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Bill Gates is the largest farmer in the United States

The pandemic and dry weather have pushed Canadian potato stocks down

A Washington state trial program highlights the seed-borne diseases impacting potato crops across the region. The Washington Commercial Potato Seed Lot Trial has been conducted for 56 years (since 1961, with a three-year hiatus ...

Lamb Weston has given its final offer to Washington potato growers for the 2021 processing crop with contract prices cut by three per cent compared to last year, the March 10 issue of North ...

Just how much does the space between your rows affect your potatoes

HIGHER SPEED PIVOTS CAN BE IDEAL FOR CHEMIGATION AS WELL AS WATERING JUST-PLANTED SEEDS.

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

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

verticillium wilt is a serious disease that diminishes quality and causes significant yield loss by reducing tuber size.

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

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 ...

Without adequate H-2A agriculture employees at planting and beyond, some U.S. farmers face a crippling financial blow in 2021.

The insect monitoring network in potato fields I operate across Washington’s Columbia Basin provides growers information about where and when insect pests are showing up in the region and warns them about ...

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 ...

The policy over much of the last century to quickly suppress wildfires no matter where they occur has led to a buildup of fuels in forests. This, coupled with some hot and ...

Two companies want to deploy ‘autonomous crop management machines’, are working to develop irrigation pivots that do more than apply water and/or crop protection products. Irrigation is a critical production practice on ...

From the early stages of planting to the final phase of every package and shipping, you will find the Easterday family actively involved in all aspects of delivering you high quality produce ...

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 ...

A custom-built potato grading and washing solution from Tong Engineering has enabled a leading US potato processor to increase sizing potential of both dirty and washed crop, whilst maximizing efficiency and minimizing ...

The smile, even if it’s subtle, rarely leaves its home directly below Ed Starkel’s snow-white mustache, which is somehow both bushy and immaculately groomed. He is a man who takes his job ...

Mary Anne Ketelsen, majority owner and CEO of Mister Bee Potato Chips, designed a new chip bag last year, where a portion of the proceeds go to a charity supporting Veterans and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...