IssuesSummer 2012

Summer 2012

Passing on a Passion for Potatoes

Southern Manitoba Potato in Winkler, Man., features multiple generations of fathers and sons working side by side. Co-founded in 1960 by family patriarch John Kuhl...

At The Root

People News Carl Hoverson Becomes New NPPGA Chairman For the second consecutive year, a large-scale processing potato grower will head the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association. Jeff...

Market News

An acreage increase in the U.S., along with U.S. old crop stock potatoes still in the mix, will mean challenges heading into the harvest...

Equipment and Technology

Optical Sorting Odenberg has introduced Halo, the company’s newest and most advanced sensor-based optical sorter. Designed for use after potatoes have been washed and dried...

World Review

 New Zealand “CropLogic” is an online decision support system developed by researchers at the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research. The system, which...

Zebra Chip Update

Researchers are working hard to improve management strategies for the spreading disease. North American researchers are working hard to improve management strategies for a disease...

Passing on a Passion for Potatoes

Southern Manitoba Potato in Winkler, Man., features multiple generations of fathers and sons working side by side. Co-founded in 1960 by family patriarch John Kuhl...

At The Root

People News Carl Hoverson Becomes New NPPGA Chairman For the second consecutive year, a large-scale processing potato grower will head the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association. Jeff...

Market News

An acreage increase in the U.S., along with U.S. old crop stock potatoes still in the mix, will mean challenges heading into the harvest...

Equipment and Technology

Optical Sorting Odenberg has introduced Halo, the company’s newest and most advanced sensor-based optical sorter. Designed for use after potatoes have been washed and dried...

World Review

 New Zealand “CropLogic” is an online decision support system developed by researchers at the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research. The system, which...

Zebra Chip Update

Researchers are working hard to improve management strategies for the spreading disease. North American researchers are working hard to improve management strategies for a disease...