May 2007

  • Fighting Resistance As usual, the beetle is battling back. Potato growers are unique among all farmers in having to contend with the crown prince of insect pests, the Colorado potato beetle.
  • Ramseyer Farms During the 1920s and 1930s, potato chip companies relied on Ohio potato growers to supply them with chipping potatoes.
  • Reflections If I could choose one word to describe my year as chairman, it would have to be “transformation.” It truly gave me a new perspective on the potato industry, different from what I had just 12 months ago.
  • Safety is Job No. 1
  • USPB Elects New Board The U.S. Potato Board elected its board for 2007-08 during its annual meeting March 14-16 in Broomfield, Colo. Larry Alsum, general manager and owner of Alsum Produce and Alsum Farms in Friesburg, Wis., was elected chairman of the board.