The disease, called “rubbery rot,” was seen in North Dakota and Minnesota this summer and was found in Wisconsin in 2019, said Gary Secor, North Dakota State University Extension plant pathologist.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The price of potatoes may soon be on the rise, thanks to a disease killing large amounts of the crop in Michigan. Michigan is one of the nation’s highest producers of ...

Your favorite potato chip might be at risk, as new potato diseases have been identified in Pennsylvania. Several species of bacteria that had not been seen before in the state, as well as one that had ...

Penn State researchers collect suspect plants from a potato field. The samples will be studied further in their laboratory. Michael Brooks has been farming in South Jersey his whole life. He grows ...

POCATELLO, Idaho — Researchers in Idaho have found a way to use drones to detect diseased potato plants. Led by Idaho State University assistant geosciences professor Donna Delparte, researchers ...

For a large planting, trenches are an efficient way to plant seed potatoes. Dig a trench 4 inches deep if your soil is heavy ...

If you’ve been into a fish and chip shop in the last twelve months, you may well have seen a notice tacked to the wall about the impact of the potato shortage. Supermarkets, too, slapped temporary ...

Penn State researchers collect suspect plants from a potato field. The samples will be studied further in their laboratory. (Courtesy of Robert E. Leiby) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...