A FUNGUS, SIMILAR TO THAT WHICH CAUSED THE POTATO BLIGHT IN IRELAND ALMOST 150 YEARS AGO IS THREATENING THIS COUNTRY'S POTATO INDUSTRY. SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH MURRY MAHANY, A FARMER IN ARKPORT, NEW YORK, WHERE POTATO FARMING IS A 50-MILLION-DOLLAR-A-YEAR INDUSTRY.
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