Industry News

Tri-Cal Group is presenting Potato School 2020 virtually on Tuesday, December 8th at  8 a.m. – 2 p.m. PST.   Agenda: 8:00-8:15am – Welcome Dean Storkan, Chairman TriCal Group   8:15-8:30am –…

John Deere (NYSE: DE) and top country artists Dustin Lynch, Maddie & Tae, Mickey Guyton, Travis Denning and Tyler Farr are coming together to raise money for farmers in need.  On…

The Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation (Potato LEAF) Board of Directors announced it has decided not to conduct a Potato Industry Leadership Institute class for 2021 given the health and logistical challenges surrounding COVID-19. The 2021…

The World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC) has set another webinar for December 15, 2020 at 09:00 a.m. ET: “Developing the Pipeline from Genomics to New Products” with Dr. Mark Taylor, co-leader of…

The National Potato Council (NPC) released a new website at nationalpotatocouncil.org to better support its mission of “Standing Up for Potatoes on Capitol Hill” and to highlight industry members and their priorities. “This new…

As of November 8, $9.5 billion of the $14 billion allocated for CFAP 2.0 has been awarded. With the December 11 deadline approaching and funds running low, potato growers are…

The Big Idaho Potato Harvest Meeting took place online November 12. Speakers were Kam Quarles, Chief Executive Officer of National Potato Council, Blair Richardson, President & CEO of Potatoes USA…

Hannah Borg, 22, of Wakefield, Nebraska, is the 2020 Syngenta #RootedinAg Contest grand prizewinner. Borg is the seventh #RootedinAg Contest winner. She was chosen from a hearty pool of applicants and two other…

The Big Idaho Potato Harvest meeting is going online this year. The meeting will take place November 12, on Zoom. Here is the agenda: 10:00 am: National updates by Potatoes…