2024 Crop Potato Supply Situation
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 Closes French Fry Plant
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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Colorado Potato Administrative Committee Hires Executive Director
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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USDA Announces More than $2 Billion to Strengthen Specialty Crops Sector, Expand Crop Storage for Producers Following 2024 Natural Disasters
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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IPC Appoints Two New Commissioners
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 Following Election Reaches Highest Levels Since May 2021
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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Profitability in Sustainability
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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Pinpointing Optimal Potato Nitrogen Rates
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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Why Would You Not Be a Member?
By Dale Lathim I hope everyone had a great summer and is finishing up a productive crop year. Over the past few years, I have written about a variety of…
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Potato Becomes Oregon’s State Vegetable
Oregon has named the potato as the state vegetable. This comes after Oregon Potato Commissioner and chef Leif Benson discovered six years ago that Oregon didn’t have a registered state…
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