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Trapped in a Circular Discussion on Verticillium Management

I just stepped out of a meeting between several university agronomy faculty members and about a dozen vegetable farmers at a potato industry association. The...

The Unintended Limits of Organic Farming

I had a conversation some weeks ago that has really stuck with me. The conversation was with Joy Youwakim, an agroecology scientist at Biome...

Could Strike be Part of the Solution for Potato Wart?

If you’re a potato producer who has never laid awake in the middle of the night worrying about potato wart, count yourself lucky. Potato...

A High-tech Look Inside Soil’s Microbiome

Last month, I wrote about the value of ‘functional sustainability’ and the role DNA sequencing of soil microbes could play in evaluating the practices...

Pushing for Sustainability Is Good, But Only If We Know What We’re Aiming For  

You’d be hard pressed to look anywhere in agriculture today without running into the word ‘sustainability’. The whole industry is pressing forward on sustainability…but...

Short-term Thinking Costs Long-term Benefits

I recently met with the director of agronomy for a large company that grows chipping potatoes. I convinced him a few years back to...

Potatoes Following in Strawberries’ Footsteps, But Can Potatoes be as Nimble?

The parallels between where we are in the potato industry today compared to where California’s strawberry industry was in the 1950s are quite amazing....

Strike is Fast Becoming the Potato Industry’s Worst-kept Secret

On a call with our team this week, our sales account manager Jason brought up a topic of conversation we’ve been hearing more and...

Incremental Yield Improvement Is Good, But It’s Not Where The Money Is

I spend more days than I can count at various potato industry tradeshows, conventions and forums. Though these events are a fun chance to...

Potato Farming Realities and Sustainability

It seems everyone is talking sustainability today. But, what does sustainability really mean in the context of today’s farming realities, and how do we...

Trapped in a Circular Discussion on Verticillium Management

I just stepped out of a meeting between several university agronomy faculty members and about a dozen vegetable farmers at a potato industry association. The...

The Unintended Limits of Organic Farming

I had a conversation some weeks ago that has really stuck with me. The conversation was with Joy Youwakim, an agroecology scientist at Biome...

Could Strike be Part of the Solution for Potato Wart?

If you’re a potato producer who has never laid awake in the middle of the night worrying about potato wart, count yourself lucky. Potato...

A High-tech Look Inside Soil’s Microbiome

Last month, I wrote about the value of ‘functional sustainability’ and the role DNA sequencing of soil microbes could play in evaluating the practices...

Pushing for Sustainability Is Good, But Only If We Know What We’re Aiming For  

You’d be hard pressed to look anywhere in agriculture today without running into the word ‘sustainability’. The whole industry is pressing forward on sustainability…but...

Short-term Thinking Costs Long-term Benefits

I recently met with the director of agronomy for a large company that grows chipping potatoes. I convinced him a few years back to...

Potatoes Following in Strawberries’ Footsteps, But Can Potatoes be as Nimble?

The parallels between where we are in the potato industry today compared to where California’s strawberry industry was in the 1950s are quite amazing....

Strike is Fast Becoming the Potato Industry’s Worst-kept Secret

On a call with our team this week, our sales account manager Jason brought up a topic of conversation we’ve been hearing more and...

Incremental Yield Improvement Is Good, But It’s Not Where The Money Is

I spend more days than I can count at various potato industry tradeshows, conventions and forums. Though these events are a fun chance to...

Potato Farming Realities and Sustainability

It seems everyone is talking sustainability today. But, what does sustainability really mean in the context of today’s farming realities, and how do we...

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