Potato virus Y is a huge threat to potato crop stability in North America and Europe. Farmers are most concerned about the necrotic strain, which affects varieties of potatoes more severely than the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Potato maturity depends on the variety, ranging from about 110 days for early types to over 120 days for late ones. Key harvest ...

Q:A vine is taking over my backyard! It has heart-shaped leaves, and I'm finding little things that look like potatoes everywhere. It showed up by itself and is covering my neighbor's fence -- should ...

Editor's note: Katie Pinke will be checking up with Thomas Shephard throughout the growing season as part of our Follow a Farmer series. CRYSTAL, N.D. — After a slow start this spring, things are ...

Although the potato is now associated with industrial-scale monoculture, the International Potato Center in Peru has preserved almost 5,000 varieties. Martin Mejia / AP Images When potato plants bloom ...