Agronomy

The potato person who said many years ago “A Potato Storage Is Not A Hospital” was absolutely right. Diseased or bruised tubers do not get...

An oceanographer and his engineer sons fundamentally change the game for sub-seasonal weather forecasting, outperforming the most respected global long-range weather forecasts. Despite advanced technology...

For many years governments made it a priority to fund public plant breeding systems. Regionally, there were either plant breeders scattered across the country,...

How to promote crop resilience and maximum productivity when conditions are less than ideal. Moisture is the most universally challenging factor in potato production: there...

Every spring, I have some producers share soil test results with me as we discuss crop rotation, variety choice, and fertility programs. While those traditional...

A new study challenges the prevalent theory that the devastating potato blight pathogen, Phytophthora infestans, originated in Mexico. Researchers meticulously reconstructed its global migration...