January 2012
50 Years: Farmers are the backbone of America
Perhaps the most attractive aspect of the life led by the men and women who produce potatoes is its wholesomeness. There are, of course, headwinds: harvesting while watching input prices continually p... more »
50 Years: Top 10 List
It's hard to believe Spudman is 50 years old this year and even harder to think about all of the challenges the industry has gone through over the past five decades to remain prosperous.I spent some t... more »
50 Years: True Grit
It took a one-eyed photographer with a vision for a national potato magazine to create Spudman magazine 50 years ago. The fact that Dan Crawford wasn't a very good farmer, by his own estimation, proba... more »
Combatting PVY
The potato industry in North America is currently experiencing an invasion of sorts by an old pest that has recently undergone some important and sinister changes. The pest is Potato virus Y or PVY a... more »
Fostering Innovation
In the middle of spring planting, hail pings off the roof of Jim Tiede's shop and office, pelting his newly planted fields about eight miles west of American Falls in southeastern Idaho. A few wind gu... more »
Spudman 7: Don Flannery
Don Flannery has served as the executive director of the Maine Potato Board since 2002. From 1997 to 2002 he was the assistant executive director of the MPB. Prior to that role, he was the director of... more »
Spudman Survey
Well, if there's one thing that jumps off the pages of this year's Spudman survey it's the wide range of responses for how growers fared in the 2011 season.Seems as if almost everyone started with a c... more »
Taking Stock: 50 Years & Counting
The new year always starts off with so much promise and I think 2012 is going to fulfill that promise, both editorially and agriculturally speaking.Editorially speaking, this issue marks the beginning... more »
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