SOURCE: NATIONAL ONION ASSOCIATION The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking another step to reduce potential impacts to farmers from implementing endangered species protections while continuing to protect endangered species by publishing…
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Annual event calls on lessons learned during the Battle of Gettysburg The Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation (Potato LEAF) is excited to announce that applications are now being accepted…
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By Ben Eborn, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Potato production is down from last year in several of the major processing regions of North America. Europe’s 2024 potato crop…
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Lamb Weston permanently closed its French fry plant in Connell, Washington, on Sept. 30. The closure came after the company announced its results for the first quarter of fiscal 2025…
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Tara Artho is the new executive director of the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee (CPAC). She takes over for Jim Ehrlich, who retired in October. Artho grew up on a farm…
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Support is available to producers nationwide, and will significantly assist producers of citrus and other specialty crops in the Southeast after Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom…
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During the Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) October meeting, two new Commissioners were sworn in. Brian Lundquist of Idahoan Foods, LLC and Klaren Koompin, a grower in American Falls will each…
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Farmer sentiment jumped again in November, with the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer climbing 30 points to a reading of 145. This marked the highest level of farmer optimism since May…
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By Roger McKinley III and Trey Reid, RegenAg Nation Imagine laboring through an entire growing season, investing in fertilizers, crop protection and irrigation, meticulously caring for your crop, and then…
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Story by John O’Connell, University of Idaho Photos by Dave Alexander, Publisher A study underway at University of Idaho’s Aberdeen Research and Extension Center seeks to help potato farmers identify…
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