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Farmers in the Columbia Basin are fretting over a lower price for their big contracts with potato processing giants in the Northwest. COURTESY OF WEBER FARMS The Northwest farmers who grow potatoes ...

Bill Gates is the largest farmer in the United States

new potato varieties, developed in part at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Aberdeen

Chin Farms owns 1,400 acres of land and rents 3,500 acres in Oregon and California

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In 1946 Yara imported its first products into the U.S.

farms are trying to figure out the best way to jump in without making expensive mistakes

Thus, there is no replacement to directly speaking to growers to understand what they think. Only then can we can tailor technologies we develop to meet their needs and thus create the ...

The San Luis Valley is in south-central Colorado at an elevation of 7,544 feet, making it the largest alpine desert in the world. The area, roughly 60 miles east to west and ...

The University of California at Berkeley will use a field robot this year to investigate the water content of crop leaves in the field and the optimal time for sprinkling or irrigation. ...

The Minister of Agriculture of the Region of Murcia, Antonio Luengo , visited the 'El Mirador' Agricultural Demonstration and Transfer Center this Monday, where he learned about advances in the use of water retaining polymers and ...

Drip systems are sensitive and more prone to damage than overhead irrigation. Rodents, weed cutters, laborers, mechanical harvesting equipment and even the sun can damage drip systems. Overhead irrigation systems use PVC ...

Widely used herbicides are struggling to kill some weeds. Some experts think heat could be part of the problem. AROUND 10 YEARS AGO, in the fierce heat of the Kansas summer, many of ...

ason Davenport is still a young man, but he has already accrued at least a career’s worth of experience. He grew up on a family farm in Melba, Idaho, and fully expected to return ...

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 ...

WORLD POTATO CONGRESS INC. WEBINAR DECEMBER 15, 2020 AT 09:00 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME – “DEVELOPING THE PIPELINE FROM GENOMICS TO NEW PRODUCTS” WITH DR. MARK TAYLOR The World Potato Congress is ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Two Oregon State University researchers have discovered a microscopic soil-dwelling nematode on the Corvallis campus that could be an important tool against invasive slugs that cause billions of dollars ...

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 ...

I feel like it was about 5 years ago when the gates were opened to the ag data land rush. Small ag-tech companies and multinational legacy companies all entered the ag data ...

LeRoy Salazar not only has plenty of experience growing potatoes, he has the rather unique experience — at least among American farmers — of having grown potatoes where they originated: the highlands ...

“How can we increase farmer adoption of new innovations?” A question that continues to challenge policy-makers, technology developers and the research community, and probably the one the Agri-TechE team is asked most ...

Outsized wildfires, rising sea levels and disappearing glaciers are dramatic signs of climate change, but not the only ones, scientists say. New research from the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and ...

THESE FAMILY-OWNED FARMLAND ENTERPRISES DEMONSTRATE RESILIENCE AND RESOURCEFULNESS. Who operates the largest working farms in the U.S. and what do they grow? The Land Report, the magazine of the American landowner, produces ...

As produce growers struggle to improve food safety practices and mandatory reporting, one possible link attributed to foodborne illness outbreaks in leafy greens in the past decade is being addressed in a ...

The day I became a farmer, I became less important in the eyes of other people and society—and the experience led me to understand the value of telling stories about agriculture as ...