Water
Court asked to vacate WOTUS rule
The American Farm Bureau Federation, along with dozens of agricultural, business, and municipal entities, asked a federal court Nov. 1 to vacate EPA�... more »
Cover crops help growers manage soil health
I recently attended the Aug. 31, 2016, Upper Peninsula Potato Day, located at TJJ Farms in Cornell, Michigan, where Michigan State University Extensi... more »
Rain drenches northern Plains
For many potato growers, things went from bad to worse this past weekend. Torrential rain fell over much of the Red River Valley region again on Sund... more »
Western Growers opens ag tech competition
Western Growers (WG) officially launched the second annual Innovation Arena Competition, which will offer six agtech start-up companies an opportuni... more »
Wet conditions dominate talk at NPPGA Field Day
In a more typical year, the recent find of late blight in Pembina County would have been the talk of the the day, but the wet growing season dominated... more »
UAS Spreads Its Wings
Donna Delparte is an assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences at Idaho State University (ISU) in Pocatello, and has been performing resear... more »
Tiede Takes the Helm for 2016
At the National Potato Council's (NPC) annual meeting, held January 14-15 in Las Vegas Nevada, Jim Tiede of American Falls, Idaho, was elected to serv... more »
Building on a Legacy
News about the Grand Coulee Dam in eastern Washington, which was central to formation of the Columbia Basin Project, traveled across the country follo... more »
Millennial Farmer
Opportunities abound for community outreach at Neumiller Farms, thanks in part to the efforts of Katie Neumiller-Floming. She works on her family's fa... more »
Going Underground
Many agronomic crops have benefited from subsurface drip irrigation (SDI), including cotton and corn, but potatoes primarily rely on pivot and sprinkl... more »
