Articles tagged under: Potatoes

National Potato Council Launches New Podcast

Published January 19, 2020

The National Potato Council launched a new podcast called ‘Eye on Potatoes’ during the Potato Expo in Las Vegas. The podcast highlights policy priorities and the latest issues affecting the potato industry. The podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts,…
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Chipping Potato Provision in Phase One Deal

Published January 17, 2020

There is a potato provision included in the Phase One trade deal. According the text, USDA-APHIS and the General Administration of Customs People’s Republic of China will sign and implement phytosanitary protocol to allow U.S. fresh potato imports into China…
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Fresh Red Potato Shipments Lower in 2019-2020

Published January 15, 2020

U.S. fresh red potato shipments dropped to 12.7 million hundredweight in 2019-2020 from 13.8 million hundredweight in 2018-2019. United Potato Growers of America CEO Mark Klompien says the drop isn’t too surprising. "With the situation that happened with Mother Nature,…
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Seed Potato Supplies Take a Hit

Published December 2, 2019

The North Dakota State Seed Department is learning more about harvested and abandoned potatoes acres this year. State Seed Commissioner Ken Bertsch says overall there’s a 16.5 to 17 percent abandonment for red seed potatoes. "It's probably not as high…
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Potato Growers Preparing for Spring

Published November 12, 2019

A large share of the potatoes in the Red River Valley were not harvested before the freezing temperatures. NDSU Extension and University of Minnesota Extension potato agronomist Andy Robinson says the frozen potatoes left in the ground will melt away…
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Potato Harvest Put to a Stop

Published November 2, 2019

The freezing temperatures in North Dakota and Minnesota this week put a stop to just about the entire potato harvest. That’s according to Northern Plains Potato Growers Association marketing and communications director Ted Kreis. "Most reports we're hearing is they've…
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