Potato Grower

3. Label Amendments As with any product that sticks in the industry, some changes have been made to Stadium's label over the years, most of which benefit growers. Early on, Stadium was not approved for use on seed potatoes—a precaution taken to prevent any aforementioned resistance. But Syngenta, in tandem with university and private researchers and growers across the country, has put in the work to test the product extensively on seed potatoes. The result is a confidence that Stadium is effective and beneficial when applied in seed storages. 4. Application "Application requires a lot of attention," says Shetty. "Every farm has some kind of variation in how they harvest, transport and store, and each has a reason for doing it that way. The question for us became, 'How adaptable is Stadium to different application methods? Can it work with varied techniques?'" To answer those questions, Shetty has worked with potato researchers at the University of Idaho, Michigan State University, the University of Wisconsin, North Dakota State University and the University of Maine to determine the best application rates and methods from region to region and farm to farm. "The bottom line," says Shetty, "is that Stadium has proven adaptable to all those conditions." 5. MRLs & Expor t Requirements Growers, packers, processors and chemical manufacturers need to constantly be aware of where their potatoes are headed, particularly if they are bound for foreign markets. Every country has its own rules and regulations about how potatoes and potato products have been handled prior to entry. Potatoes treated with Stadium in particular face multiple challenges, as each of its three active ingredients must get approval from every market. The good news, Shetty says, is that over the last several years, significant progress has been made on getting those approvals in major export markets. Perhaps most notably, he says potato products treated with Stadium are likely (with a cautious emphasis on the word "likely") to have all the necessary approvals for export to Japan. "We're always getting closer to full approval in major export markets," Shetty says. WWW.POTATOGROWER.COM 13 4080-11AmericanNewlong13s.indd 1 4080-11AmericanNewlong13s.indd 1 8/5/20 8:27 AM 8/5/20 8:27 AM

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