Potato News

Thanks to investigations by scientists-turned-detectives with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other agencies, potato growers in the western United States and abroad now know the identities of the pathogen-insect duo responsible for outbre...

As with any megafortune, John Richard (J.R.) Simplot's wealth was built from a few simple but revolutionary ideas, much sweat, and a generous glossing of luck. The details of his experience, however, are singular in the extreme.

A potato shortage on the Island could help farmers get paid more for their product, says a spokesman for the P.E.I. Potato Board.

The Procter &Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) today announced an agreement to divest its Snacks business to The Kellogg Company in a $2.7 billion all-cash transaction. The companies expect to complete the deal in summer of 2012. Final timing will be depend...

Last fall, Don Flannery, executive director of the Maine Potato Board, summed up the entire growing season as “challenging.”

Scottish seed producers will soon have faster access to a complete record of all certification data collected during inspections of seed potatoes.

Con el objetivo de integrar a empresas proveedoras de papas a cadenas productivas que les permitan mejorar y estabilizar el vínculo comercial con su cliente.

Kenya will start importing high quality potato seeds following the signing of bilateral agreement with the Netherlands government.

A potato that's purple on the outside and yellow on the inside is one of four new varieties coming to Montana to help attract new markets for the state's $40 million seed potato industry, says Nina Zidack, director of the Montana State University Potato Lab.

UW-Madison scientists collaborate with the Wisconsin Potato &Vegetable Growers Association in a continual effort to improve the state's chipping potatoes.

A potato farmer at Cora Lynn in Victoria's West Gippsland, says he won't know the extent of storm damage until he harvests his crop next month.

The Potato industry in the Punjab region of India are expecting a sharp reduction in production output.