Industry News

By Alexander Karasev and Nora Olsen, University of Idaho Research at the University of Idaho is helping potato breeders make progress in their efforts to breed potatoes with resistance to…

Families celebrating the Fourth of July holiday continue to find high prices at the grocery store, based on the 2025 American Farm Bureau Federation annual marketbasket survey. An Independence Day…

Lockwood Manufacturing has updated its website to include an improved dealer locator, quick links to popular tools and a streamlined design to view equipment available for sale. In addition to…

Prince Edward Island (PEI) this week announced a new buy-back program for fields infected with potato wart. This program targets 37 “index fields” where the disease has been detected by…

The National Potato Council has thanked Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairman John Boozman and his staff for including vital specialty crop investments in the committee’s reconciliation draft released…

With upcoming term retirements of Directors from the World Potato Congress (WPC) Inc Board, the WPC is delighted to welcome newly elected Director Chad Hutchinson, PhD, into its Governance. A…

The Senate Agriculture Committee has unveiled its Republican-backed “One Big Beautiful Bill” proposal, aiming for smaller reductions to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) than what the House approved in…

With a 22% boost in entries this year, the 2025 Idaho® Potato Lovers Display Contest put the spotlight on even more retail produce departments around the country – including nearly…

The Agricultural Marketing Service has awarded contracts for solicitation 2000010804, 12-3J14-25-B-0352 for the procurement of frozen potatoes for further processing. Deliveries will start starting October 1, 2025 and run through…