Potato Crop Idaho 2025. Prevent bruising of potatoes during harvest season. Idaho is set to experience a notable reduction in russet potato acreage for the upcoming 2024 crop.
Boise, idaho — the iconic idaho potato drop dazzled idahoans on new year’s eve, dropping a giant spud in a flurry of fireworks for the start of the new year. Idaho farmers planted 328,858 acres of spuds this year, according to united potato growers of america, which does a physical count of spud acres in idaho each year.