Potatoes USA Board Nominations Open Until August 15
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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NAFTA Renegotiation Begins, NPC Applauds
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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May/June 2006
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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Were you selected to be audited on the Potato Sustainability Initiative (PSI) survey?
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 Probability Above 85% in Columbia Basin
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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Video: Buyan Ranch Gets AirSep Technology
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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Program at UW-Madison keeps potatoes clean from test tube to plate
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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NematodePro.com Crop Consulting Company Opens
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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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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Dickeya: A New Disease Causing Major Impact
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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