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Managing the Storage Season
(Sponsored) For over 25 years, 1,4GROUP, Inc. has dedicated itself to providing value-added customer solutions in potato storage quality management, i... more »
Sustainability = Environmental Stewardship, Economic Success
(Sponsored) Sustainability is one of the more commonly misunderstood concepts in agriculture today. At times agricultural success, especially highe... more »
Financing the modern-day farm
For millennia, farmers have been remarkably resourceful and resilient in overcoming ecological perils that threaten their livelihood. Now, they f... more »
Postharvest quality reduction
Farming is about risk and reward.
One major risk every potato grower must weigh is the likelihood of damaging their crop ... more »
Why decoding the genome matters
Researchers from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, have complet... more »
A shift in trends
Jason Davenport has a unique view of the potato industry. Founder and president of California-based Allied Potato, Davenport is a fifth-generation far... more »
Tired Soils Aren’t an Inevitable, Unwinnable Battle
(Sponsored) I receive countless calls from frustrated potato growers who tell me they are throwing costly inputs at their fields, yet not seeing the y... more »
Empowering potato consumption through culinary innovation
Have you ever thought about making gnocchi from your favorite potato chips? How about making flavorful potato pickles or pierogies that take you to Me... more »
Potato Association of America names four Honorary Lifetime Members
One of the most significant ways to recognize outstanding contributions to the potato industry and to our organization — the Potato Association of A... more »
Using perennial grains as crop field borders
Planting beneficial plants next to gardens and crop fields large and small has been a standard practice for decades, even centuries. The plants provid... more »
