Row Crop

In the effort to reduce input costs, it's important that growers get from their application what they expect. And As Austin Anderson with Helena Agri-Enterprises says, the most expensive application is the one that doesn’t work.

OSU’s Hermiston Potato Field Day took place Wednesday and growers and researchers from across the Northwest turned out to share the latest information.

Potatoes held in storage on June 1st  totaled 57.9 million cwt, down 8% year-over-year.  Potatoes in storage accounted for 14% of 2024's production, the same as a year earlier.   Potatoes held in storage in Idaho totaled 22 million cwt, Oregon totaled 3.3 million cwt while...

Farmers are typically an optimistic bunch, but unfortunately, many things that control their success or failure are beyond their control.  For example, the health of the U.S. and foreign economies has a direct impact on what farmers can do year in and year out.  Chris V...

Potatoes will take center stage in both Oregon and Washington next week.   Oregon State University’s Hermiston Potato Field Day will take place Wednesday June 25th from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.  OSU officials say the Hermiston Potato field will feature sessions focused on breeding, pest management, nutrient and water management, as well as the ongoing field trials.  The Field Day will take...

Next month the Idaho Potato Commission will host a meeting to take nominations for Idaho delegates to serve on the Potatoes USA Board.  This year Idaho has two open positions to fill with three eligible for renomination.  Each potato organization growing more than five acres of potatoes is eligible to participate in nominating and voting for these positions.    The meeti...

They say there’s no school like the old school, and that will be very true at Idaho DMV offices starting next month.  During the most recent legislative session, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 204 creating a new license plate design honoring the state’s potato industry.  Jamey Higham, Executive ...

A Minnesota sugarbeet farmer wants consumers and legislators to know that sugar is an all-natural product.  Tim Deal responded to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr., who said “sugar is poison” back in April.   “Sugar is po...

There are still many questions about the DOGE cuts put forward by the Administration, but one thing is for certain; the local potato industry is already feeling the impact.   Chris Voigt, Executive Director of the Washington state Potato Commission, said the federal cuts weren’t surgical, and it appears there wasn’t much thought behind the decisions made.  Voigt said the...

World Trade Month in May celebrated trade’s significant impact on U.S. agriculture. Cary Sifferath, vice president of the U.S. Grains Council, said trade is incredibly important to the American farmer.   “The trade of our corn, sorghum, and barley crops and many of their related co-products that the U.S. Grain Council...