Northwest potato suppliers say they are eager to rev up a major sales engine in their industry — foodservice — as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic passes. The pandemic shuttered restaurants across ...

As long as the new coronavirus hangs around, bagged potato sales will spike, say marketers of San Luis Valley potatoes. “Demand has been very strong, because people have learned to cook at home again, ...

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a once strong potato market to make an abrupt about-face, leading some Idaho growers to dump surplus spuds from storage cellars or to feed them to cattle. Just a ...

POCATELLO — Total acres of Idaho’s iconic potato crop could decrease significantly this year as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Although there was a rush on potatoes at grocery stores early on, ...

Oddly, consumers have recently found empty spaces where potato displays should be in grocery store produce departments throughout Idaho. Grocers in the nation’s top potato-producing state have somehow ...

Because of the Corona crisis, potato imports became necessary. Ruedi Fischer, President of the potato producers, however, explicitly warns against an expansion of the potato area in talks with ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted potato cultivation in the Nilgiris, leading indirectly to a price increase; 1 kg goes for ₹45-55 (€0.54-0.66) at Mettupalayam market. Growers and traders say the ...

HAMBURG (Reuters) - German demand for potatoes and potato products has collapsed during the coronavirus crisis, meaning the vegetable is being used as animal feed or for making biogas instead, an ...