Potato Grower

PUBLISHER Jason Harris EDITORIAL Tyler J. Baum tbaum@potatogrower.com Nancy Sanchez nancy@potatogrower.com Dr. Phil Nolte, UI Potato Specialist pnolte@uidaho.edu ADVERTISING Dave Alexander dave@potatogrower.com Rob Erickson rob.erickson@potatogrower.com GROUP SECRETARY Magdalene Mercado PRODUCTION Janet Chase Jim Donovan Dayne Dingman GRAPHIC ARTIST Angela Hardy MARkETING Robin Black CIRCULATION Yvonne Young Eula Endecott IT DEPARTMENT Chuck Harris Darrin Steffler ACCOUNTING Clayton Ward Laura Rafferty IDAHO GROWER SHIPPER ASSOCIATION Phone: 208-529-4400 www.idahoshippers.com IDAHO POTATO COMMISSION Phone: 208-334-2350 www.idahopotato.com NATIONAL POTATO COUNCIL Phone: 202-682-9456 www.nationalpotatocouncil.org POTATO GROWERS Of IDAHO Phone: 208-785-1110 www.potatogrowersofidaho.com SOUTHERN IDAHO POTATO COOPERATIVE Phone: 208-234-7472 Email: sidpco@msn.com UNITED POTATO GROWERS Of AMERICA Phone: 801-517-9000 www.unitedpotatosusa.com UNITED STATES POTATO BOARD Phone: 303-369-7783 www.uspotatoes.com published 13 times a year by Harris Publishing Inc. Subscriptions: U.S. and Possessions $24.00 per year, International $44.00 per year. Copyright 2009 Harris Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Back issues available at $5 per copy. Limited quantities. Publisher not responsible for content of materials submitted. PRESIDENT Jason Harris VICE PRESIDENT Chuck Harris VICE PRESIDENT Ryan Harris VICE PRESIDENT Steve Janes TREASURER Clayton Ward SECRETARY Janet Chase Canadian Publisher's Agreement No. 40606038, Customer No. 7004671. Mailed under a standard rate mailing permit at Idaho falls, Idaho, and at additional mailing offices. Also Publishers of: Sugar Producer Mountain West Turf Corporate Offices: HARRIS PUBLISHING INC. 360 B Street Idaho falls, ID 83402 208-524-7000 fax 208-522-5241 www.potatogrower.com Printed in Idaho falls, Idaho by falls Printing dave@fallsprinting.com G R O W E R POTATO May 2009 - $3.95 - Serving The National Potato Industry - www.potatogrower.com G R O W E R POTATO G R O W E R POTATO May 2009 - $3.95 - Serving The National Potato Industry - www.potatogrower.com G R O W E R POTATO G R O W E R POTATO May 2009 - $3.95 - Serving The National Potato Industry - www.potatogrower.com 4 Potato Grower | OctOber 2009 your potato Handbook We hOpe yOu're enjOying the improvements we've made to Potato Grower magazine so far. As you're probably starting to notice as you've picked up this issue, that includes the annual October issue—the Industry Directory. We've consolidated and updated and labored to make sure this issue is better than it's ever been. So we're even changing the name of it to the Industry Handbook. Why handbook? According to Dictionary.com, a handbook is a "book of instruction or guidance" or a manual. Don't we need more of those? Because I grew up in rural Idaho, I joined the ranks of the Boy Scouts of America as an official Boy Scout when I was 11. In the process of pursuing the ultimate Scout ranking, the Eagle Scout award, I used a book to help get me there. A very thick book, with lots of tabs and concise, to-the-point information. I did a lot of the work to pursue my Eagle—so did my mother, of course—but the book provided guidance to help me attain that award. That handbook was the Boy Scout handbook. It's been updated several times over the course of nearly a century, but it's still a valuable book, even if you're not a Boy Scout but still like to go camping and want to make sure you know how to identify poison ivy or tie a taut-line hitch. The University of Idaho Research and Extension has recently provided a simple and easy-to-use handbook called the "Field Guide to Potato Pests," which clearly documents all kinds of pests such as nematodes, weeds, diseases and insects. Which brings us to the Potato Grower Industry Handbook. Our goal in revamping the Industry Directory into the Industry Handbook was to make this issue more current—as current as a print magazine can be—and more user-friendly so that you can keep this issue in your pickup, along with your travel phonebook, as a convenient reference. We've provided the listings of companies and organizations in chemicals, equipment, seed and irrigation and have all divided them up into categories that are easy to find. Please let us know how we can improve on it each year so we can help you use this handbook as a useful resource. pg From tHE FIElD by tyler J. baum, Editor mr. potato Head, invented in 1949 by george lerner, has been an iconic toy since being first manufactured and distributed by Hasbro in 1952. However, a movie released in 1995 made this toy one of its leading characters. What comedian voiced the character in this movie? trIvIa qUEStIon Congratulations to Carla Vigen of Grand Forks, N.D., who correctly answered that the largest potato chip on exhibit is at the World Potato Exhibit in Blackfoot, Idaho! log onto potatogrower.com to submit your answer! the winner will win a potato grower cap! photo courtesy of Disney-clipart.com

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