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 ...

BLACKFOOT — I was a young newspaper reporter fresh out of college, working for the Blackfoot Morning News, when the Idaho ...

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 ...

Following a ban that prevented the crop from entering most of Mexico until 2022, Idaho officials in a recent trade mission were eager to spotlight the state’s cherished pride and joy: fresh potatoes.

The reverse trade mission kicked off Monday with a farm tour in Caldwell. Afterwards, they paid a visit to the University of ...

BOISE, Idaho — 'Twas the week before the Potato Drop, when all through the park, Team Tater was stirring, and preparing for the Gem State trademark. A stupendous spud will be hung with great care, to ...

Houston is rarely thought of as potato country. However, Houston-based MountainKing Potatoes has put the Bayou City on the potato map, thanks to its yellow-fleshed, high-flavor Butter Gold and Butter ...

What if you could have a baked potato in minutes, instead of an hour? Mart Frozen Foods, a subsidiary of the Mart Group, cut the ribbon earlier this month on a plant in Southern Idaho that produces ...

ARCO — University of Idaho Extension educator David Callister’s Monday morning routine from mid-June through mid-September entails visiting four area seed potato fields and transferring bugs from rudi ...