In December Colorado Potato Administrative Committee announced their 2017 Colorado Potatoes Video Contest in an effort to get kids thinking about why fruits and vegetables, including potatoes are important. Two…
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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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Potatoes USA nominations are now open for new Board Members for the 2018-2021 term. Fifty-eight members will be elected or re-elected to fill open seats and the seats of outgoing Board…
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The Trump administration has officially begun the renegotiation process today with a letter from U.S. Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer. “With this letter, we intend to notify not just Congress, but…
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In the May/June 2006 issue, Potato Country had Dr. Andy Jensen on the cover. Before he was writing insect quizzes for us, he was (and still is) a major researcher…
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Potato Progress Research & Extension for the Potato Industry of Idaho, Oregon, & Washington Andrew Jensen, Editor. ajensen@potatoes.com; 509-760-4859 www.nwpotatoresearch.com Were you selected to be audited on the Potato Sustainability…
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LATE BLIGHT: Dr. Dennis Johnson’s late blight hotline was updated on May 11, 2017. Here is what he reported: Currently, the probability of late blight occurring sometime this growing season…
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Spudnik Equipment delivered an AirSep Harvester to Montana seed grower Buyan Ranch last fall. Buyan was nothing short of impressed. With the AirSep, potatoes are not being bounced on hard…
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Years before that french fry landed on your plate, the plant that would eventually give rise to the spud your fry was cut from was sealed away deep in a…
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Brad Young is a name familiar to many growers in the west as a soil-fumigation and nematode management specialist. Young is the driving force behind NematodePro.com, a new soil-fumigation and…
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