by Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News USDA indicates that U.S. growers produced 436.4 million cwt of potatoes in 2017. That is 3.1 million cwt less than they…

You can’t get much for 5 bucks these days. You can still get lunch for that if you get a fast food “deal”. But even a bargain lunch seems expensive when…

Experimental tuber could cut disease in developing nations, study suggests  By Misti Crane An experimental “golden” potato could hold the power to prevent disease and death in developing countries where…

John Deere’s ExactApply Nozzle Control System has received the AE50 Award for 2018 from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. The award highlights innovative designs in product engineering…

Jet Harvest Solutions has hired Matthew Ohl as the company’s Pacific Northwest sales representative. Ohl will be based in West Richland, Washington, and will primarily handle sales in Washington, Oregon and…

If you’ve been thinking about attending Spud School 2018, better act fast. As of December 22, there are fewer than 10 seats left. The first-year, two-day workshop is slated for…

The Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) is pleased to present a 2016 Cub Cadet UTV to the winner of the 2017 Wisconsin potatoes display contest. The UTV is…

On Monday, the South Korean government announced the reopening of its market for table-stock potatoes from the Pacific Northwest states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.  The market had been closed…

By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News   U.S. potato growers will plant more potatoes in 2018 than they did in 2017. Several factors make an increase virtually inevitable….