Industry Profiles
Show-Me Spuds
How did John Halverson, a fourth generation potato grower from North Dakota and a member of Black Gold Farms, become the lone potato grower in the Cot... more »
Southern Man
Cotton is king in the south. That's a lesson that John Halverson quickly learned when he went down to Arbyrd, Missouri to set up a new potato operatio... more »
Act one: go slow, (despacio*)
Vive la Mexico!I could have sworn that I heard this collective shout of celebration (or was it a sigh of relief) from the potato industry on March 20.... more »
Getting It Done
A desire to follow the money took Brett Jensen, 43, of Idaho Falls, on a path that led to his 2014 election as chairman of the U.S. Potato Board (USPB... more »
Double Duty
2014 is a year of double duty for Randy and Karlene Hardy, the dynamic duo from Oakley, Idaho.This past January Randy Hardy became the National Potato... more »
Making Connections
It's a bit of a misnomer to label Jeremie Pavelski, the 2014 recipient of Spudman's Emerging Leader Award (ELA), an emerging leader. The 31-year-old p... more »
Working together
It's the first day of 2014 as I compose this column. As we close the book on 2013, it can be a time for retrospection but it is also a time for moving... more »
Born to the Industry
John Meyer, a fourth-generation grower from Cohocton, N.Y., recognizes that it takes the talents of many minds, and efforts from many hands to enable ... more »
Industry Spotlight: Double L
Double L has been manufacturing potato equipment since 1975 when Lynn Johnson and Leland Clinger started the company in American Falls, Idaho. D... watch »
Blair Richardson, U.S. Potato Board president & CEO
Blair Richardson is the new U.S.Potato Board president and CEO. Richardson discusses growing up in Texas, his business background and management ... watch »
