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How is wildfire smoke affecting Idaho potatoes?

A pair of cupped hands holds three potatoes covered in dirt.
Hidetsugu Tonomura
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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.

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