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Taking Stock: Winners and Losers

After weeks of frenzy it appears the world didn't end and Congress managed to keep from pushing us over the fiscal cliff."
But appearances can ... more »

In For the Long Run

Any farm that grows both potatoes and tulips can rightly be defined as diversified." Iverson Family Farms fits that description by growing bulbs and ... more »

National Potato Council: Federal tax policy threatens family farms

Last December's fiscal cliff" debate in Washington, D.C., shed a national spotlight on some of the unique challenges that farmers face in securing th... more »

Equipment Round-Up

Advanced Farm Equipment AFE Lenco recently introduced the Lenco Four-row Wrap Around Harvester with side-hill leveling that keeps the cleaning table ... more »

Equipment Round-Up

Advanced Farm Equipment AFE Lenco recently introduced the Lenco Four-row Wrap Around Harvester with side-hill leveling that keeps the cleaning table ... more »

The First 50 Years

In the fall of 1912 six men met and from that gathering a national organization dedicated to potato research would be born. The group's intent was si... more »

Dynamic Decade

It's been quite a ride for Rick Miles in the 10 years since he first began supplying fresh Idaho potatoes to Five Guys Burgers and Fries restaurants.... more »

A Love of Farming

Todd Gerratt plucks a few freshly dug Russet Burbanks from his field on a sunny October morning in southeastern Idaho's Raft River Valley as diggers ... more »

Quest for the Holy Grail:

The quest for an improved French fry with lower acrylamide levels marches on. The second year of the National Fry Process Trials (NFPT) and the Speci... more »

Managed Recharge

Trend or anomaly, fact or fiction?
It's a fact that the global temperature has been on the rise, according to the Goddard Institute for Space S... more »


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