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Cuban scientists hope to successfully produce in around three years a potato seed created in the country, with which it would save some 15 million dollars in imports, reported IPS.Several research centers are working towards this aim, among them the Na...

McDonald’s officials are meeting with the Potato Variety Management Institute (PVMI) to talk about potential new varieties of potatoes for French Fries. Jeanne Debons, executive director of the Potato Variety Management Institute (PVMI), is meeting M...

Potato growers can't go to an industry meeting anymore without hearing a talk about sustainability. They're told they need to reduce their carbon footprint and adhere to good agricultural practices. Fast food restaurants are also under pressure to re...

U.S. biologists say they've improved on the Yukon Gold potato, which has already been making a name for itself — and the northern Canadian territory it's named after — in kitchens around the world. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Native potatoes are known for their exquisite, unique taste, their great nutritional properties.  And now their also experiencing an increased demand in local and foreign markets. France and Venezuela are some of the countries already enthralled by the...

Potato growers interested in producing the recently released Classic Russet variety will find detailed information on storing it in a new University of Idaho Extension online publication, “Storage Management of Classic Russet Potatoes.” An early- to mi...

Cibus Global, a pioneering plant trait development firm, today announced that it has partnered with Naturally Enhanced United Seed (NEU Seed), a potato grower cooperative based in Idaho, to develop and market improved traits in potato using Cibus’ natu...

From the fields of Idaho to tasting rooms in suburban Chicago, potato farmers, researchers and industry representatives are in the midst of an elusive hunt: finding a new spud for McDonald's french fries.

For decades, the Idaho Potato Commission has primarily promoted russet Burbank potatoes. In fact, when anyone says "potato,"everyone immediately thinks Idaho."And, the IPC works tirelessly to ensure that all consumers -- including FS professionals -- unde...

A new specialty potato, with a striking regal color both outside and in, needs a home.

When potato producers plant their seed this spring, they’ll have three new varieties to choose from: Alpine Russet, a very high-yielding, medium- to late-maturing processing potato that has a natural dormancy rivaling Russet Burbank. It can be stored...

A project at the University of Maine to produce new varieties of potatoes that can stand up to disease while giving Maine growers new marketing opportunities recently received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In South America’s Andes mountain region, indigenous women have traditionally been responsible for selecting, conserving and managing seed potatoes from the countless native varieties of the crop, thus ensuring diversity and continued production while ...

A researcher for North Carolina State University's Potato Breeding and Genetics Program, Clough plants test fields in Pasquotank County and other state locations each year to test potato varieties and compare their yields and quality.

The Peruvian potato project T’ikapapa has been chosen as the winner of The World Challenge 2007, a global competition promoted by the BBC and Newsweek magazine, in association with Shell.   Make sure you watch BBC World this weekend to see coverage fro...