Production
Free webinar available on how to manage weight loss in storage
Three informative potato-focused webinars are now available to be watched for free through Spudman's website. The three webinars, which comprised S... more »
Study shows link between ag labor shortage and inflation
State agricultural groups and U.S. Representatives are urging Congress to pass ag labor workforce changes in order to combat inflation. At a July 1... more »
Decrease in stocks and acres this season
The USDA report released June 17 showed potato states help 54 million cwt in storage, a 4% decrease in potato stocks from the same date a year prior. ... more »
Lower Snake River dams’ value effectively irreplaceable in meeting region’s decarbonization goals
Breaching the dams would cost $15 billion just to replace energy value, increase greenhouse gas emissions, and make decarbonizing the grid by 2045 alm... more »
FMC Corporation significantly expands biologicals platform with agreement to acquire BioPhero
FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC), an agricultural sciences company, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire BioPhero ApS, a Denmark-based pheromo... more »
NRCS Idaho and Simplot teaming up to help Idaho agriculture
The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the J.R. Simplot Company signed a memorandum of agreement on June 28 outlining ways they pl... more »
TerraNu fertilizers reduce nitrogen fertilizer demands
With today’s high fertilizer prices, the increased yield from TerraNu fertilizers delivers a return on investment of two times above nutrient value ... more »
EPA publishes final biological evaluations for imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam
On June 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final Biological Evaluations (BE) for the neonicotinoid insecticides clothiani... more »
NCAE to host webinar on farmworker tax issues
The National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE) will be hosting a webinar focusing on farmworker tax issues. The webinar will be led by Bob Wund... more »
Northwest region potato stocks on June 1 totaled 34.5 million hundredweight
The June 1, 2022, numbers are in for the potato stocks in the Northwest region. Idaho potato stocks totaled 21.0 million cwt. Disappearance of the ... more »
