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The Potato Remains America’s Favorite Vegetable

Published January 9, 2025

Potatoes USA Chief Marketing Officer Kim Breshears updated the Potato Business Summit on current consumer trends. "Year-in and year-out, consumers love the product, we continue to see very high numbers and I think that just talks to just the love that…

Lamb Weston Reports Quarterly Financials

Published October 2, 2024

The Lamb Weston potato processing company is reporting profits of $127 million. That’s down 46 percent from last year. Lamb Weston reports restaurant traffic and frozen potato demand remains weak and that trend is expected to continue into 2025.

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USDA Releases ’23 Potato Production Report

Published September 27, 2024

The final production totals for the 2023 potato crop are out. In North Dakota, potato production totaled 26.4 million hundredweight, up 21 percent from 2022. Minnesota production totaled 19 million hundredweight, down one percent from the previous year. USDA reports…

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New Preemergent Herbicide Option for Potatoes

Published May 21, 2024

The EPA has approved a nationwide label expansion for FMC’s Anthem Flex herbicide for use in potatoes. This option is designed to provide long residual control of more than 30 different broadleaf and grass weed species. Anthem Flex should be…

Veg or Grain?

Published May 4, 2024

Potatoes will remain classified as a vegetable, not a grain. A change was under consideration as an amendment to the USDA's dietary guidelines. Maine Senator Susan Collins received a call from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack with the news. Collins was…

Veg or Grain?

Published March 29, 2024

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is reportedly considering changes to food groups, including the reclassification of potatoes as a grain. USDA has responded, saying this advisory committee does not have the authority to make that change. Meanwhile, a bipartisan group…

Vculek Involved in Potato LEAF Training

Published February 26, 2024

The current class of the Potato Leadership, Education and Advancement Foundation is participating in this week’s Washington, D.C. summit. That’s after a leadership development program this past week in Idaho. There is one participant from this region, Katie Vculek of…

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Grower-Focused Potato Research

Published February 23, 2024

NDSU/University of Minnesota Potato Extension Agronomist Andy Robinson helped curate the potato agenda at this past week's International Crop Expo in Grand Forks. Research was highlighted "We've been doing a lot of different things, all of them grower-focused grower projects…

Boomer Generation Views Potatoes Differently Than Younger Consumers

Published January 12, 2024

Changing consumer buying habits is one of the challenges facing the potato industry. "The baby boomers are pretty traditional eaters," said Steve Nicholson, vice president of food and agribusiness research, Rabobank. "As you go down the age range, they have…

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Potato Wart Worries

Published August 23, 2023

An investigation related to the 2021 detection of potato wart in Prince Edward Island was recently completed. National Potato Council Chief Executive Officer Kam Quarles says infected fields should be pinpointed now. "The Canadian Food Inspection Agency sampled soils around…

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The Potato Remains America’s Favorite Vegetable

Lamb Weston Reports Quarterly Financials

USDA Releases ’23 Potato Production Report

New Preemergent Herbicide Option for Potatoes

Veg or Grain?

Veg or Grain?

Vculek Involved in Potato LEAF Training

Grower-Focused Potato Research

Boomer Generation Views Potatoes Differently Than Younger Consumers

Potato Wart Worries

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