Industry News

Story by Denise Keller, Editor   Amid ongoing restrictions related to COVID-19, Oregon State University (OSU) was unable to host its annual potato field day this June. Still wanting to…

Retail potato sales reached a five-year record high from July 2019 through June 2020, according to numbers from Potatoes USA. Total sales increased by 11 percent in dollars and 10…

Being able to identify crop problems early can make the difference between saving a crop and losing it, but high-tech solutions can be costly. An interdisciplinary team of researchers are…

The World Potato Congress (WPC) has been moved from 2021 to May 30-June 2, 2022. The Congress will be preceded by the Europatat Congress which will take place May 29-30,…

Potatoes USA is reporting that fresh potato sales increased significantly from July 2019 through June 2020, and so did the number of households buying potatoes. According to the report, eighty-eight…

By Mike Wenkel, Chief Operating Officer, National Potato Council   As I sat down to write this column on NPC’s annual EPA-USDA Farm Tour – which allows federal regulators to…

Despite the challenges brought on by COVID-19, the Ag World Golf Classic continued its tradition of giving to the Ronald McDonald House. This year, amidst masks and extra hand sanitizer,…

The National Potato Council welcomed an announcement by President Trump and USDA Secretary Perdue on Sept. 17 that USDA will implement an expansion of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. Coronavirus…

BRANDT Specialty Formulations has added two new territory sales managers, Cody Massey and Nate Britt, to its North American Ag sales team, covering the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Canada. They…