Around 250 people are expected to attend the Big Idaho Potato Harvest Meeting, slated Nov. 12 in Pocatello. Idaho State University’s Bengal Alumni Center event hall, 1601 E. Bonneville St., hosts the ...

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 ...

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 ...

GRACE — Idaho produces about 13 billion pounds of potatoes yearly. That's a lot of spuds and there's a relatively short window of time to harvest and get them safely into cellar storage before the ...

All right, now a story out of Idaho. Potato farmers there are experts at getting their crops out of the ground before it freezes over. Third-generation potato farmer Kent Sutton farms 400 acres. And ...

Recent extended warm weather and mostly good soil moisture aided Idaho potato planting, which nears its conclusion as mid-May approaches. Some rain hit the state’s northeastern growing area recently, ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - It's officially spud harvest season, and drivers are being reminded to be cautious on the roads. Local drivers can find themselves stuck behind farming equipment on the ...

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 ...

BOISE — Idaho officials continue to put pressure on the Japanese government after years of trying to get fresh Idaho potatoes into their market. Last week, Idaho officials and officials with the U.S.