CONTENTS Volume 39 Issue 4
MAY 2010
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FEATURES 10 LOOKING AHEAD The USPB Annual Meeting
14 MEXICO: WHAT A YEAR CAN DO And what another one could mean
DIGGIN’ IN 16 ‘INSIDE THE LRP’ New channels for U.S. Frozen in foreign markets
19 UI RELEASES TWO NEW WHEATS UICF-Grace and UI Silver
20 PVY AND PLRV
Understanding the difference in transmission by aphids
23 SMART CONSERVATION Funding available for applying Smart Nitrogen through NRCS
2 Potato Grower | MAY 2010 14
ON THE COVER: Cheryl Koompin of American Falls, Idaho, the USPB’s newest chair, visits with reporters following her nomination and new executive committee photo-shoot. Photo by Tyler J. Baum.
BUYER’S GUIDE 24 DEATH TO WEEDS An extra scythe in hand
DEPARTMENTS 6 MEET THE EXPERTS 7 CALENDAR 8 AROUND THE VINE 30 FINAL PASS
COLUMNS 4 FROM THE FIELD 26 IDAHO POTATO COMMISSION 27 UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO 28 UNITED POTATO GROWERS OF AMERICA
29 UNITED STATES POTATO BOARD
