July/August 2004
In the July/August 2004 issue, we had Dallas Batchelor and Phil Nolte on the cover of Potato Country magazine. They were photographed at a field day to the WSU Othello Research…
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On-Farm Commercial Vegetable Grower Meeting at Peterson Family Farm
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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Crop Nutrition: Breaking Potato Quality, Yield Plateaus
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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Lindsay Expands Pivot Control Product Line
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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Washington Growers Vote to Continue Federal Marketing Order
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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July/August 2007
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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May Retail Sales a Mixed Bag for Potatoes and Products
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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$hould I $pend the Money?
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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Lso-positive psyllids in Jerome and Twin Falls counties
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 Found in Columbia Basin
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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