US Potato Board Announces Winner of Guilt-Free Potato Goodness Recipe Contest
'Nacho Usual Breakfast' is the creative and catchy title of the Grand Prize winning recipe in the US Potato Board's Guilt-Free Potato Goodness consumer recipe contest, selected by 'Hungry Girl' Lisa Lillien.
May 19, 2014
All of Mexico now open for US Potatoes
The National Potato Council (NPC) and the United States Potato Board (USPB) are pleased that effective today, May 19, 2014, the Mexican government has implemented its final rule to allow U.S. fresh potatoes to enter all of Mexico.
May 19, 2014
Potatoes: Working to Put Common Sense Back into the WIC Rules
Did you know that in the United States participants in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program can buy nutritious potatoes with a voucher at a farmer’s market, but not at their local grocer?
May 15, 2014
Black Gold Farms Kicks off Popular Locally Grown Program for 2014
Black Gold Farms has recently kicked off their 2014 summer red potato harvest with their extremely popular locally grown programs. The programs correspond with Black Gold Farms harvesting schedule.
May 15, 2014
Prince Edward Island Potato Board joins 'Agriculture More Than Ever' program
The Prince Edward Island Potato Board signs on as a partner in Farm Credit Canada’s successful Agriculture More Than Ever program.
May 11, 2014
Cavendish Farms Jamestown reduces potato imports from Manitoba
Potato Processor Cavendish Farms of Jamestown, North Dakota, United States, has reduced its contracts with Manitoba growers (Canada) to 305,000 hundredweight for 2014
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May 11, 2014
Manitoba potato growers still in talks with Simplot
Keystone Potato Producers Association based in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, has yet to complete negotiations with Simplot Canada II over a contract for 2014 production.
May 09, 2014
Prince Edward Island Potato growers and McCain Foods reach new contract
Prince Edward Island process potato farmers who grow for McCain Foods have a new contract. The deal was reached in last-minute negotiations before it actually had to go to arbitration.
May 08, 2014
Maine potato growers take hit on price in new contract
Farmers in Aroostook, Maine brace for a tough year as processors pay less and reduce orders by as much as 20 percent.
May 08, 2014
Idaho Potato Growers concerned about delays at McCain Foods Burley
A delay in a $100 million expansion project for McCain Foods USA in Burley, Idaho has area potato growers worried about the status of their contracts to sell produce to the company.
May 07, 2014
Potandon Produce Begins Shipping Potatoes Out Of Arizona
Potandon Produce L.L.C., the exclusive marketing agent for Pinto Creek Cooperative., Inc. in Eloy, Arizona, announced that its fresh potato season has begun in Arizona.
May 07, 2014
Optimizing potato yield - for the entire US East Coast all at once
Potato Farmers are used to optimizing crop production on their own lands. But is it possible to optimize production across a much bigger area—say, the whole East Coast of the United States?
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May 06, 2014
Over 5000 retailers participated in the potato display contest of the Idaho Potato Commission
More than 5,000 supermarket chains and independent retailers showcased spuds for Idaho Potato Commission's annual Potato Lover’s Month retail display promotion in February, the most ever in the contest’s 23 years.
May 06, 2014
Wisconsin Potato Growers highlight their Sustainable practices
Wisconsin potato growers have achieved national recognition not only through their ability to produce more potatoes on fewer acres but also for the sustainability of the practices they use
May 05, 2014
Idaho Potato Commission shows 25 potato varieties and their characteristics
The Idaho Potato Commission has developed an Idaho® Potato Varieties poster to take the guesswork out of your potato purchasing.
May 05, 2014
Specialty crops good for 35000 jobs in Wisconsin
Did You Know Wisconsin’s specialty crop production and processing account for more than $6 billion in economic activity? $6.4 billion, to be exact, and almost 35,000 jobs across the state!
May 04, 2014
Research: Optimizing Sweet Potato production
Researchers from Mississippi State and Louisiana State Universities assessed the importance of planting and harvest dates and plant spacing for the sweet potato cultivars Beauregard and Evangeline.
May 02, 2014
National Potato Council now accepting Scholarship Applications for Graduate Students Advancing the Industry
The National Potato Council (NPC) is now accepting applications for a $10,000 graduate-level scholarship to be applied toward the 2014-2015 academic year.