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NPPGA Field Day is Next Thursday

Northern Plains Potato Growers Association's Annual Field Day is set for next week on Thursday, August 25th.

NDSU/UM Extension Potato Agronomist Andy Robinson has released the schedule of presenters for all three locations. Download and print that schedule here.

Breakfast Session - The day will start with a 7:00 AM breakfast sponsored by Hoverson Farms. Following breakfast there be soome brief remarks from researchers. The event will be held at the Hoverson Farm located at the intersection of US Hwy 2 and ND Hwy 18 north of Larimore.

Lunch Session - A noon lunch sponsored by the Simplot Food Group and prepared by the Forest River Colony will be served at the Colony at noon followed by research presentations and a listening session at the nearby NPPGA Irrigated Research Site.

Evening BBQ - Barbeque and beverages will be served at the Oberg Farm just south of Hoople beginning at 5:30 PM. The event is sponsored by the NPPGA Potato Associates, Nutrien Ag Solutions and Willbur-Ellis. There will be a researcher poster session and some brief remarks from researhers as well.

NORTH DAKOTA - Potato condition rated 0% very poor, 1% poor, 35% fair, 50% good, and 14% excellent. Potatoes rows closed was 85%, near 83% last year, but behind 90% average. Vines dry was 2%, behind 10% last year and 8% average.

MINNESOTA - Potato condition, same as last week, rated 0% very poor, 0% poor, 4% fair, 69% good, and 27% excellent. Potato harvest is 3% complete.

USDA Crop Progress & Condition Report for all crops: ND - MN

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.

Late Blight - Another week of no late blight being reported in ND, MN and MB. This week no late blight spores were found in the spore traps! Conditions recently have been more conducive to late blight. We encourage you to keep scouting and bring any suspicious samples to the NDSU Plant Diagnostic laboratory.

Conditions are favorable for early blight. This disease appears every year in our area. In other countries early blight is often called target spot, as causes a target-like appearance with rings. The pathogen favors older and senescing leaf tissue, as well as plants stressed by injury, nutrient deficiency, and insect feeding. The rate of infection in the early season is generally low but increases after flowering and is most rapid during tuber bulking later in the season. Here is a link to more information on early blight.

Field day will be on August 25. We will follow the normal schedule with breakfast and presentations at Hoverson Farms near Larimore, ND; lunch and field tour at the Forest River colony near Inkster, ND; evening BBQ at Oberg farms at Hoople, ND.

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