July 2013

Contents

Volume 42 Issue 7

 

Departments

10 Calendar

12 Around the Vine

14 New Products

62 Final Pass


 

Features

18 Waste Not, Want Not

Holst Truck Parts serving agriculture for nearly 80 years

 

24 `I Am the USPB!'

Brian Kirschenmann of BakersfieldCalif.

 

 

Diggin' In

22 Powering with Propane
Improved technology, lower fuel cost and increased efficiency 

28 Celebrating Smart Irrigation Month

Positioning your business as a leader in water stewardship

 

30 Preseason Sprinkler Management

Making the best use of a limited water supply

 

34 Powering with Propane

Improved technology, lower fuel cost and increased efficiency

 

36 More Precise, More Effective

Take the learning curve out of VRI

 

38 Smart Storage
Continuing success from the field into storage with SmartBlock
 

42 Developing Thick Skin

Skin set and how to achieve it

 

46 Benefiting Soil Fumigant Application
Maximizing performance of metam fumigation products
 

48 FBI and Agricultural Retailers

A partnership to raise awareness

 

52 Buyer's Guide-Harvesting Equipment

 

Columns

8 From the Field

56 Idaho Potato Commission

58 University of Idaho

60 United Potato Growers of America

61 United States Potato Board