March 2005

• Potato Transportation The high and rising price of fuel has added significantly to the cost of putting potatoes on the American consumer’s dinner table. But even more than rate increases, the industry is facing a growing shortage of rail cars and trucks to carry spuds to market at any price.
• Readership Response
• Seed Size Distribution A commercial Norkotah grower I was visiting with recently was trying to choose which of three seed lots he should buy for next year. His first thought was to stick with the seed grower he bought from last year, since that offer was the cheapest.
• Timing for Planting It’s no secret that a uniform stand of healthy, vigorous plants is one of the keys to producing high yields of good quality potatoes.