40th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL ISSUE
CONTENTS
22 POTATO GROWER GOLF TOURNAMENT
2012 Tournament Results
DIGGIN' IN 18 FORTY YEARS OF HISTORY World events in four decades
ON THE COVER: FOUR DECADES. A potato grower plants in this undated water color photo. Four decades have passed since the inaugural issue of Potato Grower magazine—Potato Grower of Idaho at the time—and plenty has happened in that time. Photo by Steve Smede.
2 Potato Grower | 40th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE 2012
OF THE YEAR GROWERS
FEATURES 6 PGI GROWERS OF THE YEAR Bryan and Scott Searle of Shelley, Idaho
12 LOOKING BACK Three essential people in Potato Grower history weigh in
24 UNDERSTANDING SOIL HEALTH Why all growers should care
COLUMNS 4 FROM THE FIELD
26 IDAHO POTATO COMMISSION
27 SOUTHERN IDAHO POTATO COOPERATIVE 28 POTATO GROWERS OF IDAHO 30 UNITED STATES POTATO BOARD
6 P AGE LOOKING BACK 12 P AGE
