Idaho Potatoes
BUL-1114
BY Rhett Spear, Christian Joseph R. Cumagun, Kasia Duellman, Pam Hutchinson, Gustavo Teixeira, Erik Wenninger, James Woodhall
February 2, 2026
Idaho is the top potato producer in the United States, contributing 32% of the nation’s total output. Learn all the basic, vital information to successfully maintain your yields to keep it that way in this bulletin brief. Includes tips about planting, rotation, and seeding; growth stages and development; soil fertilization maintenance; abiotic stress factors; storage advice; prominent diseases, pests, and defects to monitor; and more.