During the 1950s, roughly 15 percent of the U.S. population was involved in farming. Today that number has excessively dropped to only 2 percent yet American farmers still feed 98 percent of the U.S.
Scott Bedlington is third generation on this farm in northwestern Washington, an hour and a half north of Seattle. This is a seed quarantine area; the county can only grow seed potatoes. “If you grow ...
When a new variety of potato called the Caribou Russet was released in 2015, it became the top seed potato variety planted in Maine. Developing a new potato variety typically takes 10 to 12 years. The ...
Meteorologist Jacob Dickey is joined by Sarah Kaper from the Champaign County Farm Bureau to learn more about potatoes and ...
Tesco plans to start selling potatoes and other crops grown on a farm hosting trials for emerging innovations that have potential to decarbonise food production. The supermarket recently unveiled its ...
BOARDMAN — Efficiency is the name of the game in farming these days. Greg Harris, manager of Threemile Canyon Farms in Morrow County, said many of their decisions come down to efficiency. Threemile ...
Potato farmers often struggle with access to clean seeds due to frequent acute shortages and high costs. Farmers often rely on selected seeds from the previous season for planting. However, saving ...
Uttar Pradesh, India's breadbasket, is experiencing a dramatic agricultural transformation. Productivity has surged by over 42% since 2016-17, driven by technology, hybrid seeds, and irrigation. The ...
The cultivation of the high-yielding “Sunshine” potato variety (BADC Potato-1) has shown promising results in Nabinagar ...