U.S. farmers started shipping fresh potatoes into the Mexican interior in May, about 20 years after an initial deal was signed between the two countries.

Colorado's Weld County is still home to potato festivals and dotted with spuds-growing artifacts, but the local potato industry has little to contribute anymore to the area’s vast legacy.

As of April 1, 2013, fresh potatoes from the state of Colorado are approved to be shipped to Taiwan.

Continuing to promote its more than 100 varieties of spuds during the “Five Distinct Potato Seasons” campaign, the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee has launched the “Spring Ahead” season for March through May.

As the nation’s number two domestic shipper of potatoes, Colorado potato farmers want more of their crop sold in Mexico.

You say potato. I say Colorado. When First Lady Michelle Obama and a passel of schoolchildren recently planted vegetables in the White House kitchen garden, three of five potato varieties plunked into the soil were developed by Colorado State University.

Colorado Agricultural Commissioner John Salazar thought that the ban on Colorado potatoes into the heart of Mexico was solved last summer when the U.S. and its southern neighbor worked out an agreement to allow Mexican trucks full access to U.S. markets.

Despite a cold, dry spring with lots of wind, the Colorado potato crop is poised to have a slightly better-than-average year. Jim Ehrlich, Executive Director of the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee, notes that despite the wind, the quality and...

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