M A R C H 2 0 1 9 POTATO GROWER 3 March 2019 • 84, 269 CONTENTS 4 NPPGA Marketing Message 5 Meet Incoming NPPGA Chairman, TJ Hall 6 Potatoes USA Message 8 NPC Message 10 2019 International Crop Expo 16 Andy’s Advice: Identifying Herbicide Injury In Potato Production 20 2019 NPPGA MSA Award And Chairman’s Banquet 22 2019 NPPGA Annual Research Reporting Conference On the cover Outgoing NPPGA Chairman Eric Halverson (left) exchanges the gavel with incoming Chairman TJ Hall. (Read more about TJ Hall on page 5) Northern Plains Potato Growers Association P.O. Box 301 420 Business Highway 2 East Grand Forks, MN 56721 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage P P A A I I D D Fargo, ND Permit No. 152 O F F I C I A L P U B L I C A T I O N O F T H E N O R T H E R N P L A I N S P O T A T O G R O W E R S A S S O C I A T I O N March 2019 Publisher Northern Plains Potato Growers Assn. General Manager Todd Phelps NPPGA Staff President Donavon Johnson Finance and Operations Director Diane Peycke Marketing and Communications Director Ted Kreis NPPGA Executive Committee Chair TJ Hall Vice Chair Matt VanRay Secretary/Treasurer David Fedje ND Council Representative David Fedje MN Council Representative Peter Imle Potato Associate Representative Gary Shields Past Chair Eric Halverson 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 © 2019 Northern Plains Potato Growers Association. All rights reserved. Equipment For Sale 474 4 Row 2009 Lockwood Harvester $40,000 OBO 240 Clodhopper $55,000 OBO 2 Double I 850 Windrowers $2,500 OBO 4 Harriston Planters, All New Style Pick Arms $3,000 OBO 2 Harriston Row Markers 12 Rows $2,000 OBO Call Jeff VanRay 701-653-6072