SHELLEY, Idaho — Bryan Searle dug potatoes early Sept. 29 and aimed to finish harvest the next day. “All in all, digging went quite well,” he said. Idaho potato harvest is on or ahead of schedule, ...

POCATELLO — USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service projects Idaho’s planted potato acres total 315,000 this year, the same as last year. The Idaho Potato Commission did its own comprehensive ...

POCATELLO — Idaho potato acres are projected to decrease by 15,000 acres this year compared with last year. That would be a 5 percent drop if realized, from 315,000 acres in 2024 to 300,000 in 2025.

Fewer acres and lower yields are expected to result in decreased potato production in North Dakota and Minnesota in 2025. Production in North Dakota was estimated at 24.5 million hundredweight this ...