Tag: potatoes

Alsum Farms & Produce, a leading fresh market grower, packer, and shipper of Wisconsin Healthy Grown potatoes, pumpkins, onions, and wholesaler of fresh, quality produce, celebrated 50 years in business on Friday, August 11 and Saturday, August 12 in Friesland.

The ProduceIQ Index for the industry is up for the 3rd week in a row, an event that has never happened during this time of year. $1.29 is a record high during a season known for falling prices.

A potato broker was sentenced to six months in prison and eight years of probation after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $800,000 from potato growers.

Wisconsin yellow potato harvest is underway at Alsum Farms in Arena, Wis. with the first potato loads being washed, graded and packed for fresh market delivery to distribution centers and retail grocers the first full week of August.

-Summer is the time of year for the activities we love – barbeques, picnics, baseball games, road trips, and soaking up the sun by the pool or beach.

Nutritional news is often so confusing and contradictory that someone might just give up on fruits and vegetables and reach for the Twinkies.

MountainKing is spicing up the selling season of its summertime Red varieties with a limited-time retail sales contest which rewards produce managers for sales and creative merchandising of the brand’s Reds and boil-ready Seafood B-Reds.

At $28, an 80-count Russet potato market continues to be 60 percent higher than prior years. And unfortunately for potato lovers, pricey spuds aren’t anything new.

This U.S. Potato Outlook 2023-24 report summarizes that U.S. potato production declined for the fourth consecutive year, and this season’s crop is the smallest since 2010.

We can all agree that potatoes are America’s favorite vegetable, but a recent Potatoes USA survey investigated different regions’ preferred, nutritious ways to eat the mighty spud.