April 2005

• Calling in Sick
• Late Blight Prevailing weather for the Midwest and Eastern states during the summer of 2004 can be summed up in two words; cool and wet. It just so happens that the late blight pathogen we’ve all learned to recognize in the past few years loves this sort of weather regime.
• Potato Leadership If you ask Dan Moss why he’s a potato grower, you’re apt to hear a one-word answer: family. Not only was Moss raised by a farmer, but he’s raised his family on a potato farm.
• Precision Agriculture In a continued effort to bring Spudman readers information they can use on their farms, Spudman presents questions and answers about GPS systems and precision agriculture. Those answering the questions are D.J. Mulla, interim director of the Precision Agriculture Center at the University of Minnesota, and Jeff Adams, with CSI Wireless.