F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 8 POTATO GROWER 3 February 2018 • 83, 260 CONTENTS 4 NPPGA Marketing Message 6 Potatoes USA Message 8 NPC Message 10 Willem Schrage To Accept NPPGA’s Meritorious Service Award 12 Andy’s Advice: Effect Of Tank Mixture With Solanan (Ethalfluralin) On Russet Burbank Potato Production 15 Recipe Page 22 Potato Growers Select 2018 Leadership On the cover This is an overhead picture of the 2017 International Crop Expo held at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Publisher Northern Plains Potato Growers Assn. General Manager Todd Phelps NPPGA Staff President Chuck Gunnerson Finance and Operations Director Diane Peycke Marketing and Communications Director Ted Kreis NPPGA Executive Committee Chair Greg Campbell Vice Chair Eric Halverson Secretary/Treasurer T.J. Hall ND Council Representative David Fedje MN Council Representative Peter Imle Potato Associate Representative Todd Phelps Past Chair Lonnie Spokely Valley Potato Grower is published 8 times annually at: P.O. Box 301, East Grand Forks, MN 56721. Telephone: (218) 773- SPUD. Fax: (218) 773-6227. E-mail: [email protected] Subscription: no charge in U.S.; Canada: $45/1-year; Advertising: call (218) 773-SPUD. Editor welcomes manuscripts and pictures but accepts no responsibility for lost materials. Reproduction in whole or in part of materials in this issue without permission is prohibited. Copyright © 2018 Northern Plains Potato Growers Association. All rights reserved. PH: 218-346-3357 • Toll Free: 888-884-8070 47418 US Hwy 10 Perham, MN 56573 • w w w . b t u v e n t . c o m