Category: Industry Profiles

Renee Rioux settling in as Wisconsin’s seed certification director

Spudman announces potato industry Dream Team 2021

Worzella brothers inducted into Wisconsin potato growers hall of fame

Marv and Norm Worzella of Worzella & Sons in Plover are the 2021 inductees of the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetables Growers Association HOF.

RJ Andrus keeps potatoes coming for Idahoan Foods

Potato 2.0 Project lead Robin Buell named Georgia Eminent Scholar

Robin Buell, professor at Michigan State and lead investigator of the Potato 2.0 Project, will join the University of Georgia in fall 2021.

Mickelsen Farms takes lead in sharing farmers’ story with the masses

Russia native Natalia Cervantes aims for positive vibe about potatoes

San Luis Valley farms come together to expand seed potato production with San Acacio Seed

LeRoy Salazar has decades of experience, including growing where potatoes originated

Simplot’s Rasmussen pushing to further define potato industry sustainability

Charlton named permanent director of Klamath Basin research center

Brian Charlton has spent his entire 26-year career at Oregon State and KBREC working in potato variety development and cultural management.

Researcher Mark Pavek’s message to growers: Always question what you’re doing

Warren Henninger remembered for kindness, generosity

“God, family, and potatoes.” That is how Warren Henninger’s passions are listed in his obit. Henninger, a lifelong member of the potato industry, died May 23.

2020 Spudwoman of the Year Britt Raybould

Getting folks to ‘fuel up’ with potatoes is aim of Potatoes USA’s Dritlein

LaJoie family creates opportunities predecessors didn’t have through support system