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How is wildfire smoke affecting Idaho potatoes?

Researchers are finding out that wildfire smoke affects all kinds of things, including potatoes.

Broadcast on:
21 Sep 2023

A pair of cupped hands holds three potatoes covered in dirt.
(Hidetsugu Tonomura / flickr)

This summer offered southern Idaho farmers a respite from wildfires, but smoke is an increasing long-term concern for potato growers. Rachel Cohen reports on researchers who are trying to figure out how it affects the crop.