Potato crops do not perform well in high temperatures, according to a new research paper, and that could be a problem as the weather warms with climate change.
Driven by popular belief that it is a practice that works, farmers in Uttar Pradesh state in India are reportedly spraying their crops with liquor – mainly potatoes and sugarcane.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue recently detailed which functions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will remain available in the event of a lapse in government funding.
Apart from book donations and volunteer teachers, Chinese college students now have a new option of supporting China’s poorer regions — by gobbling down their potatoes.
The FEPEX Potato Committee, which met this week in Madrid, confirmed that this year’s production will be between 15% and 20% smaller than last year. It also analyzed the prospects for the next season, in which the price of the seed will be decisive,
BRITAIN’S potato harvest was the lowest since 2012, according to newly published figures, which also revealed that Scottish yields held firm against that slump.
BURLEY, Idaho — Widespread crop failure in Europe’s potato fields this past growing season is going to have markets scrambling for french fries and dehydrated potato flakes.
Potato farmers saw their crop yields back over 30pc in some cases this year, as the weather impacted planting and growing conditions.
