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.
The first Potatos arrived in North America in 1621. Today, Potatoes are one of the largest food crops in the world. Potato production in the United States alone has grown steadily in recent years with an increase from 35 billion pounds of Potatoes when I wrote this article (March 2000) to 50 billion pounds in 2007.