J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 1 7 POTATO GROWER 3 July/August 2017 • 82, 256 CONTENTS 4 NPPGA Marketing Message 6 Potatoes USA Message 8 NPC Message 10 NPPGA Grower Listing 12 Minnesota and North Dakota Potato Research 21 Recipe Page 22 25 Years Ago 24 Farmer To Farmer Network And Catholic Relief Services Assisting Seed Potatoes In Kenya 26 Barnesville Potato Days On the cover This picture is taken in Nakuru County, about 100 miles Northeast of Nairobi. It is an important potato area in Kenya, this small plot is a typical potato crop. Article on Kenya by Willem Schrage is on page 24. (picture courtesy of Willem Schrage) 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: $40/1-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 © 2017 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