Since potatoes grow underground, how do you know when they're ready to harvest? Learn the maturity times for some of the ...

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 ...

Q: Right around last Thanksgiving I had three potatoes and lots of vines. I just dug a hole at the end of my garden. About a month ago something started to come out of the ground. They have taken over ...

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. Helen Tai, a potato genetics researcher at the Fredericton Research and Development Centre, shows off a flowering potato plant.