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The bi-weekly Ag Talk Tuesday Zoom meeting kicked-off the season on May 5 with an update on Idaho potatoes.
Idaho’s potato-growing areas had a weird, record-breaking winter. It was the warmest winter in nearly a century of data collection.
It’s still early and pretty quiet in Southeast Idaho potato fields. Pam Hutchinson said about 2/3 of fields are planted. She expects there will be a lot of volunteer potatoes this year, because it never got cold enough to kill tubers.
Hutchinson also warned that if it rained after herbicide application, those chemicals may have moved down in the soil profile, especially metribuzin.
According to Sage McClintick with J.R. Simplot, after some rain delays in Southwest Idaho, the majority of growers are done planting spuds. The rains also brought cold weather, which may affect varieties susceptible to cold and wet soil conditions. Wireworm and cutworm pressure is already showing up.
Featured speaker David Hoekema with Idaho Department of Water Resources gave an update on Idaho’s grim water outlook. Snowpack in Idaho is the lowest on record and he expects reservoirs to be drained ahead of schedule.
The next Ag Talk Tuesday is set for May 19. Speaker Meetpal Kukal, University of Idaho Hydrologic Science and Water Management will present “Where Does the Water Really End Up? Co-Producing Actionable Water Use Knowledge with Idaho Irrigators.”
Registration is free but required.
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