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July
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Family
Tradition
Ashton, Idaho, has seen four generations of the Hess family
raising seed potatoes. Ray, Gene and John Hess, and their
sons, Travis, Doug and David continue the tradition started
by Ray’s great, great, great grandfather who came
from Germany to Pennsylvania. One of his children moved
West and homesteaded in Utah.
Potatoes
Go Low-Carb
With low-carb diets sending potatoes onto the menu of taboo
dinner items, growers are seeing decreased demand and decreased
value of the once-prized American staple. But a new variety
being grown in Florida could help reverse the anti-spud
attitude of late.
- Vine
Killing
Growers tend to build their own formula for good vine killing
management from years of experience. Over that period of
time they learn how factors such as soil moisture, the percent
of mature vines in the field and the level of nitrogen in
the soil can affect the potential volume of high-quality
potatoes.
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Taking Stock - Ein
Traum Von Amerika: The 1980s
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