Articles tagged under: Potato Harvest

Warm Weather Slows Potato Harvest

Published October 16, 2025

Despite weather-related delays, Carl Hoverson, a farmer in the Larimore, North Dakota area, says the overall potato crop quality was good. “A lot of hot weather, so we had to wait a lot of days. Most days we worked this…
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An Above Average Spud Crop

Published October 14, 2025

Grafton, North Dakota farmer Greg Campbell says it has been a great year for potatoes and other crops. “In the potato world, we finished harvesting potatoes end of last week. It was definitely an above-average crop." Campbell says disease pressure…
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Warm Weather Slows Potato Harvest

Published October 3, 2025

The warm weather slowed the pace of the potato harvest. "The crop is looking good," said Casey Folson, Folson Farms, East Grand Forks. "We had a great growing season as far as rainfall and overall growing conditions. The quality this…
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Thompson: Wet Weather Didn’t Bring Blight

Published August 23, 2025

Despite a wet growing season, there haven't been many reports of disease in potatoes. "So far, we have had no late blight, which is a concern when we have heavy rains or even nights with heavy dew," said NDSU Associate…
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Promising Potato Harvest Ahead

Published August 18, 2025

Black Gold Farms founder Gregg Halverson says the potato crop is generally ahead of schedule despite some heavy rain. “There are times we’ve had a little too much rain here and there, but in general, I think that it looks…
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Potato Harvest Nears Completion

Published October 16, 2024

Nokota Packers is in the final stretch of the potato harvest. “We’re probably about 80 percent done and for the most part it’s gone really well,” said Carissa Olsen, president and CEO, Nokota Packers. With average to above average yields,…
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Potato Harvest Success

Published October 10, 2024

Potato harvest is rounding out around the region. “We’ve got one late quarter of yellows which will be ready in a few days but other than that we’ve been done,” says Tom Campbell, Grafton, North Dakota. A few timely rains…
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Great Conditions for Potato Harvest

Published October 2, 2023

According to Karlstad, Minnesota farmer Justin Dagen, harvest has been stop-and-go with frequent rains. Rain totals from May through August was below normal, but crops have done well. “Our farm received approximately 55 percent of normal precipitation, but it came…
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