POTATO POTATO
Volume 41 Issue 1 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
TRACTOR BUYER'S GUIDE
ON THE COVER: CONTENTS
34 USPB Q3 2011 NIELSEN Scantrack segment reports
36 PCN UPDATE Strategies pursued by USDA-ARS
40 P AGE
TOTAL ECLIPSE Bayer CropScience introduces Luna Fungicide
FEATURES 18 SEED GROWER OF THE YEAR: Dirk Parkinson of St. Anthony, Idaho
24 SWEET EQUIPMENT Agritech Corp. doing well with manufacturing
4 Potato Grower | JANUARY 2012
44 TRI-STATE GOLD PVMI releases two new varieties
46 IA ATTENDANCE UP! 2011 Irrigation Show attracts thousands
48 FLAT VS. RIDGED A new arrangement for growers
50 AMENDING THE SOIL Alexin Ag introduces Myconate
52 A NEW NATURAL ALLY Bio S.I. formula rebuilds, renews and restores soil
Larson Farms is hard at work harvesting near Hamer, Idaho, using John Deere's newest 7R Series tractors. In this issue, we feature our
annual Tractor Buyer's Guide, with the latest models from tractor manufacturers. Photo by Tyler J. Baum.
DIGGIN' IN 28 INSIDE THE USPB LONG RANGE PLAN! Celebrating U.S. Fries
31 2011 CERTIFIED SEED UPDATES Reports from Pacific Northwestern states
54 SEED POTATO RESEARCH IN IDAHO FALLS First in a UI Potato Research Series
66 TEEN LABOR Proposed regs against teen labor could be detrimental
BUYER'S GUIDE 57 TRACTOR
SEED 72 SPECIAL SEED SECTION
DEPARTMENTS 8 CALENDAR
10 AROUND THE VINE 16 NEW PRODUCTS 86 FINAL PASS
ColUMNS 6 FROM THE FIELD
80 UNITED POTATO GROWERS OF AMERICA
82 IDAHO POTATO COMMISSION 83 UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO 84 UNITED STATES POTATO BOARD
57 P AGE
