Industry News

Yara North America, a market leader in crop nutrition, has joined the Potato Sustainability Alliance.  As a member of the Alliance, Yara will work with processors, packers, buyers, grower organizations,…

Keith McGovern, president of R.D. Offutt Farms, has joined the board of the Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation (LEAF), a new organization launched in January. The organization is designed…

USDA is exercising enforcement discretion for a temporary period to provide labeling flexibilities to the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements and allow the re-distribution of food products intended for foodservice to…

Frank Muir, President/CEO of Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) sent us the following updates on April 10th, 2020.: Retail: For the third week in a row potatoes led the produce category up 65%…

We received this update from Kam Quarles: Pandemic Relief and the Potato Industry Although the National Potato Council’s office in Washington, D.C. has been closed for four weeks due to…

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) recently teamed up with football player and Idaho native Taysom Hill for a four-month social media campaign. Hill, who was born and raised in Pocatello,…

John Deere, in collaboration with the UAW, the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association, announced today it is producing protective face shields at John Deere Seeding…

Several potato organizations have signed onto a letter urging the USDA to develop a $5 billion Produce Market Stabilization Fund to help U.S. produce growers and shippers and licensed PACA…

The National Potato Council joined 30 agriculture organizations and businesses calling on the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to include agricultural businesses in the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, as…

Lucas Fox is the new director of operations at Fox Packaging. In his new role, Fox will oversee production activity across all operation departments and work alongside the executive board….