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As the Dietary Guidelines are put together for 2025, a question has come up that has many baffled; are potatoes a vegetable?

Could it be too much of a good thing? That’s what some analysts are asking about this year’s 2023/24 apple crop.

They could not be any happier about once again exporting apples to India, but Washington apple growers know there’s still plenty of work left to build back what used to be our number 2 market.

With farm labor costs increasing, growers continue to look to automation to do jobs traditionally done by people, and John Deere announced it entered into an agreement with SpaceX to provide cutting-edge satellite communications service to farmers.

As the Dietary Guidelines are put together for 2025, a question has come up that has many baffled; are potatoes a vegetable?

Poll shows 39% of surveyed farmers say they’d most likely vote for Donald Trump for President, while 19% would vote for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and U.S. wheat imports are forecasted to be their highest in six years for the 2023/24 marketing year.

They could not be any happier about once again exporting apples to India, but Washington apple growers know there’s still plenty of work left to build back what used to be our number 2 market.

Unlike 2023, California snowfall and rain has sharply diminished so far this year, and John Deere showed off its future farmer-focused technology, including radio still playing a big part of the in-cab entertainment system, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

With the Potato Expo behind them, the National Potato Council is looking ahead for next months Washington Summit, the national potato industry meeting in the nations Capital.

When starting a family, first-time mothers tend to experience longer labors than those who’ve given birth before. In much the same way, heifers need to be managed differently than cows