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The final value of Idaho’s 2022 potato crop sold was $1.41 billion, up 35 percent from 2021. The marketing year average price for potatoes in Idaho was $12.50 per cwt,…

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that it has awarded more than $2.6 million in Fiscal Year 2023 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) funding for 20 projects benefiting the U.S….

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchased bulk potatoes for further processing products for distribution to the National School Lunch Program and other Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs for Fiscal…

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has awarded a solicitation to Basic American, Inc in Walnut Creek, Calif. for the procurement of dehydrated potato products. The contract totals $2,311,525. Stutz Packing…

Wada Farms and the Shoshone-Bannock Agriculture Resource Management are hosting a field day focusing on wind erosion and irrigation on June 27, 2023, beginning at 10 a.m. AGENDA: 10 a.m….

Potato stocks in Idaho on February 1, 2023 totaled 64.5 million cwt. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 56.2 million cwt. February 1 potato stocks in Oregon totaled…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced an investment of $70 million in sustainable agricultural projects that integrate research, education, and Extension…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) invites offers to sell frozen potatoes pursuant to the AMSMaster Solicitation for use in the National School Lunch Program and other federal food and…

The most recent potato variety to join the list of approved McDonald’s potato varieties is the Dakota Russet, developed at North Dakota State University (NDSU) by Asunta Thompson, associate professor of plant…