North American Frozen Processing Supply Update
By Ben Eborn, Publisher, North American Potato Market News U.S. and Canadian growers produced 544.81 million cwt of potatoes during 2024. That is 21.91 million cwt, or 3.9 percent, less…
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Vive Strengthens Leadership Team With Strategic Promotions
Vive Crop Protection is pleased to announce two key leadership appointments, reinforcing its commitment to innovation and strategic growth. Dave Rummel has been named Chief Commercial Officer and Jeff Lacrooy has…
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Idaho® Potatoes Hit the Slopes at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup Finals
The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) is joining the Audi FIS Ski World Cup Finals from March 22nd–27th in Sun Valley, Idaho. Watch the IPC’s social channels for exclusive behind-the-scenes moments…
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AMS Awards Potato Contracts
The Agricultural Marketing Service has awarded contracts for solicitation 2000010654, 12-3J14-25-B-0234 for the procurement of bulk potatoes for further processing. Deliveries will start starting October 1, 2025 and run through…
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The Potato Podcast 51: Washington-Oregon Potato Conference 2025 Part 2
Sponsored by: Jenny Durrin Gentry with PVMI Shaun Lough with Agri Sciences Biologicals Kristof Pieters with Dewulf
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Potato Cultivar Susceptibility to PVY, PMTV, Powdery Scab, and TRV
A link at the bottom of this post provides a disease report with information on different cultivar susceptibility to PVY (and the various strains), PMTV (potato mop top virus), powdery…
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IPC Welcomes Pair of New Commissioners
The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) is starting the new year with two new commissioners. Brian Lundquist of Idahoan Foods and Klaren Koompin, a grower in American Falls, Idaho, will each…
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NPC Requests Trump Administration to Reconsider Potato Wart Threat
During the National Potato Council (NPC) Washington Summit, the organization’s Board of Directors passed the following resolution to guide the council’s advocacy efforts: WHEREAS, the U.S. potato industry generates over…
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Statements on Proposed Tariffs from NPC, Ag Retailers and Fertilizer Institute
According to the National Potato Council (NPC), the U.S. potato industry exports twenty percent of all domestically-grown potatoes each year in either fresh or processed form and those exports are…
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Farm Bureau Urges Quick Resolution to Tariffs
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on President Trump’s decision to impose increased tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. “Farmers support the goals of ensuring…
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