T
here are a lot
of things in our
modern world
that we often simply
accept as a matter of
fact, without a thought as
to how they made their
way to us. We could wax
on about any number of
contemporary niceties,
but for the moment, let's
take a page out of How
It's Made's book and fo-
cus on something that has
aided mankind (with very
little need for technolog-
ical advancement) for
centuries: chains.
As this is a magazine
about potatoes and
agriculture, we make
no claim to being chain
manufacturing experts, so
we'll keep this particular
analogy short. A quick
YouTube search proves
enlightening: Though
manufactured mostly
by robots today, heavy
chain is forged in much
the same way as it was
150 years ago. Along its
journey from thick wire
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How AMVAC is ensuring the ag
chem supply chain reaches growers
By Tyrell Marchant
14 POTATO GROWER | MARCH 2022
