This was a busy week in the Columbia Basin, The National Potato Council (NPC), and the Washington State Potato Commission (WSPC) co-hosted the Agency Farm Tour

Potatoes USA announces nominations are now open for new Board Members for the 2024-2027 term.

Back in February 2022 there was a detection of Potato Wart at Prince Edward Island (P.E.I), this new case is associated with the previous detection.

As hotter, drier weather sets in, farmworkers, construction workers, and other outdoor workers will be better protected from heatstroke and other hot-weather hazards because of updated workplace heat rules that took effect in mid-July.

Washington State University (WSU) recently rolled out their Potato Decision Aid System (DAS), an internet-based potato pest-management guide that will provide growers with pest insect and disease density maps, weather forecasts by location, and informative articles.