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A research team led by the University of Idaho (U of I) has been given a USD6.8m USDA grant to create novel diagnostic tools, management techniques, and technologies for potato cyst nematode ...

Potatoes are the most widely grown and consumed vegetable in the United States. Potatoes’ popularity is a result of their versatility and affordability, as well as being a tasty and nutrient-dense food ...

New potato varieties bred by the Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program could enter the french fry market before long, said Isabel Vales, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife potato breeder in the Department of ...

Masaki Shimono has joined the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources at the University of Nevada, Reno as a research scientist, studying beneficial microbes to improve and mitigate disease in potatoes ...

Many may not be aware that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Long-Term Agroecological Research (LTAR) network, managed by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), works to address a range of regional ...

This op-ed article is by Dave Douches (PhD), professor and Director of the Potato Breeding and Genetics Program and Director of the Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Graduate Program at Michigan State University, and ...

Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to separate its North American cereal and plant-based foods businesses, via tax-free spin-offs, resulting in three independent public ...

Researchers will be testing genetically modified potatoes in Bangladesh and Indonesia this year in hopes of providing farmers with an alternative to spraying fungicides. Multiple confined field trials of GM late blight-resistant ...

Processing contracts on Prince Edward Island have been settled with growers receiving a little more than 20 per cent increase, the April 21 issue of the North American Potato Market News (NAPM) says. Fry ...

Downey’s Potato Chips has been in business for 37 years. The company was started by the Downey family in Waterford, Michigan. From its humble beginnings selling freshly fried kettle chips made in small batches ...

Until the 19th century, most potato varieties being grown in North America had been imported from Europe with little attention being paid to specific varieties.

(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 ...

Farmers in the US believe that high fertilizer prices are also due to market manipulation. They are calling for an investigation by the judiciary. A group of farmers in the US has apparently asked the ...

Whether it’s to perfect shape and size, improve storability or protect against disease, potato breeders have their hands full meeting processor and consumer demand. Five experts offer insight into their needs, and ...

A combination of adequate water supplies, the long, sunny, summer growing season, and winters too cold for most insect pests to survive makes Colorado’s San Luis Valley in the southern part of ...

A recent paper in the journal Potato Research highlights the chlorpropham (CIPC) ban and the weaknesses and limited sustainability of global and local systems based on synthetically produced substances. But what are the current alternatives ...

America’s Test Kitchen’s writer and food critic Kevin Pang placed Alaska Chip Company’s Grizzly BBQ Chip among its favorites chips during a mission to find the best BBQ chips in the US, ...

Last year, the cumulative worth of all potatoes sold for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington was seen at USD1.82bn, according to a USDA regular report from September 29, 2021. All tri-state potato sales ...

Potato farmers face many challenges. One tiny, yet devastating, pest is the Colorado potato beetle. It can cause immense damage to potato crops. It’s also notorious for becoming resistant to chemical insecticides. In ...

Two U.S. scientists have won a 1 million euro ($1.18 million) prize for creating a ‘food generator’ concept that turns plastics into protein, reports Georgina Jadikovskaall in this article published by Zenger News. The 2021 Future ...

Accounting classes have never been this fun! Professor Ryan Ball, 47, has been teaching at The University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business for more than nine years. This summer, he was ...

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is helping one Northern Michigan business get a little bigger. The Great Lakes Potato Chips Co. in Traverse City is getting USD80,000 to help ...

The Elora Research Station in Ontario will host its annual open house event next Wednesday, August 11. Everyone who is interested in potato research is invited to come see the new variety demonstration plots ...

The Colorado potato beetle is a major pest in North America that can reduce potato yields by 30-50% if unchecked. Control has historically relied heavily upon the use of pesticides, but failure ...

They’ve come a long way, baby. Drying foods like grapes, apricots, dates, figs and plums in the air and sun is one of the oldest ways of preserving food – and especially ...