News on The Potato Supply Chain from Minnesota

Potato protoplasts expressing green florescence to demonstrate high transformation efficiency.
April 15, 2015

Cellectis reduces cold sweetening in potato by inactivating a single gene

Cellectis Plant Sciences, Inc. has announced today that the Plant Biotechnology Journal has accepted the publication of its peer-reviewed manuscript demonstrating the phenotypic validation of potato lines developed by inactivating a single endogenous gene responsible for sugar accumulation when stored at cold temperatures.
Focus on Potato Talk Teaches Bacterial Ring Rot Sanitation
March 08, 2015

Focus on Potato Talk Teaches Bacterial Ring Rot Sanitation

Of the more than 100 diseases of potato, bacterial ring rot is one of the few zero-tolerance pests. If just one seed potato on a farm is found to have this disease, no seed on that farm can be certified.
Pine forests such as this one south of Park Rapids, Minn., have been cleared for potato fields.
February 08, 2015

Pines to potatoes conversion in central Minnesota put on hold

Alarmed by rapid deforestation in an ecologically sensitive swath of central Minnesota, state regulators have ordered a broad environmental review that will temporarily halt conversion of the region’s jackpine stands to potato fields.
Ron Norman
February 03, 2015

Ron Norman to Receive NPPGA's Meritorious Service Award

The Northern Plains Potato Growers Association will honor Ron Norman with its Meritorious Service Award at their banquet on February 17th.
Sandi Aarestad
February 25, 2014

Sandi Aarestad Receives NPPGA's Meritorious Service Award

Sandi Aarestad who operates Valley Tissue Culture near Halstad, Minnesota received the Meritorious Service Award from the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association
R.D. Offutt warehouse in Minnesota burns down (Elizabeth Huwe, Perham Focus)
January 22, 2014

R.D. Offutt potato warehouse in Minnesota burns down

A large potato warehouse in western Minnesota operated by the nation’s largest potato producer RD Offutt burned down.
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