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Devastating Crop Disease Detected Near Chautauqua County Spreads Eastward

August 20, 2019 By News Staff 0

JAMESTOWN – A devastating disease blamed for the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s that was recently detected in Erie County Pennsylvania has spread east. Officials with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County report Late …

Devastating Crop Disease Detected Near Chautauqua County

July 24, 2019 By News Staff 0

ERIE COUNTY, Pa. – A devising disease blamed for the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s was recently detected in Erie County Pennsylvania. Chautauqua County Cornell Cooperative Extension officials are warning local growers that Late …