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This Spud’s for You
The world's largest potato weighed more than 18 pounds, according to Guinness World Records. I think I was served its slightly smaller cousin at a restaurant. I didn't mind getting a giant potato s...
Posted on 2/22/13 at 5:13 PM
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The cure for sprouting
I read something really interesting the other day in one of my cookbooks. Put an apple in with your potatoes, it said, to prevent the potatoes from sprouting in storage. I wish I would have heard tha...
Posted on 2/6/13 at 8:43 AM
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Greek Potato Salad
Potato salad is not exclusive to the Americas. It comes in many forms and is extremely popular worldwide. And just about everyone has a favorite potato salad recipe. Of course, like most other people...
Posted on 1/28/13 at 3:56 PM
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Sweet Potato and Pear Soup
Not too many years ago I was standing in the produce department at a grocery store, gazing at a variety of pears. I was planning to make a special dessert that involved poaching pears. I'd never poach...
Posted on 2/13/12 at 1:01 AM
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6 a.m. Tomorrow Morning
On our way to Village Creek Bible Camp on Friday, Kerry and I had nearly four hours of uninterrupted time to talk to each other. We never run out of things to talk about because we are both talkers. I...
Posted on 8/28/11 at 6:43 PM
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Potato stocks down in North Dakota

Potato stocks in North Dakota are down 13 percent from a year ago and 10 percent from 2008. The Agriculture Department says the amount of potatoes held by growers, dealers and processors in the state on Feb. 1 stood at 9 million hundredweight — the lowest Feb. 1 level in 21 years.

February 22, 2010

Potato stocks down in North Dakota

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Potato stocks in North Dakota are down 13 percent from a year ago and 10 percent from 2008.

February 21, 2010

Potato stocks down in North Dakota

Potato stocks in North Dakota are down 14 percent from both a year ago and from 2008.

January 18, 2010

Potato farmers trying to finish

Potato growers in the Red River Valley say they’ve harvested about 95 percent of their crop but still have 4,400 acres of spuds left in the fields.

October 29, 2009

N.D. potato farmers trying to finish harvest

Potato growers in the Red River Valley say they've harvested about 95 percent of their crop but still have 4,400 acres of spuds left in the fields.

October 28, 2009

North Dakota 2008 potato crop down

North Dakota's 2008 potato crop totaled 22.7 million hundredweight, down 4 percent from the previous year.

September 26, 2009

Potato blight outbreak averted

Officials say the threat of widespread potato blight in the Red River Valley appears to be over, at least for this year.

September 23, 2009

Cavendish may reopen soon

Cavendish may reopen soon Cavendish Farms may soon start production again after an Aug. 31 fire damaged parts of the potato processing plant, said Dan Akey, director of operations at Cavendish Farms. “The restoration has been going very well and we believe we’ll be back running by next week,” Akey said.

By Ben Rodgers , September 17, 2009

Cavendish to reopen within four weeks

Officials at Cavendish Farms expect the James-town food-processing plant to be operational within the next four weeks, said Mary Keith, vice president of communications with Cavendish Farms, by e-mail Thursday evening.

By Ben Rodgers , September 05, 2009

Crop sprayers fight N.D. potato blight

John Morten, who learned to fly as a boy of 17, provides a textbook example of how to keep potatoes safe from blight. It’s a big deal this year because, for the first time in a decade, late blight has been found in potato fields in the Red River Valley. The last time blight broke out in the valley, in 1999, it cost the potato industry in the region $125 million, said Neil Gudmestad, a potato plant pathologist at North Dakota State University, who has been watching it closely.

By An AP Member Exchange Feature By Stephen J. Lee, Grand Forks Herald , September 04, 2009

Potato blight threat eases in valley

The Northern Plains Potato Growers Association says potato blight in the Red River Valley appears to be well-contained. The disease was confirmed last month in northeastern North Dakota’s Grand Forks County. The association said it has not been found anywhere else since then.

September 03, 2009

Clean up continues at Cavendish

Clean up and planning for repairs continue at the Cavendish Farms potato processing plant in Jamestown. Fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. Monday in the air emissions control equipment which is located in the fryer area of the plant, company officials said.

September 03, 2009

Potato blight threat eases in Red River Valley

The Northern Plains Potato Growers Association says potato blight in the Red River Valley appears to be well-contained.

September 02, 2009

Cavendish closed indefinitely

Cavendish closed indefinitely Cavendish Farms is closed indefinitely after a fire burned in its attic Monday, officials said. Greg Allen, the plant’s administrative manager, said only part of the plant was damaged and he wants to get it running again soon. “We plan to reopen,” he said.

By Ben Rodgers , September 02, 2009

Fire damages Cavendish potato plant

Fire damages Cavendish potato plant Parts of Cavendish Farms were damaged by a fire Monday afternoon, but no one was injured. The source of the blaze was unknown as of Monday evening, according to Jim Reuther, chief of the Jamestown Fire Department. The fire likely started in the attic, he said. Black smoke was reported around 1:30 p.m.

By Ben Rodgers , September 01, 2009

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