N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 8 POTATO GROWER 3 November/December 2018 • 83, 266 CONTENTS 4 NPPGA Marketing Message 6 Potatoes USA Message 8 NPC Message 12 Andy’s Advice: 50 Years Of Potato Extension 17 North Dakota Certified Seed Potato Grower Listing 20 Minnesota Certified Seed Potato Grower Listing 22 2018 Potato Bowl, USA 26 NFPT Returns To East Grand Forks, Minnesota 30 Calendar Of Events On the cover This picture is of an Early Generation Field at Enander Seed Farm of Grenora, North Dakota. (Photo courtesy of Enander Seed Farm) 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 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.