Nearly 83 percent of potato growers surveyed expect inflation to disrupt their 2026 business strategy and 65 percent cite input costs as their biggest concern. In a survey conducted by the National Potato Council and Spudman Magazine, more than 42 percent reported a pessimistic outlook for their own farms. Sixty-six percent of respondents voiced pessimism about the entire U.S. ag sector. Input costs, labor and trade policies were the biggest policy concerns for the farmers surveyed.
