<P> The only professional sports team in the region is the Idaho Falls Chukars of Minor League Baseball . The organization, which has changed names and affiliations numerous times, has been around since 1940 and has played at Melaleuca Field since 2007 . </P> <P> In the spring of 2018, Eastern Idaho gained a semi-professional soccer team Idaho Lobos FC based in Idaho Falls . The team competes in the Mountain Conference of the UPSL . </P> <P> The Eastern Idaho region grows most of Idaho's potato crop, making it one of the world's most productive potato - growing areas . Barley for beer production is also significant . Several major breweries, including Coors, Anheuser - Busch and Mexico's Grupo Modelo have barley producing operations in the area . Sugar beets, alfalfa and wheat are also major crops . There are also many cattle ranches for raising beef . </P> <P> Idaho National Laboratory between Idaho Falls and Arco in Butte County is one of the nation's top nuclear research facilities. Philo Farnsworth, inventor of the cathode ray tube, and considered the primary inventor of television grew up in Rigby . ON Semiconductor (formerly AMIS) of Pocatello is a computer chip manufacturer . Idaho State University in Pocatello is home to the Idaho Accelerator Center . The center contains 10 operating accelerators used in research done through the University, national laboratories such as INL, and the private sector . Idaho State University operates the Center For Advanced Energy Studies at University Place in Idaho Falls . This public - private partnership researches solutions to America's continuing energy crisis . </P>

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