February 2013

Contents

Volume 42 Issue 2

 

Departments

10 Calendar

14 Around the Vine

18 New Products

70 Final Pass

 

Features

22 Here Comes the Boom

Irrigation Accessories' Boombacks save water

 

26 Two States, One Operation

Aaron Troyer of Fort MyersFla.

 

Diggin' In

30 Improving Yield, Quality and Efficiency

Remote monitoring of pivot irrigation

 

34 Powdery Scab and Early Blight

Combating diseases affecting the Intermountain West

 

38 (Not) Going Pink

Effect of irrigation frequency on pink rot

 

42 Fishy Soil

Productive soils resulting in high yields and quality

 

44 The Best Way to Sell a Lot of Potatoes

Breaking the recipe rut

 

46 Syngenta Announces Scholarship Winner

$5,000 scholarship awarded to Alana Peters of ProsserWash.

 

48 Buyer's Guide-Irrigation Products

 

61 Special Seed Section

 

Columns

8 From the Field

64 Idaho Potato Commission

66 University of Idaho

68 United Potato Growers of America

69 United States Potato Board