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The US Agency for International Development has awarded Michigan State University (MSU) a $5.8 million cooperative agreement to improve potato production in Bangladesh and Indonesia. Additional partners include the University of Minnesota and J.R. Simplot as well as in-country partners in both Bangladesh and Indonesia.

Alaskan potato farms with irrigation had a good year, but farms that didn't have irrigation lost much of their potato yield.

Potato grower R.D. Offutt has agreed to scale back its expansion plans in Minnesota in a deal with regulators to protect sensitive groundwater and pine forests in central Minnesota.

Today, Black Gold Farms has started the harvest of its red potatoes in the Red River Valley

Resumen de la ponencia que sobre el tema se presentó en el XXVI Congreso bienal de la Asociación Latinoamericana de la Papa (ALAP), celebrado en septiembre del 2014 en Bogotá.

A Florida-based potato farmer who recently won an award for his sustainable irrigation methods firmly believes all farmers should adopt the system for the good of the planet.

Two of the most powerful voices in P.E.I.s billion dollar potato industry appeared before the Legislature's agriculture committee Thursday in Charlottetown.

The potato and vegetable growers in Wisconsin's Central Sands are not content to debate causes, and they have united to proactively seek solutions to Tackle Water Issues in Central Wisconsin.

After months of disputes, a South Carolina river conservation group has reached a legal settlement with a Michigan-based Walther Farms over the company’s plans to siphon water from the South Fork of the Edisto River.

La Fundación para el Desarrollo Sostenible Territorial (Fundesot) está trabajando en un proyecto de investigación para establecer la huella hídrica en el cultivo de papa y evaluar el cultivo bajo dos sistemas de producción: agricultura de conservación y agricultura tradicional.

During the week of Aug. 23, the National Potato Council (NPC) led a delegation of five U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees in a crop tour of the Columbia Basin growing area in Oregon.

La campaña de papa se está acercando a la mitad y el tema del riego siempre es recurrente entre los productores. Especialistas del INTA Balcarce explican cómo y cuándo hay que usarlo para obtener beneficios en el cultivo.

La presidenta del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica (Concytec), Dra. Gisella Orjeda Fernández, presentó el trabajo titulado Secuenciamiento del Genoma de la Papa y Análisis del Transcriptoma de Papas Nativas bajo Estrés H...

New technology is being evaluated that may help potato farmers currently dealing with near-record droughts irrigate in ways that are more efficient and cost-effective than traditional methods.

Alan Jones, president and owner of Jones Potato Farm in Parrish, Florida, understands companies will have to attempt to do more with less in today's economy.

Research conducted in part at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed that in some production systems, planting potatoes in flat beds can increase irrigation water use efficiency. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) agricultural engine...