Potato Grower

June 2019

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New Products Tong Jacuzzi Pre-Soak Tank Tong Engineering announces the intro- duction of a new and uniquely designed jacuzzi pre-soak tank with an integrated de-stoner, which now brings users three invaluable pre-washing processes in one advanced machine. Built to combine de-stoning, pre-soak and floating debris removal within the machine's heavy-duty water-filled tank, the new system has been designed to provide a gentle way to effectively pre-clean heavily soiled crop prior to washing. Suitable for use on a wide range of root crops, including pota- toes, carrots and parsnips, the new pre-soak tank features Tong's proven integrated de-stoner system. As crop is gently received into the new system's water-filled tank, it enters the integral de-stoner. An impellor at the base of the de-stoner creates an upward pressure on crop, ensuring the vegetables float across the tank and into the jacuzzi pre-soak system. Meanwhile, any rocks present within the crop drop to the bot- tom of the de-stoner, where a heavy-duty web elevator removes them up and out of the tank. The innovative design of the new ma- chine can be adapted to suit a wide range of throughput requirements, providing a complete pre-clean solution for root crop washing operations of all sizes. Contact Tong Engineering at www.tongengineering.com. Real-Time Analytics for Sentera FieldAgent Sentera FieldAgent now delivers instant plant population and weed pressure reports in the FieldAgent mobile app, while the drone is still in flight. Agriculture professionals can obtain up to 100 times more in-field measurements versus manual scouting methods and get better coverage all across the field. No memory card or post-flight processing is required. The analytics results are delivered live, as the drone flies. With Real-Time Analytics, a user simply programs FieldAgent to autonomously scout a field and the system captures one to two images per acre, runs the analytics in real time, and instantly reports the data back to the user's mobile device, right at the field edge. Calculations happen within seconds, and results are delivered instantly. Real-Time Analytics is supported on DJI M200 and M210 systems equipped with Sentera AGX710 sensors and are currently offered for corn, soybeans and potatoes, with additional crop compatibility being added. Learn more at www.sentera.com/fieldagent-platform. BHN Fertilgold Organics Fertilgold Organics, a brand of organic fertilizer products from Bio Huma Netics, Inc., has achieved Organic Materials Re- view Institute (OMRI) listing for 21 initial products. Of these, 13 OMRI-listed liquid crop nutrition products are based on the company's proprietary nutrient carrier, Micro Carbon Technology, which carries nutrients to plants more effectively than traditional organic nutrition products. These products are currently available for sale to commercial organic growers in select states (check availability at https:// fertilgold.com/shop/), and they will soon be registered and available throughout the U.S. and in several other countries. Additional products that are currently undergoing review for OMRI listing are in the categories of soil fertility, macro- nutrients, liquid humic and fulvic acids, biopesticides, and surfactants. More information is available at www.fertilgold.com, which will provide ongoing updates regarding new products, OMRI-listed status for products, and state registration for each. 10 POTATO GROWER | JUNE 2019 Westbridge DART Fungicide EC The EPA has approved the registra- tion of its DART Fungicide EC for control of a wide range of fruit and vegetable diseases. In four years of university trials, the proprietary, patented technology in DART has demon- strated excellent control of diseases such as powdery mildew, downy mildew, Botryosphaeria and potato late blight. DART is a broad-spectrum contact fungicide that has been OMRI- and NOP-approved for use in certified organic crop production. DART's unique formulation is an emulsifiable concentrate that helps improve crop quality by effectively controlling diseases that can negatively impact crop yield. DART is exempt from maximum residue limits (MRLs), and there is no pre-harvest interval, so it can be used throughout the growing season up to day of harvest. Contact Westbridge Agricultural Products at (800) 876-2767 or www.westbridge.com.

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