agriculture
Budget bill clears House by one vote, moves to Senate
The massive budget bill dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill passed the U.S. House early Thursday morning after more than 24 hours of debate that began a... READ MORE »
Planting continues on pace in Minnesota, North Dakota; area reports ending
Potato planting in North Dakota and Minnesota continues, with Minnesota ahead of both last year’s pace and the average. For the week ending May 1... READ MORE »
June Agricultural Survey to collect key acreage data
Growers will soon be able to provide important information to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Services (NASS) for the June Agricultural ... READ MORE »
Reconciliation package narrowly passes budget committee
A massive $4 trillion reconciliation package narrowly passed the U.S. House Budget Committee on May 18, sending it to the Rules Committee for negotiat... READ MORE »
Register now for MPIC Reverse Processors tour
Registration for the Michigan Potato Industry Commission (MPIC)’s Reverse Processors tour of Ohio and Pennsylvania operations must be completed by M... READ MORE »
NPGA launches newsletter to connect young growers
The Northland Potato Growers Association has launched a newsletter aimed at engaging a community of potato growers age 40 and under in North Dakota an... READ MORE »
Labor logjam: Spudman survey finds frustrations
As growers continue to advocate for changes to the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program, Spudman’s 2025 Potato Industry Labor Survey mirrored ... READ MORE »
Potato power: Alicia Pavelski connects industry, community
Of all the ways Alicia Pavelski imagined using her degree in architectural engineering, overseeing the building of the World’s Largest Potato Masher... READ MORE »
Potato industry hopes for market movement in Japan
A decades-old battle to fully open the Japanese market to U.S. fresh potatoes received a recent infusion of fighting words, but whether a renewed focu... READ MORE »
Tariff pause greeted with relief by stock markets; ag impact still murky
News that the world’s two largest economies have paused the bulk of tariffs recently imposed on each other sent stocks climbing upward, though what ... READ MORE »
