Spudman Magazine -- The Voice of the Potato Industry

March 2004


		United Kingdom adds new twists to potato packaging When you imagine the English farm, you may think of a small quaint operation with stone fences surrounding the fields. The new reality in the United Kingdom is far from that – today the specialty crops farms are big and integrated. Aroostook’s Potato Pickers Special a service to growers Darrell Chandler wants his crew to call him. Irving-Marr Farms wants the crew to call the house at 10. Dave Whitmore is not digging today. The “Potato Picker’s Special” is a live TV show airs 4:30 to 6:00 a.m. on WAGM-TV in Presque Isle, throughout the harvest season. The show finished its 43rd year this past fall. Growers tune in to the program, as do the people who want to work for them Love Ivory A new Ivory Crisp potato variety bred at the Aberdeen Research and Extension Center, in conjunction with other states, promises to be ideal for the potato chip industry because of its high tuber solids and cold storage attributes. Taking Stock - English eye opener

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