April 2010
- Getting it Right “This is the year that potato farmers must get it right,” says Merrill Hanny, a 56-year-old third generation fresh market potato farmer as he sits in his home office at Merrill Hanny Farms east of Shelley, Idaho. Here in the rolling Snake River Valley, potatoes are such a core of the community’s identity that the local school and mascot are known as the Shelley Russets.
- Reining in Rhizoc Rhizoctonia solani, more commonly known as black scurf, is a common fungus that attacks potatoes in the early season of their development. The pathogen is present in all potato growing areas.
- Snowpack, Supply, Something Else