26 POTATO GROWER | JANUARY 2020
released and shown great promise in the
market.
Aroostook Farm is owned and
administered solely by the University of
Maine, but that doesn't preclude other
bright minds in the potato world from
using it as a base for their own research.
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
uses the farm for applied research and
outreach programs and as the base for a
potato pest scouting program. Scientists
from the USDA and private industry
routinely conduct research at the farm,
and the Aroostook Farm staff regularly
collaborates on potato research with the
USDA-ARS New England Plant, Soil and
Water Laboratory. Ag students from the
nearby University of Maine at Presque Isle
campus are a common sight. More than
a few visiting researchers from Europe,
South America and Asia have made
New
potato
harvesting
technology
is
demonstrated
at
the
Frank
Hussey
farm
in
Presque
Isle,
Maine,
in
1934.
1945:
Alvaro
Montaldo,
from
Chile,
inoculates
tubers
with
late
blight
at
the
Aroostook
Farm.
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