PLEASANT VALLEY, Idaho — Potato farmer Tanner Funk feared a weather-related repeat of each of the last two years. “When I saw frost on my truck windshield, I almost didn’t want to go dig in the fields ...

ABERDEEN, Idaho — Fourth-generation farmer Ladd Wahlen knew nothing about processing potatoes, but that didn’t stop him and wife, Zoey, from launching Roots Potato Chips using potatoes from their farm ...

Tucker Hansen built a foundation in agriculture at a young age, working potato harvest. Now, having completed an internship ...

HAMMETT, Idaho — Idaho’s iconic potatoes are facing a decline in demand, leading to fewer acres planted across the state and forcing local farmers to adapt. Nick Blanksma, whose family has farmed in ...

Potatoes, presidential politics, football and the economy, not necessarily in that order, dominated presentations during the Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) annual Harvest meeting on November 13 at ...

If a few pioneers hadn't gotten lost on their way to planting potatoes in Utah, Idaho might not be considered the potato-growing capital of the United States. After being sent north to replicate the ...

Don McFarland is 85 years old, but his eyes light up and he starts smiling like a kid when you mention potatoes or how he grows them on his property nestled into the base of the Boise National Forest.

A promotional image for the Idaho Potato Commission's Famous Idaho Potato Tour, with the Tetons in the background. (Idaho Potato Commission via Courthouse News) (CN) — There’s few state-vegetable ...

WILLIAM SCHAEFER For Farm and Ranch Jun 7, 2024 Jun 7, 2024 0 Whether it’s too much heat, not enough water, or increasing costs of inputs, Idaho farmers face a long list of challenges every year when ...

Potatoes might be reclassified as a grain, but not if Idaho’s senators have their way. U.S. Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, along with a bipartisan group of 12 other senators, have called on the ...

A wheat field is harvested near Ririe in this Idaho Farm Bureau Federation file photo. Idaho and U.S. farmers are facing tough financial times right now, as agricultural commodity prices keep ...