News on The Potato Supply Chain from Northern America

Potatoes USA, the marketing and promotion board for the potato industry in the United States, elected new leadership during its Annual Meeting on March 9, 2022. The newly elected Chairman and Executive Committee will lead the Board through 2022-2023.

Potato company Black Gold Farms appoints Mark Knight as Chief Operating Officer to its executive team

United Potato Growers of Canada has hired a new General Manager, Victoria Stamper, of Mascouche, Quebec, a community just north of Montreal. Victoria will join United in this senior role, effective Monday, April 25th.

Downey’s Potato Chips has been in business for 37 years. The company was started by the Downey family in Waterford, Michigan. From its humble beginnings selling freshly fried kettle chips made in small batches from its storefront.

The National Potato Council released the following statement in response to a joint announcement by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Mexico Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development Víctor Villalobos 

Following last week’s USDA announcement that potatoes from Prince Edward Island will soon be able to resume exporting into the U.S. after a multi-month ban on exports, in turn, that should positively impact the Ontario potato market.

SNAC International President and CEO, Elizabeth Avery, recently announced the election of new Board officers and directors.

Around the world, a countless number of farmers make use of flood or trench, irrigation to bring water to their crops, which floods the field at regular intervals, losing up to 70 percent of the water used.

The P.E.I. Potato Board said it is 'no surprise' that there has been a third detection of potato wart, this one found in soil samples taken in October 2021.

The United States Department of Agriculture appointed 33 new or returning members to serve three-year terms on the National Potato Promotion Board, Dba Potatoes USA. The new members will be sworn in at the organization’s Annual Meeting in March.

The National Potato Council’s (NPC) 2022 Washington Summit, Jared Balcom of Pasco, Washington, was elected to serve as NPC’s 2022 President and head the grower-led organization’s Executive Committee.

Potatoes and tequila? You read that right. Tasteful Selections' most unique potato recipe yet—The Color-Changing Purple Passion™ Margarita!

The Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides, making the insect a 'super pest' that wreaks havoc on potatoes around the world.

Paul Miller of Paul Miller Farms, Inc., Hancock, was inducted into the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association Hall of Fame at the industry’s annual awards banquet held February 9, 2022, in Stevens Point.

In addition to its annual Hall of Fame induction, the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) presented several other annual Industry Awards

The Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association's board of directors will have a new president for the coming year.

The United States has agreed to let imports of Prince Edward Island table stock potatoes to Puerto Rico resume. United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack made the announcement in a news release last week.

PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) and Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) announced the awarding of a USD 1.2 million grant to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA)