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Japanese Have Word for Breeding Perfect Potato
The Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) has discovered that a Japanese concept of flavour may hold the key to breeding the perfect potato. The Glasgow Herald... more
Othello Potato Plants Reap Recognition
Othello?s Simplot potato plant didn?t set out to win the company?s first Food Group Operational Excellence Award. But plant manager Steve Anderson can?t say he?s sorry they got it. Othello Outlook... more
Harkin Calls for Commission on Food Safety
In announcing the Senate Agriculture Committee's markup of the Farm Bill this past week, the committee chairman, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said he will mandate a presidential commission on food safety as part of the bill. Grand Island Independent... more
All Eyes on the Year of the Potato
Whatever may befall the rich and famous in 2008, the humble potato will be less humble. Canadian Press... more
Suspected Case of Potato Wart Closes Field
A potato field near Kensington, P.E.I., is under quarantine as the result of a suspected case of potato wart. CBC News... more
Maine’s Potato Harvest Shaping Up To Be a Good One
With the potato harvest nearly complete, industry officials say this year's crop has all the makings of a bountiful one. The Barre Montepelier Times-Argus... more
Who’ll Pick Up Jays?
Jays Foods, owner of Jays potato chips and Select Snacks, will sell its brands and other assets as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the company announced Friday. Chicago Sun-Times... more
Local Chips Aren’t Crumbling
Just a few weeks ago, Kettle Foods christened a new potato chip plant in Beloit, Wis., the first beyond its original factory in Oregon. Chicago Tribune... more
Immigration Spills Into Farm Bill Politics
The U.S. Senate has had enough trouble trying to write a farm bill as it stands, but there's one issue that could complicate matters further - immigration. Salinas Californian... more
Potatoes, Other Washington Crops Continue to Climb in Value
The value of Washington?s 2006 agricultural production reached a record $6.87 billion, 6 percent above the preceding year?s revised figure of $6.46 billion, according to the just-released report from the Washington Field Office of USDA?s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
