The August Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dropped 13 points from July to a reading of 100, echoing levels seen from fall 2015 to winter 2016 during the early stages of…
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Large crop in storage keeps prices low despite production declines In the Northwest, excellent spring and early summer growing conditions were followed by heatwaves and heavy smoke in July and…
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Last week, NPC VP of Legislative Affairs Dean Gibson and NPC CEO Kam Quarles were in Sun Valley, Idaho, at the Idaho Grower Shippers Association Annual Meeting. During that meeting,…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (FVIAC) will meet in-person and virtually Oct. 8, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m….
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Current record-high U.S. agricultural trade deficit numbers are projected to dramatically increase to $42.5 billion in fiscal year 2025, reported USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) in late August. The 2025 projection marks…
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In a significant legal development, a federal judge in Georgia ruled this week that a Labor Department regulation allowing H-2A farmworkers to engage in advocacy and self-organization is unconstitutional. The…
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Despite possessing a suite of intriguing traits, Payette Russet and Castle Russet have been mostly overlooked by the potato industry since the Tri-State Potato Research and Breeding Program (PVMI) released…
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The pictures of tubers with shatter bruises and blackspot bruises (below) were taken by Rabecka Hendricks, University of Idaho Potatoes are easily battered and bruised during harvest operations and storage…
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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has awarded contracts for dehydrated flakes for distribution to the National School Lunch Program and other Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs for Fiscal Year…
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Following this summer’s World Potato Congress (WPC) in Australia, the WPC has announced the locations of the next two events. World Potato Congress 2026 will take place in Gdansk, Poland….
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