M A R C H 2 0 1 8 POTATO GROWER 3 March 2018 • 83, 261 CONTENTS 4 NPPGA Marketing Message 6 Potatoes USA Message 8 NPC Message 10 2018 International Crop Expo 16 Andy’s Advice: Non- Irrigated Red Norland Crop Budget 20 2018 NPPGA MSA Award And Chairman’s Banquet 22 2018 Annual Research And Reporting Conference On the cover Outgoing NPPGA Chairman Greg Campbell (left) exchanges gavel with incoming Chairman Eric Halverson. (Read more about Eric Halverson on page 26) 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 Eric Halverson Vice Chair T.J. Hall Secretary/Treasurer Matt VanRay ND Council Representative David Fedje MN Council Representative Peter Imle Potato Associate Representative Gary Shields Past Chair Greg Campbell 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.