Potato Grower

16 POTATO GROWER | FEBRUARY 2018 Barclay Joins Crystal Green Team Ostara's Crystal Green Nutrients Division, producers of Crystal Green continuous-release, root-activated fertilizer, has announced the appointment of Scott Barclay as technical sales manager for the western U.S. region. Barclay will lead strategic business development and sales of Crystal Green, working with agriculture retailers, consultants and growers. Barclay has more than 20 years of experience in the agriculture industry throughout the value chain including in the grower, retailer and manufacturer sectors. He is a certifi ed crop advisor and has worked as an agronomist, crop advisor and territory sales manager, having been closely aligned with multiple growers throughout southern Idaho, as well as retail distributors in Idaho, Utah and Nevada. Around the Vine News From the Industry Scott Barclay Tomra, Grimme Team Up to Improve Sorting Solutions Grimme Group has joined forces with Tomra, a global leader in food sorting solutions. The partnership will result in the Tomra FPS (Field Potato Sorter) being integrated into the RH Combi to create the Grimme PowerCombi solution. Through the new partnership, Grimme will distribute the Tomra FPS so customers can purchase and deploy a single, integrated grading and sorting solution, including post- sale support. With the newly launched PowerCombi, Grimme uses the combination of effi cient mechanical separation mechanisms and electronic sorting to increase separation accuracy up to 98 percent and to increase capacity up to 110 tons per hour. Using Tomra's unique multispectral infrared sensing, the FPS scans the product stream in-air and can differentiate between good, typically soil-coated potatoes and foreign objects, which are rejected by high-speed ejectors. Potatoes continue unharmed through the machine and onto the takeaway conveyors. Left to right: Tomra's Maurice Moynihan, Grimme's Richard Weiss and SebastianTalg, and Tomra's Thomas Molnar sign the agreement making the partnership between the two companies offi cial. South Korea Re-opens Market for Table-stock On Dec. 18, the South Korean government announced the reopening of its market for table-stock potatoes from Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The market had been closed since July 2012 over technical concerns. Exports from the Pacific Northwest will need to follow the newly established guidelines agreed to between the two governments. The market for U.S. table-stock potatoes is controlled by an annually expanding quota; the 2018 level is set at 3,583 metric tons. The South Korean chipping potato market remains open for Pacific Northwest potatoes. Some adjustments to the existing chipping potato protocol to Korea also occurred in conjunction with publication of the new table-stock agreement. Efforts are under way to have additional U.S. potato-producing states approved for export to South Korea. Ellsworth Joins Siddoway, Inc. Siddoway, Inc. and Disinfecting Services announce the hiring of Paul Ellsworth of Rexburg, Idaho, as a sales and service associate. Ellsworth grew up in Nyssa, Ore., and has lived in Rexburg for the past 18 years. Siddoway, Inc. is located in Rexburg and has been selling seed potatoes and providing commercial seed-cutting for the past 31 years. For the past 23 years, a sister company, Disinfecting Services, has been providing storage disinfecting and applying disinfectants on stored potatoes. Ellsworth will be involved in the sales and marketing of the many services provided by these two sister companies. To contact Ellsworth for information on seed potatoes or quotes on disinfecting, call (208) 356-5332 or (208) 604-5422 Paul Ellsworth

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