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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...
Soil Health and Soil Quality: Know the Difference and Grow a Better Crop
There’s a lot of talk these days about soil quality and soil health. People often think they’re one and the same. They’re not, and...
HZPC is Giving Back to the Communities We Serve
The holiday season is pretty busy. For the team at HZPC North America the holidays mean getting together despite being located all over the...
The Next Phase of HZPC in Canada
It’s been a busy year at HZPC in Canada. From becoming royal (yes, the King of the Netherlands bestowed us with a new title...
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...
Can Effective Potato Storage Management be ‘Once and Done’?
Bill Orr -
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a quick ‘fact or fiction’ quiz. I’ve really enjoyed how many great conversations were started with that quiz,...
How You Can Harness Precision Nutrient Placement Technology
Fall soil sampling is important, but here’s the thing: soil sampling needs to be informative and effective for the grower. There’s no point to...
Storage Management Quiz Time: What’s Your Score?
Bill Orr -
Potato harvest 2023 is nearing its end. While some new potatoes came out of the ground as early as July, the vast majority of...
Giving White Potatoes a Better Reputation
I need to a make confession, when I first started at HZPC I wasn’t a fan of white potatoes. I had only ever eaten...
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....
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...
Soil Health and Soil Quality: Know the Difference and Grow a Better Crop
There’s a lot of talk these days about soil quality and soil health. People often think they’re one and the same. They’re not, and...
HZPC is Giving Back to the Communities We Serve
The holiday season is pretty busy. For the team at HZPC North America the holidays mean getting together despite being located all over the...
The Next Phase of HZPC in Canada
It’s been a busy year at HZPC in Canada. From becoming royal (yes, the King of the Netherlands bestowed us with a new title...
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...
Can Effective Potato Storage Management be ‘Once and Done’?
Bill Orr -
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a quick ‘fact or fiction’ quiz. I’ve really enjoyed how many great conversations were started with that quiz,...
How You Can Harness Precision Nutrient Placement Technology
Fall soil sampling is important, but here’s the thing: soil sampling needs to be informative and effective for the grower. There’s no point to...
Storage Management Quiz Time: What’s Your Score?
Bill Orr -
Potato harvest 2023 is nearing its end. While some new potatoes came out of the ground as early as July, the vast majority of...
Giving White Potatoes a Better Reputation
I need to a make confession, when I first started at HZPC I wasn’t a fan of white potatoes. I had only ever eaten...
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....