The Neumillers, an Illinois potato farm family, share a 70-year legacy of farming, family and passing the torch to the next generation.

Editor's note: Katie Pinke will be checking up with Thomas Shephard throughout the growing season as part of our Follow a Farmer series. CRYSTAL, N.D. — After a slow start this spring, things are ...

Luke Abblitt says he has so far delivered more than 25 tonnes of spuds to customers.

I remember the first time I grew potatoes. They weren’t planned. A few had sprouted beside the compost pile, and I recognized the leaves. I let them grow and a few months later, I dug up a ...

Planting potatoes in the fall can extend your growing season. Planting potatoes in the fall gives you a second harvest and fresher food as the weather cools. Fall planting is most effective in mild ...

This starchy spud grows quietly underground but, once you've dug up your harvest, you're treated to everything from sides ...

Michael Steinmann is the third generation of his family to farm near Ashton, Idaho, growing a variety of seed potatoes. His grandfather — from Germany — started the farm in 1918. “My dad took over ...

HEGINS, Pa. — To a random passerby, this might look like empty farmland, but you have to dig to get to the gold on these acres in Schuylkill County. "So we grow up to 10 varieties commercially, and we ...