings collaborating on ways…

At Land O’Lakes International Development, we uniquely understand how to help farmers and enterprises in low-income nations to transform into profitable, business-minded entities. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization deeply affiliated…

By Greg Roumeliotis and Ludwig Burger German drug and crop chemical maker Bayer clinched a $66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds company Monsanto on Wednesday, ending months of wrangling with…