Industry Profiles
A Love of Farming
Todd Gerratt plucks a few freshly dug Russet Burbanks from his field on a sunny October morning in southeastern Idaho's Raft River Valley as diggers ... more »
Storage Evolution
Walt Sparks. His name is synonymous with potato storage. Potato storage systems have come a long way from the days of old A-frame, non-ventilated bui... more »
Spudman 7: Q&A with David Parish
David Parish is an industry veteran in snack food manufacturing, agricultural production, agricultural research and development and procurement.In 200... more »
Community leader
USPB chairman seeks to 'make the industry healthy'
Driving across the Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, leaving a plume of dust in his wake, Sid ... more »
A family legacy
Kevin Searle is the general manager for General Potato and Onion Distributors of Idaho (GPOD) in Shelley, Idaho. Searle has been packing and shipping ... more »
Land of Opportunity
As the fading glow of twilight gave way to night and vaporous layers of mist descended on the freshly harvested potato field, Dan Chin drove his truck... more »
Spudman 7: Dennis A. Johnson
Dennis A. Johnson is professor and Extension plant pathologist at Washington State University. He received a bachelor's degree in botany from Brigham ... 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 A... 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 s... 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 t... more »
