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On Guard in the PNW
Introduction by Bill SchaeferThere are a lot of tools available to protect your crop — fungicides, herbicides and insecticides, to name three. A... more »
Spudman 7: Gregg Halverson
Gregg Halverson is president and chairman of the board of Black Gold Farms, a family owned potato growing and marketing organization headquartered in ... more »
Marching into Spring
A March morning is only as drab as he who walks in it without a glance skyward, ear cocked for geese." So wrote Aldo Leopold in "A Sand County Almanac... more »
Tiede Takes the Helm for 2016
At the National Potato Council's (NPC) annual meeting, held January 14-15 in Las Vegas Nevada, Jim Tiede of American Falls, Idaho, was elected to serv... more »
Building on a Legacy
News about the Grand Coulee Dam in eastern Washington, which was central to formation of the Columbia Basin Project, traveled across the country follo... more »
Fungicide Review: Keeping Diseases at Bay
There's some new fungicides being introduced into the market this year, and growers also saw the resurrection of an old fungicide standard in the figh... more »
Time Well Invested
By the time you read this, the Potato Expo 2016 will be but a distant memory of Vegas days walking the aisles of the trade show and attending seminars... more »
Reflecting on 2015 and looking ahead to 2016
The potato industry focused on several important public policy priorities in 2015. As you saw on the national news, it was a difficult year in Congres... more »
Spudman 7: Phil Nolte
Born and raised in Minnesota, Phil Nolte obtained a B.S. in biology at Moorhead State College. He went on to earn an M.S. in 1983 and a Ph.D. in plant... more »
Fasten your seat belts
It's the start of a new year, and that means this is our state of the industry issue. So what is the state of the potato industry? In the short time t... more »
