b'March 202186, 284 CONTENTS4 NPPGA Marketing Message 13 Recipe PagePublisher 6 Potatoes USA Message 16 Potato Associate SpotlightNorthern Plains Potato Growers Assn.General Manager 8 NPC Message 20 2021 Research ReportingTodd Phelps Conference10 Andys Advice: DetermineThe Right Amount Of30 Calendar Of EventsPotato Seed For PlantingNPPGA Staff On the coverPresidentDonavon Johnson This is a picture of potato flowers in bloom from aFinance and Operations Director field in North Dakota.Diane PeyckeMarketing and CommunicationsDirectorTed KreisNPPGA Executive CommitteeChairMatt VanRay \x18\x11\x17\x01/\x0f\x018FCFS\x01"WF\x0fVice Chair 4JPVY\x01\'BMMT\x014%\x01\x16\x18\x12\x11\x14David FedjeSecretary/Treasurer XXX\x0fFMTUPONGH\x0fDPNPeter Imle 1SPUFDU\x01ZPVS\x011PUBUPFT\x01GSPN\x01GSFF[JOH\x01BOE\x01ND Council Representative EJTDPMPSBUJPO\x01XJUI\x01&MTUPO\x01.GH\x011SPQBOF\x01$BSHP\x01Michael Hoverson )FBUFS\x02\x01*OFYQFOTJWF\x01FBTZ\x01UP\x01NBJOUBJO\x01BOE\x01MN Council RepresentativePeter Imle FOWJSPNFOUBMMZ\x01GSJFOEMZ\x0f1VUT\x01PVU\x01\x14\x18\x11\x11\x11\x01#56\x01BOE\x01SVOT\x01P\x01CPUIPotato Associate RepresentativeGary Shields "$\x01BOE\x01%$\x01QPXFS\x0f\x01*O\x01UIF\x013FE\x013JWFS\x017BMMFZ\x01Past Chair DBMM\x01/PSUI8FTU\x015SVDL\x01\x07\x015SBJMFS\x01JO\x01\'BSHP\x01/%\x01T. J. Hall GPS\x01RVFTUJPOT\x01BOE\x01QSJDJOH\x02\x18\x11\x12\x0e\x15\x18\x17\x0e\x18\x12\x12\x14Valley Potato Grower is published 8 times annuallyat: P.O. Box301, East Grand Forks, MN 56721. Telephone: (218) 773-SPUD.Fax:(218)773-6227.E-mail:[email protected]:nochargeinU.S.;Canada:$50/1-year;Advertising: call (218) 773-SPUD. Editor welcomes manuscriptsand pictures but accepts no responsibility for lost materials.Reproduction in whole or in part of materials in this issuewithout permission is prohibited.Copyright2021 NorthernPlains Potato Growers Association. All rights reserved.\x12\x0e\x19\x11\x11\x0e\x19\x15\x16\x0e\x12\x14\x19\x16MARCH 2021 POTATO GROWER 3'