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十月 28, 2025
Scientists Decode Sweetpotato Genome, Unlocking Drought Tolerance, Nutrition, and Crop Resilience
Scientists have decoded the sweetpotato’s complex hexaploid genome, revealing its mixed ancestry and resilience traits. This breakthrough offers powerful tools for breeders to boost yield, nutrition, and climate resistance, securing food futures.
九月 28, 2025
Cornell Celebrates 160 Years of Potato Breeding Research Driving Innovation and U.S. Potato Industry Growth
Cornell marks 160 years of potato breeding, creating 50+ varieties—including top U.S. chip potatoes and nematode-resistant strains. Farmer partnerships and USDA support drive innovation, boosting sustainability and the USD 100B U.S. potato industry.
八月 26, 2025
Maine Potato Harvest at Risk as Drought Threatens Crops and Farmers Turn to Irrigation
Drought across Maine, with 80% of the state affected, threatens potato harvests. Experts warn stunted growth, urging irrigation. The USD 1.3 Billion industry faces risks as relief isn’t expected until early autumn.
六月 23, 2025
Robots in Potato Farming: How Technology Helps Growers Overcome Labor Shortages and Boost Productivity
Robots in potato farming help ease labor shortages, cut costs, and boost yields by automating tasks like planting and harvesting. Paired with smart tools like crop monitoring, they improve efficiency, reduce waste, and support sustainable farming. Sponsored Content
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八月 02, 2022
How can we improve soil health in potato cropping systems?
Minimizing soil disturbance is one of the key tenets promoted to build soil health in agricultural systems. Many farmers across the country have adopted reduced and no-till systems to build soil carbon, a central component to healthy soils.
七月 19, 2022
Case IH acquires spray booms specialist to strengthen its crop protection equipment portfolio
CNH Industrial has acquired Specialty Enterprises LLC (Specialty), North America’s largest manufacturer of premium aluminium spray booms for agricultural applications. Specialty, which operates one manufacturing facility.
三月 20, 2022
PepsiCo and N-Drip partner to provide water-saving, crop-enhancing benefits to farmers around the world
Around the world, a countless number of farmers make use of flood or trench, irrigation to bring water to their crops, which floods the field at regular intervals, losing up to 70 percent of the water used.
五月 30, 2019
Nearly half of the state Washington facing emergency drought conditions
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has expanded the drought emergency declaration to cover nearly half of Washington state due to worsened, poor water supply conditions around the state and warmer and drier weather predictions through the summer.
八月 04, 2018
Potato company RD Offutt halts controversial agricultural expansion in Minnesota
RD Offutt, the largest potato producer in Minnesota, is backing away from a controversial expansion in the State just south of the Mississippi River headwaters after state regulators insisted on an environmental study of the potential contamination of groundwater.








