potato production

Could there be a light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel? While Chris Voigt, executive Director of the Washington state Potato Commission isn’t sure if the end of the pandemic is drawing near, he is confident that the future looks great for growers. “ ...

Potato sales at the foodservice level fluctuated while retail purchases remained strong between June 2020 and July 2021. USA Potatoes recently conducted an annual sales and utilization study that showed an overall decline in potato use for the July 2020 – June 2021 marketing year. The ...

According to NASS, the combined value of Idaho, Oregon and Washington potatoes sold in 2020 hit $1.82 billion. When it comes to the value of the Idaho crop, that figure in 2020 topped out at $912 million, down 5% year over year. The marketing year average price for potatoes in Idaho was $7 ...

After being paused because of the coronavirus pandemic, work on the McCain Foods expansion project in Othello is set to resume in early October. On Tuesday, the frozen food company announced it would restart construction of its 170,000 square foot expansion of its potato processing facility ...

While not where it was this time last year, Chris Voigt said things have gotten slightly better for Northwest potato growers. The Executive Director of the Washington state Potato Commission said two months ago, things were dismal industry wide, but have slowly started to improve ...

Farmers across the Inland Northwest, have been very busy over the past couple of weeks, not preparing their commodities for processing, but rather helping fellow Washingtonians impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Over the past couple of weeks, potato grower, for example, have held donation events where thousands of pounds of spuds were handed out to those in need; no questions asked ...

While 2019 was a good year in the world of trade for many farmers, Chris Voigt it hoping for even bigger days ahead. The Executive Director of the Washington state Potato Commission said between Phase One, and both China and Japan expanding chipping potato opportunities, the past six months have been encouraging for local growers ...

According to NASS it was a mixed year for potato producers across the Northwest.   Potatoes planted in Idaho totaled 310,000 acres, down 2% from 2018.  Harvested area, at 308,000 acres, is down 2% from last year.  Production totaled 131 million cwt, down 8% from 2018.  Yield is est...

According to NASS, potato stocks in the Northwest topped out at 171.4 million cwt earlier this month.  As of December 1st, potato stocks in Washington totaled 58.5 million cwt.  In Oregon, potato stocks totaled 17.9 million cwt, and Idaho came in at 95 million.  As far ...