"The crop is sensitive to weather conditions," Bob Leiby, an agronomist with the Pennsylvania Co-Operative Potato Growers, ...

Store potatoes in a cool, dark, and well-ventilated place for maximum freshness. Avoid the fridge: chilling below ~50°F ...

Editor's note: Katie Pinke will be checking up with Thomas Shephard throughout the growing season as part of our Follow a Farmer series. CRYSTAL, N.D. — After a slow start this spring, things are ...

By Dickens OkinyiAs the world prepares for the 30th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP30), scientists have unveiled a new potato variety that could give struggling farmers a fighting ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Farmers in the Northwest are scrambling for ways to offload 165,000 tons of potatoes after overestimating the public’s demand for the root vegetable in 2023. With the average ...

It was a Super Bowl commercial with a story, and one that sprouted from a real potato grower in Wisconsin. Frito Lay and PepsiCo helped put the spotlight on agriculture Super Bowl Sunday, while also ...

In a delicious example of irony, Idaho — unofficially known as the Potato State — is experiencing a shortage of potatoes. The tuber tumult in the Gem State, Idaho’s official nickname, is the result of ...

From his pickup truck, Robbie Irving points to a wide irrigation system providing water to hundreds of acres of plants on the Caribou potato farm that his family has harvested since 1936. Irving's ...

A vehicle fire closed two lanes of Interstate 95 southbound at J. Turner Boulevard on Tuesday morning. Read full article: All lanes reopen on I-95 southbound at JTB after vehicle fire A man was found ...