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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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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By Margaret Tuttle McGrath, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, Cornell University Dickeya (also known as Dickeya blackleg) is a destructive disease all potato growers should be aware of,…
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The North Carolina Potato Festival is scheduled for the weekend of May 19-21 in Elizabeth City, NC. Potato Fest is a family event that celebrates one of northeast North Carolina’s largest crops…
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The main clue as to when potatoes first entered Japan comes from its name in Japanese, jaga-imo. When the tubers, which originate in the Americas, were first introduced to the…
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BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK/KXPI) – The Idaho Potato Museum is gearing up for visitors now that the weather is warming up. “This year is going to be an outstanding year,” Executive…
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