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11 Chefs, Including One from Idaho, Are Sharing Their Favorite Potato Recipes to Help UNICEF
It may be the Chinese Year of the Rat, but 2008 is the International Year of the Potato, and February is Potato Lovers' Month. Idaho Statesman... more
Agriculture Canada Unveils 15 New Experimental Potato Varieties
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has unveiled a new crop of experimental potato varieties, but it will be years before any find their way to your supper table. Canadian Press... more
Seed Potato Farmers Fear Future After PCN Discovery
Alberta's seed potato farmers are waiting anxiously for news of government financial aid after the discovery of a tiny pest at two Edmonton-area farms shut down the huge U.S. and Mexico markets. Edmonton Journal... more
Alberta Potato Growers Lose Millions as U.S., Mexican Border Remain Closed
Alberta?s seed potato growers may lose up to $35 million dollars in revenue this year because of the recent finding of a very limited amount of the microscopic pest, potato cyst nematode (PCN), on two Edmonton-area farms.
2007 Potato Production up 2 Percent from 2006
Total U.S. potato production for the 2007 crop year (September-August) is reported at 449 million cwt., a 2 percent increase from a year earlier, according to USDA?s Economic Research Service.
Diverse ‘Tidal Wave’ of Investors Turns to Farmland
Although the U.S. economy appears to be cooling, the farmland market is cooking. Des Moines Register... more
Treasure Trove of Taters
Demand for specialty potatoes, with multi-hued skin and flesh, is booming. Toronto Star... more
BASF Gene-Altered Potato Is Dividing EU
Call it Europe's hottest potato. The Amflora potato looks like any garden-variety spud, but it has been genetically modified by the German chemical giant BASF to be unusually rich in starch. International Herald Tribune (France)... more
Peerless Potato Chips Inc. Marking 80 Years in the City
Peerless Potato Chips Inc. celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. Gary, Ind. Post-Tribune... more
February Potato Stocks Up 7 Percent from Last Year
The 13 major potato states held 206 million cwt. of potatoes in storage Feb. 1, up 7 percent from last year and 9 percent above Feb. 1, 2006.
