The results showed that the range of striped species overlaps with where biting flies are most activeâregardless of species and where the stripes occur on the body, according to the study, published April 1 in the journal Nature Communications.
With potatoes its number 1 crop and producing over 6 million tons of spuds annually, Idaho is the US's top potato producing state. It's followed closely by Oregoâ¦n, Washington, Maine, and Colorado. It also produces most of the french fries for the nation's fast-food restaurants.
Potatoes are ideal for fall planting in southern United States climates, since they can quietly slumber as tubers underground all winter and take advantage of every bit of sun and rain in the spring so you get early potatoes the next season. Plant seed potatoes in the fall after you harvest your other fall crops.