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About 80 percent of their potato harvest goes to Peak with the remainder to Simplot Canada and McCain Foods.

(NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on the Vision 2026 program to rethink the seed potato certification system.) A crop consultant’s persistence to help seed potato growers and belief ...

Center pivot fertigation may be the future for potato production.

Mack Farms is a member of Fresh Solutions Network, which has helped not only to expand the reach of their business, but to share with others in the potato industry the pioneering ...

Some potato farms in Aroostook County, Maine have histories dating back to the early 1800s. Daniel Corey’s operation is not one of them, however. Corey started his namesake operation — Daniel J. Corey ...

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) scientist Johan Johan Desaeger believes an integrated strategy is the best long-term approach for producers trying to manage nematodes. Growers are more ...

Scientists at the University of Florida developed an innovative modeling approach to the assessment of climate adaptation and mitigation opportunities in fruit and vegetable supply chains and found out in this respect ...

For decades, the University of Maine has devoted valuable agricultural research to studying how to improve potato crops, a central element of the state’s agricultural economy. Over the past year, the focus ...

Washington, D.C. (June 9, 2021)— Yesterday, 288 agricultural organizations representing the geographic and commodity diversity of our nation’s farmers urged immediate Senate action to develop and pass legislation addressing agricultural labor reform. The ...

Small, organic farms need organic seed potatoes, and a small, organic farm in Wisconsin has found its niche in supplying those farms.

Pieper Farms has spent 75 years forging one of the strongest reputations for high-quality seed in the world.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an investment of more than $5.2 million to support nanotechnology research at 11 universities. The universities will research ways nanotechnology can be used to improve food safety, enhance ...

Farmers are struggling to obtain essential items that they once took for granted

PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) today announced a new, impact-driven Positive Agriculture ambition, anchored by a goal to spread regenerative farming practices across 7 million acres, approximately equal to its entire agricultural footprint. The ...

Seed potatoes from the United States have not been part of the Cuban cultural story for decades

Researchers will use artificial intelligence in an attempt to identify nematodes (the destructive kind as well as beneficial) more rapidly and accurately

It’s no secret – or surprise to anyone in the industry these days – that maintaining the cold chain has a big effect on the quality and shelf life of fresh-cut produce. ...

Supplies of potatoes are good but demand is starting to see some shifts

Demand for chip potatoes in storage has become sluggish, issue of North American Potato Market News (NAPM) says

fumigation with chloropicrin is reported to actually increase the population of the fungus Trichoderma spp.

National Potato Council elected LaJoie, potato farmer, president of the Washington, D.C.-based interest group

The first-ever virtual Potato Expo is on tap for Jan. 5-7 and the event has plenty to offer the industry, National Potato Council leaders say. The Packer’s Tom Karst visited Dec. 15 with Kam Quarles, CEO of ...

There are a variety of nematodes that damage Florida potatoes. These plant-parasitic nematodes are small, microscopic roundworms that feed on plant tissue, causing severe damage to growers’ crops. ONGOING FIELD TRIALS Nematicide ...

In the early 19th century, German brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm made a name for themselves by putting pen to paper to create heroes who utilized a mix of courage, magic and good ...

Announced today, Canadian telecom company Telus launches Telus Agriculture. With a footprint in more than 50 countries, the new business is aiming to bring a new level of digitization to agriculture and connect ...