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Sorting the rocks from the spuds

Up until this fall, Alex Docherty, chairman of the PEI Potato Board and a potato farmer in Elmwood, P.E.I., would do what most potato farmers...

Cornell U funding to eradicate potato pest

Cornell University's long-standing battle against a major potato pest is getting a $1.2 million boost in new New York state funding. The destructiveness of the...

Rain causes harvest delays in North Dakota’s Red River Valley

Just when some potato growers in the Red River Valley in North Dakota were beginning to make some progress with the harvest, Mother Nature...

European potato production: More area, less harvest, uncertainty

The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) expect in the five covered countries (Netherlands, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Germany) a lower production of potatoes (seed...

Saboteurs a concern during potato harvest

The P.E.I. Potato Board is still concerned about saboteurs two years after needles were found in Island produce, but it's grateful to Islanders who...

Poor potato harvest could drive Dutch farmers out of business

Dutch potato farmers face going out of business if the worst fears about this year’s poor crop are realized, industry observers have warned. The combination...

Sorting the rocks from the spuds

Up until this fall, Alex Docherty, chairman of the PEI Potato Board and a potato farmer in Elmwood, P.E.I., would do what most potato farmers...

Cornell U funding to eradicate potato pest

Cornell University's long-standing battle against a major potato pest is getting a $1.2 million boost in new New York state funding. The destructiveness of the...

Rain causes harvest delays in North Dakota’s Red River Valley

Just when some potato growers in the Red River Valley in North Dakota were beginning to make some progress with the harvest, Mother Nature...

European potato production: More area, less harvest, uncertainty

The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) expect in the five covered countries (Netherlands, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Germany) a lower production of potatoes (seed...

Saboteurs a concern during potato harvest

The P.E.I. Potato Board is still concerned about saboteurs two years after needles were found in Island produce, but it's grateful to Islanders who...

Poor potato harvest could drive Dutch farmers out of business

Dutch potato farmers face going out of business if the worst fears about this year’s poor crop are realized, industry observers have warned. The combination...