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March 2010
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FEATURE STORY
Putting Rows to Bed

Irrigation methods have changed by leaps and bounds over the years. From drip irrigation to center pivots with GPS guidance systems, chances are your irrigation system isn’t very old, relatively speaking.

But what about the way you plant? Sure, planters have become much more efficient over t

CONTENTS

Contents / Volume 39 Issue 3

 

Departments

8 Meet The Experts

9 Calendar

10 Around the Vine

46 Final Pass

 


On The Cover:

Planting time again for Reed Searle of Shelley, Idaho. In addition to using conventional planters, the Searles also use bed planters, a technology that isn’t new but is slowly growing in popularity. Photo by Steve Smede.

 

 

Features

12 Putting Rows to Bed

Saving resources, increasing yields with bed format

 

16 Grower of the Month

Ron Lehr, Jr., of Edison, Calif.

 

 

Diggin’ In

22 Picking Scabs

Using Arclay as a sustainable treatment

 

24 2010 Potato Expo

Approved policies, changing trends and cold temperatures

 

28 Practice Makes Perfect

2010 UI Potato Conference and Ag Expo

 

32 AE50 Awards

From the other Orlando Expo

 

 

Buyer’s Guide

36 Field Equipment

Equipment for down-in-the-dirt applications

 

 

Columns

6 From the Field

41 Idaho Potato Commission

42 University of Idaho

43 United Potato Growers of America

44 United States Potato Board

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