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Just saying North American potato production has benefited from the efforts of Nora Olsen would be an understatement.

A scientist. That’s what Terry Miller was. A really, really good plant pathologist.

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 ...

“A better understanding of soil health will lead to ways of producing more potatoes”

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

Pink rot is an important storage disease of potatoes. Caused by a soil-borne pathogen, Phytopthora erythroseptica, it’s found in potato-growing regions throughout the world. This pathogen thrives in saturated soils, so the disease ...

For both potatoes and onions, “the 2020 crop has come out of the gate very strong,” according to Eric Beck, director of marketing for Wada Farms Marketing Group LLC in Idaho Falls, ...

NPPGA ramps up digital to keep message fresh, timely. Communication within every company and association is key, particularly during these times of less in-person time and more face-to-face via app meetings and ...

Two researchers at the University of Maine have partnered with a team of plant geneticists and breeders to develop tools which will help Maine scientists and farmers become more efficient in breeding ...

If you talk to a group of potato growers, one issue is almost certain to come up: how to find seed potatoes free of disease. The U.S. potato seed industry can be ...

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 ...

FULLY AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION IS A REALITY. A 25-year veteran in the irrigation industry, Ken Goodall is astounded by recent advances in irrigation automation. “It’s coming like a freight train,” he predicts. “In ...

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 ...

Covid-19 has changed the way business is done across the globe, and it is no different when it comes to agricultural research. In a previous post, we highlighted how Medius.Re can help facilitate ...

By Seth Truscott College of Agricultural, Human,and Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. -Launching new research in support of Washington potato growers, Washington State University is partnering with industry leaders to study healthier, ...

I’m Bob Larson. Always working to develop the “perfect” russet, the Potato Variety Management Institute’s main mission is to promote new varieties of potatoes in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and beyond. PVMI Executive ...

Manitoba won’t see the undug acres of 2018 and 2019, although many yields aren’t bursting any storages Manitoba’s potato crop won’t be breaking yield records. Then again, at least the crop is ...

Idaho potato grower-shippers and marketers say they have responded to the current global pandemic the best way they know how: with a good crop. The weather was an ally to growers, said Ross Johnson, ...

POCATELLO — Interest in the Idaho State Department of Agriculture’s annual specialty crop program was up considerably this year compared with last year. ISDA has announced it will award a total of ...

Welcome to four hours of rat hell and a hunt like no other. Bones break and blood spills across a farm yard, in unison with a frenzied cacophony of guttural snarls, as ...

Avoid introducing the viruses and their vectors onto your farm. This is your first and best line ofdefense. Don’t plant the problem! Purchase the best certified seed potatoes to minimize PVY. Be ...

In 2005 the state potato commissions of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho launched a new nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation called the Potato Variety Management Institute (PVMI) to handle the licensing and royalty collection on ...

CALS Researcher Leads National Project The University of Idaho will lead a $3.2 million project to combat microscopic worms that threaten potato production. The project, which focuses on the pale cyst nematode ...

When Kelly Kuball walked the Texas A&M Potato Breeding and Variety Development Program variety display trials near Springlake recently, he was a long way from his specialty potato company in Arvin, California. ...