Idaho
US potato stocks up 13% from last year, per USDA
Potato stocks in Idaho on June 1, 2021 totaled 26.0 million cwt. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 109 million cwt, according to a June 16 r... READ MORE »
Western farmers to Senate: Water infrastructure need is ‘critical’
Citing an “acute and critical need” magnified by another all-too-familiar drought, a national coalition representing thousands of Western farmers,... READ MORE »
Advancing PEF technology to the potato chip industry
Advances in Pulse Electric Field (PEF) technology in the food processing arena represent both cost savings and increasing measures of sustainability i... READ MORE »
American Farm Bureau president to visit Idaho to learn about dams
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall will join other national farm industry leaders June 15-16 at the Port of Lewiston for an inform... READ MORE »
US potato acres projected to be up from 2020, but still below pre-pandemic levels
Potato acreage in the U.S. is expected to be up in 2021 from last year’s total, but still below 2018 and 2019. In projections by North American P... READ MORE »
Lamb Weston expanding American Falls processing plant
Lamb Weston is expanding its American Falls, Idaho, facility to add production capabilities for chopped and formed products, such as potato patties an... READ MORE »
Frank Muir, longtime head of the Idaho Potato Commission, to retire later this year
Frank Muir, who has served as the Idaho Potato Commission's CEO and president since 2003, recently told commission members he intends to retire in six... READ MORE »
Double L potato equipment firm purchased by Idaho-based investor group
Double L, an Idaho-based supplier of farming equipment, has been purchased by a group of investors, the company announced March 25. The group inclu... READ MORE »
Construction on SE Idaho rail terminal set to begin
Construction is set to begin on a new intermodal rail terminal in Pocatello, Idaho, designed to improve shipping speed and economics for agricultural ... READ MORE »
APHIS adds, releases fields in Idaho pale cyst nematode regulation area
On Jan. 28, 2021, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) added 444 acres to the pale cyst nematode (PCN)-regulated area in Bingham Cou... READ MORE »
