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Decrease in potato acreage forecast for Idaho, nation
The Idaho Farm Bureau Federation and an industry publication are projecting potato acres in the nation’s leading potato-producing state to decrease ... READ MORE »
Legislation aims to ease path to land access for young growers
Bipartisan legislation introduced April 1 in the U.S. House and Senate aims to help young farmers and ranchers access farmland and would establish a p... READ MORE »
Keeping a family tradition alive and growing
Scott Bedlington is a third- generation grower on his family farm in northwestern Washington, located about an hour and a half north of Seattle on the... READ MORE »
Fourth-generation Michigan potato farmer dies at 74
Fourth-generation potato farmer Larry C. Sackett, 74, died Dec. 11. Born in Sheridan, Michigan, Sackett was raised in the heart of the state’s potat... READ MORE »
Applications now open for federal specialty crop assistance program
A new federal program providing $2 billion to help keep U.S. specialty crops competitive has opened the application process. Eligible producers mus... READ MORE »
Michigan potato grower dies at 86
Michigan potato grower and industry leader Larry Young died Oct. 22. He was 86. Born in Howard City, Michigan, Young began farming after graduating... READ MORE »
New partnership to bolster true seed commercialization in Kenya, India
A new agreement between global biotechnology company Bayer and Dutch seed company Solynta will facilitate the commercialization and distribution of tr... READ MORE »
A third-generation farmer’s advocacy efforts get traction
The National Potato Council has a new president, RJ Andrus. His ambitious goals for representing the interests of the nation’s spud producers are no... READ MORE »
USDA, SBA and FDIC host regional economic development workshops
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in partnership with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Federal Depository Insurance Corporatio... READ MORE »
North Dakota cropland values on the rise
Despite high production costs to start 2022, net farm incomes remained high helping facilitate a sharp rise in land prices for 2023, said Bryon Parman... READ MORE »
