M A Y / J U N E 2 0 1 7 POTATO GROWER 3 May/June 2017 • 82, 255 CONTENTS 4 NPPGA Marketing Message 5 NDSU Potato Blightline 6 USPB Message 8 NPC Message 10 2016 Chip Processing Trial Results In Hoople, ND 18 25 Years Ago 20 Andy’s Advice: Late Blight In Potato 25 Recipe Page 26 People, Product News 30 Calendar Of Events On the cover This is a planting picture from VanRay Farms in Pettibone, North Dakota. 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 TJ 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