Latest News From Potatoes

Uncertainty around freight rates has caused some grower-shippers in Idaho to move away from quoting delivered prices for potato price contracts.

Alsum Farms & Produce Inc., Friesland, Wis., plans to introduce a new brand, Harvest Delites, for potatoes.

Arvin, Calif.-based Tasteful Selections, in partnership with RPE Inc., is implementing a comprehensive rebrand of its full line of bite-size potatoes.

Fresh Solutions Network, the creators of Side Delights potatoes, is launching two new additions to its Flavorables line.

Sales of table stock potatoes in the 2017-18 season totaled 107 million cwt., a 6% drop from the previous year, but the national average price-per-cwt. rose $1.13, to $11.73, according to the USDA.

Denver-based Potatoes USA is kicking into high gear with a new campaign strategy tied to athletic performance.

Black Gold Farms has started harvesting red and yellow potatoes in the Red River Valley.

Black Gold Farms has started harvesting red and yellow potatoes in the Red River Valley.

San Luis Valley potato growers need Colorado to get more snow this coming winter than it got this past winter.

Cooperative weather during the growing season has San Luis Valley potato industry members anticipating a good crop.

Potato grower-shipper group RPE is kicking off a new crop with new offerings of its fingerling Party Potatoes, under the Old Oak Farms brand.

SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Don Odiorne joined the Idaho Potato Commission in 1989 and will retire at the end of this year.

SUN VALLEY, Idaho — University of Idaho researchers are working with Walmart to look at the reasons behind rejected or downgraded potato loads at the chain’s distribution centers.

Potato grower-shipper group RPE is kicking off a new crop with new offerings of its fingerling Party Potatoes, under the Old Oak Farms brand.

SUN VALLEY, Idaho — The Idaho potato industry has come a long way, in the right direction, over the last 15 years.

SUN VALLEY, Idaho — University of Idaho researchers are working with Walmart to look at the reasons behind rejected or downgraded potato loads at the chain’s distribution centers.

Editor Tom Karst checks in from the Idaho Grower Shippers Association Annual Convention, and retail editor Ashley Nickle details purported savings by Whole Foods shoppers since the grocery chain was acquired by Amazon.

As fall approaches, it’s time to get your tailgating game on, and introduce a new items to augment the burgers and hot dogs.

Wada Farms Marketing Group, Idaho Falls, Idaho, is bolstering its organic potato offerings through an exclusive partnership with Genesis Organics.

Potato supplier Mart Group LLC, Rupert, Idaho, has hired Jason Allen as its new CEO.

Wada Farms Marketing Group, Idaho Falls, Idaho, is bolstering its organic potato offerings through an exclusive partnership with Genesis Organics.

To celebrate its 45th year in business, Alsum Farms & Produce Inc., Friesland, Wis., hosted a get-together.

The Idaho Potato Commission has redesigned its website, www.idahopotato.com, with mobile-friendly formats, scroll features, modified layouts and a load-on-demand feature. 

Farm Fresh Direct LLC, Monte Vista, Colo., has hired Matt Glowczewski and Roger Christensen to its sales staff.

Potatoes USA has hired Kendra Keenan as assistant marketing manager.

A 10-acre hydroponic greenhouse complex and a large potato farming operation in O’Neill, Neb., were two of several agricultural businesses targeted in raids by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Potatoes USA has hired Kayla Dome as global marketing manager for the group’s retail sector.

A new video series introduced by Side Delights and Fresh Solutions Network invokes passion for potatoes as a comfort food and shares the story behind the brands.

With cool and wet weather in April and May, unseasonably hot weather around Memorial Day and dry weather in July, Mother Nature has given Wisconsin potato growers a challenging season.

Overall potato volumes sold at U.S. retailers slipped in June compared to a year ago the same month, but with an almost 5% increase in price per-pound, values increased slightly.

Black Gold Farms is gearing up to harvest its sixth Indiana red potato crop the first week of August.

Denver, Colo.-based Potatoes USA has announced a year-long partnership with the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series. 

Catch up on the latest updates from several Washington and Oregon potato companies and the states' potato commissions.

Good potato growing conditions and harvest timing running a few days later than normal are reported by Washington and Oregon potato industry leaders.

Amelia Freidline and Ashley Nickle discuss the produce age gap for potatoes, which according to Fresh Trends research are purchased much more by older generations than by millennials.

The Tasteful Selections brand of specialty potatoes just launched the third quarter of its yearlong Fresh campaign, focused on giving consumers inspiration and information to confidently prepare nutritious meals.

The Idaho Potato Commission has unveiled the Big Idaho Potato 2.0, a 4-ton fiberglass potato replacing the original giant spud that traveled 155,000 miles and visited more than 7,200 cities over seven years.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to buy $3 million worth of red potatoes to help alleviate low prices in the market.

Heavy spring rains pushed back harvest dates for vegetable crops in the Del-Mar-Va growing region this year.

Potatoes USA, Denver, has hired Megan Embree as administrative operations assistant.

Stuck for ideas on what to serve with Fourth of July or summer barbecues? Side Delights potatoes has an answer.

The top producing potato states had 59 million cwt. of potatoes in storage June 1, a 9% increase from the same time last season, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Starting in mid-June, red potatoes from Missouri’s boot heel region will be available from Grand Forks, N.D.-based Black Gold Farms.

Alsum Farms & Produce has set October 27 as the date for its second annual Tater Trot 5K Run/Walk, located at Alsum Farms in Friesland, Wis.

After four years of talks, Indonesia and the U.S. have signed a deal that will allow U.S. fresh potatoes into the country of more than 260 million people.

The Northern Plains Potato Growers Association has hired Donavon Johnson as its new president.

Packaging and equipment supplier Volm Cos. Inc. has acquired Atech Inc., Monte Vista Colo., focused on serving San Luis Valley potato grower-shippers.

Fresh and seed potatoes from all U.S. states are now allowed into Guatemala.

Side Delights potatoes from San Francisco-based Fresh Solutions Network fit into some of the top-recommended diet plans for 2018.

The Idaho Potato Commission has hired Ross Johnson as international marketing director, preparing for an expanded sales push in the U.S. and export markets.