Potato plants a few weeks prior to harvest at Porter Seed Farm in August 2019. Photo: Zeke Jennings
Potato plants a few weeks prior to harvest at Porter Seed Farm in August 2019. Photo: Zeke Jennings
Maine Potato Board Agronomist Jake Dyer surveys the crop at Porter Seed Farm in 2019. Photo: Zeke Jennings
Jake Dyer, head of agronomy and variety of development for the Maine Potato Board. Photo: Zeke Jennings
Greg Porter, University of Maine Professor of Crop Ecology and Management, heads the UMaine potato breeding program, which has trial fields in Presque Isle. Photo: Zeke Jennings
Potato plants growing inside the tissue culture lab at Porter Seed Farm in Aroostook County, Maine. Photo: Zeke Jennings
Longtime Maine Potato Board Executive Director Don Flannery holds up a bag ready for Caribou Russets at Irving Farms in Caribou, Maine. The variety was developed by the University of Maine and seed is grown at Porter Seed Farm. Photo: Zeke Jennings
Porter Seed Farm in Masardis, Maine. Photo: Zeke Jennings
Inside the greenhouse at Porter Seed Farm in Masardis, Maine. Photo: Zeke Jennings
One of the older structures at Porter Seed Farm, which was purchased by the Maine Seed Potato Board in 1947. Photo Zeke Jennings
