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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NPC Welcomes More than $2 Billion to Strengthen Specialty Crops Sector
The National Potato Council (NPC) welcomed USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack’s announcement of a new Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops initiative, which, according to a USDA press release, will “provide $2 billion…
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Basic American and Top Tier Ingredients Win Dehy Contracts
The Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a contract for solicitation 2000010473, 12-3J14-25-B-0086 for the procurement of dehydrated potato flakes. Basic American, Inc. of Walnut, Calif. and Top Tier Ingredients, LLC of…
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Potato Business Summit Opens for Registration
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AgWest Reports Potato Supply-Demand Imbalances
In their November 2024 potato update, AgWest Farm Credit reports that the potato industry is grappling with significant challenges balancing supply and demand. According to the report, the excess of…
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