A few weeks ago, I sent questionnaires to both of the major presidential campaigns and their responses were featured in this week's Capital Press Page One centerpiece. For the paper's purposes, the answers needed to be edited for clarity and space. We don't have space limitations online, so here's how the campaigns responded to us in their own words.
U.S. potato industry officials say recent progress toward opening more of the Mexican market to their fresh shipments stands to improve an already promising long-term export picture. U.S. fresh spuds are now imported only within about 16 miles of the Mexican border.
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Idaho dry bean growers are mulling the possibility of helping fund a bean breeder position at the University of Idaho with the goal of developing a commercial pinto cultivar that would perform better in Idaho's climate and soil conditions.
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Americans recently chose Five Guys Burgers and Fries as their favorite fast-food burger chain and Idaho spud farmers can be counted among the company's biggest fans.
With 1,078 stores around the nation, Five Guys is now the largest purchaser of fresh potatoes from Idaho.
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The number of Pacific Northwest acres planted to club wheat will remain steady despite the disappearance of a price premium farmers received in past years, a trade organization's representatives say.
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the partial deregulation of genetically engineered sugar beets, declaring the case moot.
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