The USU Extension IPM Program and Salt Lake County Extension are hosting an on-farm commercial vegetable grower meeting and food truck social at Petersen Family Farm in Riverton, Utah on Friday, August 11 at…
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By Noel Garcia, Technical Director, TPS Lab Larry Zibilske, Vice President of Research, TPS Lab Since the late 1990s, there has been a plateau in potato yields, generally averaging…
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FieldNET by Lindsay has added a new product to its line of remote pivot monitoring and control solutions. Pivot Control Lite is designed to provide growers with a simpler, more…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that potato producers in Washington voted to continue their federal marketing order program. The Washington potato marketing order provides authority for grade,…
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In the July/August 2007 issue, we had Ellie Charvet on the cover of Potato Country magazine. He was the manager of Taggares Farms and was a commissioner with the Washington…
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For the four week data ending 5.27.17 for total potato volume, at retail, saw a decline of 1.6% when compared to the same month last year, however total dollar sales…
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By Jeff Miller, Miller Research LLC It seems that there is no shortage of products on which crop producers are asked to spend their hard-earned money. Every year potato…
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The Pacific Northwest Pest Alert Network is reporting that three psyllid collected last week tested positive for Lso (liberibacter), the bacterium that causes zebra chip. Two of these psyllids were found in…
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Late blight is present in a number of fields north of Pasco up to at least Eltopia and east of Pasco to the Snake River. The strain of the late blight…
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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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