Since potatoes grow underground, it can be hard to tell when they're ready to harvest. Watch their foliage. Once the leaves turn brown and die, wait a few weeks for the largest, best potatoes. Make ...

Nov. 2 (UPI) --A Georgia man is attempting to get a Guinness World Records title after harvesting 186 pounds of sweet potatoes from a single plant. David Anderson of Washington County gathered ...

You’ve put in the hard work and effort to lovingly plant and grow potatoes in your garden. Next comes the fun part: digging your potatoes up and enjoying your bounty. Yet how do you know when potatoes ...

You can smell starch in the air as tractors kick up dirt and semitrucks filled with potatoes can be seen rolling through Aroostook County. Farmers are racing to gather their crop before the frosts. At ...

Sweet potatoes are ready to harvest after about 90 to 130 days in the ground. Getting this timing right is very important, as harvesting too early or too late can impact sweet potato flavor. Keep an ...

Growers of peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.), potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) and sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) face the challenge of estimating the best time to harvest and the quality and yield of their ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Celebrate some of the people and stories behind America's favorite vegetable DENVER, Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

GRACE — Idaho produces about 13 billion pounds of potatoes yearly. That's a lot of spuds and there's a relatively short window of time to harvest and get them safely into cellar storage before the ...

More than 13,000 pounds of potatoes were donated to Food Bank of Wyoming in an annual potato harvest at the University of Wyoming’s James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension ...

Around 250 people are expected to attend the Big Idaho Potato Harvest Meeting, slated Nov. 12 in Pocatello. Idaho State University’s Bengal Alumni Center event hall, 1601 E. Bonneville St., hosts the ...

Potatoes, presidential politics, football and the economy, not necessarily in that order, dominated presentations during the Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) annual Harvest meeting on November 13 at ...