Volume 41 Issue 2

Departments

8 Calendar

10 Around the Vine

12 New Products

62 Final Pass

Features

14 Grower of the Month:

Steve Cottom of Dillon, Mont.

22 Inside the USPB Long Range Plan!

Potatoes are the No. 1 source of potassium

24 2011 Researcher of the Year: David Douches

Collaborating to build a better potato

Diggin’ In

30 Top 10

New Products at World Ag Expo

33 4 Rs of Crop Fertility

Fundamentals invaluable for fertilizer planning

34 Taking Stress off the Plant—and Wallet

Eco1st Irrigation Enhancer now available for rent

36 Potato Virus Research At Moscow Campus
Part of a continuing UI Potato Research Series

38 We Grow 'Em Big Here!
Truck unveiled at the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Dec.

40 21st Annual Potato Lover’s Month

IPC’s longest running promotion!

42 PTI Compliance

RedLine Solutions announces RedLine Packing

44 Buyer’s Guide—Irrigation

54 Special Seed Section

Columns

6 From the Field

53 Idaho Potato Commission

58 University of Idaho

60 United Potato Growers of America

61 United States Potato Board