Potato Bytes 08.09.2022
News from the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association
Serving the potato industry in
North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota.
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Scholarship Winners Named
The winners of the Northern Plain Potato Growers Association Scholarship and the two Potato Bowl USA scholarsips have been named.
Easton Rerick of Fargo is the NPPGA Scholarship winner and Claire Bjorneby from Grafton, ND and Tanner Piepkorn from Grand Forks have won the Potato Bowl USA scholaships and will serve as Potato Bowl Ambassadors..
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Easton Rerick grew up in Fargo, ND where he attended Davies High School. While in high school he was a member of DECA and National Honor Society. Easton finished high school with a 3.95 GPA. He played varsity hockey and baseball and was the captain of the hockey team his junior and senior seasons. He is playing American Legion baseball this summer in Fargo. His parents are Mike and Jodi Rerick. Mike is the VP of Sales & Marketing for NoKota Packers in Buxton.
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Claire Bjorneby graduated from Grafton High school where she participated in basketball, volleyball, track, golf, FCA, DECA, and FBLA. Claire plans to attend Mayville State University to pursue an undergraduate degree and continue her volleyball career. After receiving her Bachelors degree, she plans on attending the University of North Dakota to receive a Doctorate in PhysicalTherapy. Claire's parents are Chris and Christine Bjorneby. The Bjorneby family operates Lone Wolf Farms with a washplant in Minto, ND. |
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Tanner Piepkorn recently graduated from Grand Forks Central High School and will be attending Bemidji State University this fall. He plans to major in Business Management with an Accounying minor. Tanner was on the Central basketball team as well as a member the National Honor Society, National Technical honor Society, DECA and FBLA. His goal is to one day own a business, either taking over his dad’s business (Midwest Potato Services) or start his own. Tanner's parents are Clark and Kathy Piepkorn. |
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Each year the children and grandchildren of NPPGA grower members and Potato Associates can apply for these scholarships. |
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Land Values Jump in 2022
NORTH DAKOTA - North Dakota's farm real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, increased from 2021, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Farm real estate value for 2022 averaged $2,050 per acre, up $230 per acre (up 13%) from last year.
Cropland value increased 14% from last year to $2,350 per acre. Pastureland, at $930 per acre, was $90 higher than the previous year.
Cash rents paid to landlords in 2022 for cropland were mixed from last year. Irrigated cropland rent averaged $188.00 per acre, unchanged from last year. Dryland cropland rent averaged $73.00 per acre, $0.50 higher than a year earlier. Pasture rented for cash averaged $19.50 per acre, $1.00 above the previous year.
County level averages of 2022 cash rents paid to landlords will be released on August 26, 2022, and will be available through NASS Quick Stats, located at http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/.
MINNESOTA - Cropland cash rent paid to Minnesota landlords in 2022 averaged $185.00 per acre according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Non-irrigated cropland rent averaged $185.00 per acre, $8.00 above last year. Irrigated cropland rent averaged $200.00 per acre, $13.00 above 2021. Pasture rented for cash averaged $27.00 per acre, $1.00 above the previous year.
Minnesota's farm real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, averaged $6,150 per acre in 2022, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Land Values 2022 Summary. This was up 17 percent, $910 per acre higher than last year's value.
Cropland, at $6,200 per acre, was $930 higher than last year. Pasture, at $2,010 per acre, was $180 above last year.
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Area Potato Crop Still Looking Good!
USDA Potato Progress & Condition Report
Week Ending: 8-7-2022
NORTH DAKOTA - Potato condition rated 0% very poor, 1% poor, 44% fair, 46% good, and 9% excellent. Potatoes blooming was 96%, near 100% last year and 98% average. Rows closed was 73%, near 70% last year, but behind 83% average.
MINNESOTA - Potato condition rated 0% very poor, 0% poor, 4% fair, 69% good, and 27% excellent. Potato progress is still not reported in the USDA report.
USDA Crop Progress & Condition Report for all crops: ND - MN
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Certified Farm Succession Coordinator Training Now Offered Virtually
Attorneys, accountants, lenders, Extension educators, financial advisors, farm/ranch mediators and others who want to specialize in farm succession planning are welcome to participate.
The Certified Farm Succession Coordinator Training originally set as an in-person training has switched to a virtual format Aug. 29-30 and Sept. 13.
The training provides the opportunity for individuals to become a certified farm succession coordinator. It is hosted by the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Dairy Profitability, in collaboration with the International Farm Transition Network (IFTN) and North Dakota State University Extension.
The virtual training will take place from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Participants must attend all three days to be eligible for certification. Registration is required by Aug. 18.
Attorneys, accountants, lenders, Extension educators, financial advisors, farm/ranch mediators and any individuals who want to specialize in farm succession planning are welcome to participate. This training is approved for 14.75 ND CLE credits plus 2.0 ND Ethics credit for a total of 16.75 ND CLE credits through the North Dakota Commission for Continuing Legal Education.
“The economic future of our nation’s agriculture depends on the next generation’s ability to access land and business assets,” says Carrie Johnson, NDSU Extension assistant director for family and community wellness. “Many farm and ranch operators are realizing the importance of creating a succession plan. Agriculture service professionals who work with these farms and ranches are recognizing that it takes more than a business structure or an estate plan to get those assets transferred to the next generation of managers. Succession planning also includes management transfer, inheritance issues and (surprise!) humans with emotions.”
This training will offer:
- Insight on the barriers to farm succession.
- Strategies on working with families as they navigate farm succession.
- Facilitation tools to guide the process.
- Opportunities to consider real-life examples of farm succession case studies.
Instructors for this training are Kiley Fleming, executive director of the Iowa Mediation Service, and Joy Kirkpatrick, a farm succession specialist with the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Dairy Profitability. Fleming and Kirkpatrick have been instructors for this training since its inception in 2012. They offer over 35 years of combined succession planning experience to the training.
Registration fees are $950 per person. A discount of $50 per person is available for organizations registering three or more individuals in the same purchase. The fee includes a 2022-2023 International Farm Transition Network membership. For more information or to register, visit ndsu.ag/farm-succession.
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SpudScoop is a weekly newsletter from NDSU/UM Extension Potato Agronomist Andy Robinson published in late summer through the fall harvest. It combines Blightline, Aphid Alert and other timely information dealing with the current potato crop into one convienient source.
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Late Blight - No late blight has been reported in ND, MN and MB. This week no late blight spores were found in the spore traps! Conditions have been more conducive to late blight this year than last year. We encourage you to keep scouting and bring any suspicious samples to the NDSU Plant Diagnostic laboratory.
Lightning Damage - With the many storms, often comes lightening. At times lightning can strike a potato field can kill the plants in an area. Lightening damage will be different from diseases as it does not move or spread. Often there are dead plants in the center with plants surrounding this area that are somewhat injured. Some leaves may have burned spots that can appear to be disease. Lightening can often cause ‘laddering” in the stems (when cut in half).
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Last Week's Famous Landmark
Last week's Trivia Landmark was The Rock of Gibraltar. The giant monolith rises nearly 1,400 feet above the sea near the entrance to the Medittarian Sea on the Iberian Peninsula which is a British territory bordering the southern tip of Spain.
It was identified correctly by Kent Sather, Vicky Boyd, James Troyer, Brett Miller, Dorothy Viker and James Staricka.
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Coming Events @ a Glance
August 25
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NPPGA Field Day - Larimore, Forest River Colony and Hoople, ND
September 6 - 10
October 27 - 29
Orlando, FL
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