News on Potato Storage from the United States

In the United States, the 13 major potato States held 35.5 million cwt of potatoes in storage June 1, 2011, down 36 percent from a year ago.

What do Americans love more than French fries and potato chips? The answer: Not much...

Existe algo que los estadounidenses amen más que las papas fritas y las papas a la francesa? No hay muchas cosas... pero tal vez las estén amando más de lo que deberían hacerlo. Haciendo a un lado las grasas y las calorías, ambos alimentos contienen al...

The 13 major potato States held 65.7 million cwt of potatoes in storage May 1, 2011, down 27 percent from a year ago.

The Columbia Basin, Idaho, and Wisconsin are all facing potential shortages, while North Dakota is sitting on more spuds than one year ago. The North American Potato Market News is reporting the Columbia Basin will run out by July 3rd if usage continu...

For the first time, a tool is now available to growers for determining the risk of disease to potatoes in storage.

The 13 major potato States held 106 million cwt of potatoes in storage April 1, 2011, down 18 percent from a year ago. Potatoes in storage accounted for 30 percent of the 2010 fall storage States' production, four percentage points below April 1, 2010.

The 13 major potato States in the US held 143 million cwt of potatoes in storage March 1, 2011, down 15 percent from a year ago.

Alternating between North America and Europe, the unique, annual International Potato Processing &Storage Convention will take place in Denver this year.

The Premier Russet was one hot potato, but the high expectations did not materialize...

The 13 major potato States held 176 million cwt of potatoes in storage February 1, 2011, down 14 percent from a year ago.

he Washington-Oregon Potato Conference is in Kennewick again this year, and organizers say it's bigger than ever.

The program for the 2011 Washington-Oregon Potato Conference is packed with scientific reports, national and state updates on the industry and of course a keynote speaker.

The 13 major potato States held 232 million cwt of potatoes in storage December 1, 2010, down 13 percent from a year ago.

Officials began totaling the millions of dollars in crop damage and loss to central Wisconsin farmers from last week's flooding. In Portage County, where more than half of Wisconsin's potato acreage is planted, losses to potato farmers could rise as hi...

Storage conditions can be ripe for diseases to develop and devastate potato crops, leading many universities to seek ways to control or prevent diseases before they become a problem. At the University of Maine (UM) a fungicide testing program looks at...