Volume 46 Issue 11
CONTENTS:
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THIS IS HOME
WASHINGTON GROWERS
RYAN & JERRY NELSON
4 POTATO GROWER | NOVEMBER 2017
FEATURE
14 UNCERTAIN TIMES
Defending funding for the 2018 farm bill
in a tense political landscape
18 THIS IS HOME
Washington growers Ryan & Jerry Nelson
22 SQUEAKY CLEAN
7 steps for cleaning application equipment
DEPARTMENTS
6 CALENDAR
10 NEW PRODUCTS
12 AROUND THE VINE
46 THE SMORGASBORD
Palisade Russet
BUYERS' GUIDES
26 APPLICATION EQUIPMENT
32 THE SEED LOT
DIGGIN' IN
36 DEATH, TAXES AND BEETLES
The consistent threat posed by
Colorado potato beetles
38 WEIGHING IN
Managing weight loss in storage
40 THE TIP OF THE SPEAR
Maintaining soil health while
growing high-disturbance crops
COLUMNS
8 BETWEEN THE ROWS
Farm families' Thanksgiving feuds
42 WASHINGTON STATE
POTATO COMMISSION
A unique method for sharing
agriculture's story
44 POTATOES USA
Exports are at record levels.
But there's still room for growth.
45 UNITED POTATO
GROWERS OF AMERICA
The immense value of market data
