November/December 2020
Overview
Parentage: A98083-9 x Premier Russet
Developer: Northwest Potato Variety Development Program (PVMI)
Plant Variety Protection: Applied for in 2020.
Strengths: Galena Russet is a cold... more »
Eight months ago, I was not a podcast guy.
I didn’t see the allure. To be honest, I didn’t really want to either. It felt like everyone had one. They seemed almost as common as a Facebook pag... more »
LeRoy Salazar not only has plenty of experience growing potatoes, he has the rather unique experience — at least among American farmers — of having grown potatoes where they originated: the highla... more »
In recent years, rising global temperatures have left potato farmers anxious as their crops struggle to survive lengthy dry cycles that are often marked by extremely high temperatures.
Potatoes g... more »
Potatoes USA’s newest team member grew up a long way from the USA. A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Natalia Cervantes spent summers at her grandmother’s small farm. It was a minimalistic lifest... more »
Geographic isolation in farming isn’t a bad thing when it comes to keeping disease out of your fields and improving quality. The three farms that make up the San Acacio Seed partnership definitely s... more »
Potatoes have a long journey from breeding labs to restaurant fryers. Over a period of five years, or even longer, they’ll pass through greenhouses, seed farms, commercial farms and processing facil... more »
This year has brought a lot of bad with it for Americans, but one bright spot most U.S. seed potato growers can cite is good growing conditions.
Reports from around the U.S. tell of favorable condi... more »
This year has brought a lot of bad with it for Americans, but one bright spot most U.S. seed potato growers can cite is good growing conditions.
Reports from around the U.S. tell of favorable condi... more »
This year has brought a lot of bad with it for Americans, but one bright spot most U.S. seed potato growers can cite is good growing conditions.
Reports from around the U.S. tell of favorable condi... more »
Potato cultivation in Idaho had its start, on a very small scale, in 1836. Farmers soon discovered that the state’s climate and soil yielded harvests large enough not only to meet their own local ne... more »
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