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Why a Potato Loses Weight Sitting Still in Storage — and How to Calculate It
A University of Idaho Extension bulletin breaks down the physics behind potato shrinkage in storage, showing how vapor pressure, not just humidity, drives water loss — and offering growers two competing formulas to estimate it.
Jul 10, 2026 · 4 min read
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Picketa Systems Raises $2.1M as Fertilizer Costs Squeeze North American Growers
Portable crop-nutrient sensor maker Picketa Systems closed an oversubscribed $2.1 million round as fertilizer prices climb and adoption spreads from potatoes to soybeans and wheat, PotatoPro reports.
Jul 10, 2026 · 3 min read
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The 30-year hunt for a blight-proof potato reaches Africa's fields
A three-gene resistance stack developed by the International Potato Center, Michigan State University and KALRO has shown complete field resistance to late blight in Kenyan and Ugandan varieties — but biosafety approval, not science, now determines when farmers can plant it.
Jul 9, 2026 · 3 min read