2023 Crop Potato Supply Situation
By Ben Eborn, Publisher, North American Potato Market News At 431.8 million cwt, U.S. potato production, in the reporting states, is expected to exceed the 2022 crop by 33.1 million…
Read MoreBy Ben Eborn, Publisher, North American Potato Market News At 431.8 million cwt, U.S. potato production, in the reporting states, is expected to exceed the 2022 crop by 33.1 million…
Read MoreThe Idaho Potato Commission promotes mashed potatoes every Thanksgiving in their Tater Talk newsletter. Here’s a simple recipe: Peel and chunk the spuds into similarly sized pieces before submerging them…
Read MoreSenate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) introduced bipartisan legislation on November 14 to help farmers fight through trade barriers and sell more fruits,…
Read MorePotato growers and industry partners from around the world will descend on the Austin Convention Center, Jan. 10-11, for Potato Expo 2024, which will tap into all things Texas, with…
Read MoreOregon State University researchers have been awarded $2 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop improved ways of preventing stored potatoes from sprouting, particularly in the organic sector….
Read MoreBayer has announced the EPA approval of Velum® Rise fungicide/nematicide for the suppression of Rhizoctonia, black dot, nematodes and other soilborne diseases. With two active ingredients, penflufen and fluopyram, Velum Rise…
Read MoreAt the Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) October meeting, Mike Telford, a grower from Paul, was sworn in to serve a three-year term and Paul Saito and Mark Darrington will now…
Read MoreThe Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchased dehydrated potatoes from Stutz Packing Company in Indio, Calif. for distribution to the National School Lunch Program and other Federal food and nutrition assistance…
Read MoreThere was a slight uptick in agricultural producers’ sentiment in October, as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer index rose 4 points to a reading of 110. The modest improvement in…
Read MoreThe inaugural University of Idaho Potato Storage Open House takes place at the state-of-the-art Potato Storage Facility at the Kimberly Research and Extension Center on December 5th, from 9:00 am…
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