UNITED POTATO GROWERS OF IDAHO WON'T FOLD

Idaho Falls-based United Potato Growers of Idaho, the organization that led the way in encouraging spud growers nationwide to reign in acreage in order to buoy markets, has a new lease on life.
At the organization's fall growers' meeting Nov. 11, United Potato Growers of Idaho announced it reached its membership goal and therefore won't shut its doors, said Britt Raybould, a spokeswoman for the group.
Earlier this fall, the group announced that if its membership did not represent 80% of the state's fresh potato acreage, it would disband