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M A R C H 2 0 1 6 POTATO GROWER 3 March 2016 81 245 CONTENTS 4 NPPGA Marketing Message 6 USPB Message 8 NPC Message 12 Andys Advice Understanding and Manag- ing Blemish Problems in Fresh Market Potatoes 14 NPPGA MSA Award and Chairmans Banquet 16 Carl Hoverson Receives NPPGAs MSA 18 2016 International Crop Expo 24 NPPGA Research and Reporting Conference On the cover Outgoing NPPGA Chairman Don Suda right exchanges the gavel with incoming Chairman Lonnie Spokely. 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 Lonnier Spokely Vice Chair Greg Campbell SecretaryTreasurer Eric Halverson ND Council Representative Greg Campbell MN Council Representative Justin Dagen Potato Associate Representative Todd Phelps Past Chair Don Suda 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 vpgsalesnppga.org Subscription no charge in U.S. Canada 401-year Foreign 601-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 2016 Northern Plains Potato Growers Association. All rights reserved.