Volume 40 Issue 6
POTATO POTATO
GROWER May 2009 - $3.95 - Serving The National Potato Industry - www.potatogrower.com GROWER May 2009 - $3.95 - Serving The National Potato Industry - www.potatogrower.com
CONTENTS
DIGGIN’ IN 14 “I AM THE USPB!” Chairman Todd Michael of Urbana, Ohio
ON THE COVER:
Nicholas McCrum, farm and finance manager for County Super Spud in Maine, works alongside Future Farmers of America members to pack MannaPack potato meals for Feed My Starving Children. The event in North Carolina in March successfully packed 178,000 servings. Photo courtesy of Syngenta.
2 Potato Grower | JUNE 2011
16 MINIMIZING BRUISE DAMAGE Understanding it and controlling it
BUYER’S GUIDE 20 INSECTICIDES
FEEDING STARVING CHILDREN
FEATURE 12 FEEDING STARVING CHILDREN Syngenta spearheads MannaPack event in N.C.
DEPARTMENTS 6 MEET THE EXPERTS
8 CALENDAR 10 AROUND THE VINE 30 FINAL PASS
COLUMNS 4 FROM THE FIELD
22 UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO 26 IDAHO POTATO COMMISSION
28 UNITED POTATO GROWERS OF AMERICA
29 UNITED STATES POTATO BOARD
INSECTICIDES BUYER’S GUIDE
20 P AGE
12 P AGE
