In The Valley
Story and photos by Dave Alexander, Publisher Scenic Teton Valley, Idaho, is perhaps best known for its fly fishing, promoting itself as one of the finest dry fly fisheries…
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Getting Into the Weeds
Weeds Can Pose Additional Threat to Potato Production By Zack Frederick, Tom Cummings and Dennis Johnson, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University Weeds present in fields compete for water,…
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First Potato Psyllid Found in Eastern Idaho During 2017 Monitoring
This week a project of the University of Idaho Extension, Oregon State University, and Idaho Master Gardeners (the Pacific Northwest Pest Alert Network) collected Psyllids with sticky traps in potato…
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Committed to Excellence – CSS Farms
Story and photos by Denise Keller, Potato Country Editor Farming with the motto “committed to excellence” requires discipline and innovation. Rising to the challenge, CSS Farms has used the motto…
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Husband-and-Wife Team Grows Farm, Family
Story and photos by Denise Keller You can take the girl off the farm, but you can’t take farming out of the girl. At least that seems to ring…
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New Webcast helps Potato Growers avoid devastating Powdery Scab Outbreaks
Powdery scab is a potato disease that is difficult to manage and under certain environmental conditions powdery scab can be potentially devastating to susceptible potato varieties. The Plant Management Network…
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Washington Grown showcases Washington ag
By Ryan Holterhoff, Director of Marketing and Industry Affairs When you ask the average person in Washington state about what industries or companies are most important to our economy,…
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USU IPM Winter Webinar
Our vegetable Winter Webinar No. 3 is coming up! It will be covering Biological Pest Control for Vegetable Crops and will be 45 minutes long (40 min. presentation with 5…
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Keeping it Clean
Cottom Seed Story by Denise Keller, Editor. Photos by Cottom Seed. With a quality seed crop in storage, the Cottom family of Dillon, Montana, is chalking up a successful season…
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NIFA Announces $1.85 million for Potato Breeding Research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of $1.85 million in funding for regional potato breeding research to support the…
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