New Varieties
Clean Investment
Potato farmers could easily envy the winemaker. It must be wonderful to make a product that gets better with age. Spuds are as good at harvest as the... more »
Simplot Innate varieties up for public comment
After more than 12 years of research, Simplot Plant Sciences has submitted three genetically altered varieties of Russet Burbank, Ranger Russet and A... more »
Meeting the Challenges
The death of his father revised Carl Hoverson's plans to become an engineer and brought him home to the family farm. Hoverson's great-grandparents set... more »
Equipment Round-Up
Advanced Farm Equipment AFE Lenco recently introduced the Lenco Four-row Wrap Around Harvester with side-hill leveling that keeps the cleaning table ... more »
Equipment Round-Up
Advanced Farm Equipment AFE Lenco recently introduced the Lenco Four-row Wrap Around Harvester with side-hill leveling that keeps the cleaning table ... more »
Quest for the Holy Grail:
The quest for an improved French fry with lower acrylamide levels marches on. The second year of the National Fry Process Trials (NFPT) and the Speci... more »
Quest for the Holy Grail
The quest for an improved French fry with lower acrylamide levels marches on. The second year of the National Fry Process Trials (NFPT) and the Speci... more »
State Seed Reports
State Seed Reports Colorado continues to increase seed potato production Colorado's San Luis Valley is an ideal location for seed potato production. ... more »
Bacterial Ring Rot
At the time of this writing, the Pacific Northwest is experiencing a flare up of the bacterial ring rot (BRR) disease of potato. This disease is char... more »
50th Anniversary: Fifty years of varieties
There have been a lot of potato varieties to come and go during Spudman's 50 years of publishing. For nearly 100 years the Russet Burbank has been th... more »
