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Potato Growers Back New Secretary of Agriculture
The search for a new Secretary of Agriculture went down to the wire, as the incoming Trump administration made former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue their ... more »
Where Did All the Money Go?
Toward the end of her life, my grandmother ran out of money. In a way, she was lucky – she had family that could help her, but it was a jarring disr... more »
Time for a Recharge
On Nov. 2, 2016, Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Gary Spackman signed an order creating a groundwater management area (GWMA) for the East... more »
Living the Dream
There’s a slight chill in the September air as Tim Topliff begins another harvest day in Nevada’s pre- dawn darkness at R.D. Offut’s (RDO) Winne... more »
SNOWMAGEDDON 2017
Our 7:30 a.m. Sunday church leadership meeting was cut short by a text that came in from a local ranching family. The roof on a large machine shop had... more »
Driving Home
Bound for home a few months ago, the time was just getting past the top of the hour. I turned on the radio to hear the latest news, but I’d just mis... more »
Spudman 7: Todd Forbush
Todd Forbush received his master’s degree from Michigan State University (MSU) in agricultural engineering in 1989. While at MSU, he studied the eff... more »
President Trump — The Dealmaker on Trade
As the change in leadership in Washington ushers in a new cast of characters, all eyes fall on the incoming president. On the campaign trail, Donald T... more »
Yi Wang Named Spudman’s 2017 ELA Recipient
You might say that Yi Wang’s decision to pursue a bachelor’s degree in biological science was the potato industry’s gain and the accordion world... more »
Change, Precisely
GPS systems have changed production agriculture in planting, material application and harvesting, and a number of companies have come out with innovat... more »
