The Big Idaho Potato Harvest meeting is going online this year. The meeting will take place November 12, on Zoom. Here is the agenda: 10:00 am: National updates by Potatoes…

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued a solicitation for the procurement of canned vegetables and dehydrated potato product. Bids are due Thursday, November 19, 2020 by 1 PM, Central Time. Questions…

Applications for the USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) are due Dec. 11. The program will provide an additional $14 billion for agricultural producers who continue to face…

During the Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) October meeting, three new commissioners representing the grower sector of the industry were sworn in. Ron Ambrose of Four Ace Farms in Wendell; Mark Darrington of…

Drexel Chemical Company, Memphis, Tennessee, has announced the addition of two new sales representatives. Judd Moore as Upper Midwest Sales Representative, will be responsible for sales in Minnesota, North Dakota,…

The University of Idaho Extension Pesticide Safety Education program is offering several 1-hour webinars for pesticide recertification credit via Zoom video conferencing. Each 1-hour webinar costs $10 per applicator and…

The latest briefing from Potatoes USA has brought welcome news. The organization is reporting that record potato sales continued at retail from July through September 2020. Total store potato sales…