Potatoes
DENVER, Colo. — The 2019 potato crop delivered lower yields in the Red River Valley and parts of Idaho, but other regions saw growth.
Grimmway Farms is preparing to ship new crop organic red and gold potatoes from its Cal-Organic Farms division from California.
Black Gold Farms, Grand Forks, N.D., will start harvest of red potatoes in Texas soon.
Pushed by his past and guided by what he feels is a divine call -- a life of service through agriculture -- former NFL star Jason Brown’s road to farmland is a most unlikely tale.
At Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte, N.C., three culinary instructors won a 2019 Idaho Potato Commission Leadership Innovation Award for Excellence in Foodservice Education.
DENVER — Crowd-sourced nutrition fads, low-carb diets, the “snackification” of America and global competition are some of the challenges facing the U.S. potato industry.
AUSTIN, Texas — John Keeling is The Packer’s 2018 Potato Man for All Seasons.
The Packer’s 2019 Fresh Trends data for 2018 purchases of potatoes, squash and apples in the U.S.
(UPDATED, Oct. 24) Weather in Idaho and the Red River Valley in North Dakota and Minnesota will affect how many table stock potatoes those regions have this season.
The Idaho potato season is well underway, with plenty of supplies for holiday dinners, marketers say.
Potatoes may be a dinner-table staple, but they don’t have to be boring, marketers of Idaho potatoes say.
Mexico, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and the Philippines are the top five export market for Idaho potatoes, according to the Eagle-based Idaho Potato Commission.
Restaurants, institutions and other foodservice outlets continue to provide strong support for the Idaho potato industry, suppliers say.
With frost damage in Idaho and flooding hampering potato harvest in North Dakota and the Red River Valley, the potato market could take buyers on a wild ride.
It sounds like the start of a joke: A bear walks up to a 4-ton Idaho potato ….
Potato prices may be higher this year than last because of tigher supplies, but the product remains a good value, and its versatility certainly hasn’t changed, marketers say.
MountainKing Potato, Houston, is implementing an aggressive retail program to promote smaller potatoes.
Rough weather during the U.S. potato harvest last fall continues to shake up the markets well into 2020, marketers say.
Exports of fresh potatoes, which includes shipments destined for processing markets, saw a 9% increase in tonnage and almost 11% increase in value during the second half of 2019.
Trying to find potatoes at the supermarket isn’t as tough as finding toilet paper, but spuds have been moving fast and furious during the early days of the lockdown with the COVID-19 outbreak.
2020 U.S. potato acreage is likely to be down substantially in response to disappearing foodservice demand for frozen potatoes and large count-carton potatoes in the wake of COVID-19 restrictions.
Fresh Solutions Network, supplier of Side Delights potatoes and onions, is one of many fresh produce companies promoting recent research that shows a link between more vegetables and a better state of mind.
The Idaho Potato Commission is seeking out spud lovers for a new consumer contest.
Black Gold Farms, Grand Forks, N.D., has formed Horizons Logistics LLC to overcome increasing challenges of finding reliable transportation.
Growers have fewer potatoes to sell compared with a year ago but they are getting more money for what they do have.
Tasteful Selections is celebrating its 10-year anniversary.
Taysom Hill, who played in a variety of positions for the New Orleans Saints in 2019, is no stranger to the Idaho Potato Commission.
Morning Kiss Organic, Chelsea, Mass., is celebrating Potato Lover’s Month — February — by promoting the vegetable’s nutritional attributes
Larry Alsum, president and CEO of Alsum Farms & Produce Inc., and Dick Okray, president of Okray Family Farms, are the newest members of the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Association Hall of Fame.