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•  Environmental
•  Equipment, Supplies, Services
•  Fertilization and Liming
•  Field Preparation
•  FQPA/Pesticides
•  General
•  Government Agencies and Universities
•  Harvest
• Health and Nutrition
•  Insects
•  IPM
•  Irrigation
•  Marketing

Environmental
See Also, Water, Fertilizer, Soils
• Biodiversity and Ecosystems NEtwork (BENE) *
• Biosolids Recycling in Oregon
• Biosolids, Fertilizing With (Oregon)
• Conservation Technology Center (Purdue)
• Desertification -- UN Commission on
• Endangered Species Home Page
• EnviroLink Pre Home Page -- links to dozens of environmental internet sites
• Environmental Working Group -- advocate for removing pesticides from foods
• EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans, & Watersheds
• Fertilizing with Biosolids (Oregon)
• Fertilizing with Dairy Manure (Oregon)
• Food News -- chemicals in foods, etc.
• Greenpeace -- save the whales to biotech issues
• Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
• Klamath Basin Crisis, The -- keep track of the Klamath Basin struggle over irrigation rights
• Kuo Testing Labs, Inc -- many excellent links on nitrate levels in PNW water, soils, etc.
• Loggers, Galaxie -- loggers for soil temp., moisture, conductivity, and other environmental parameters
• Manure and Groundwater (Oregon)
• Manure Management to Reduce Water Pollution (Oregon)
• National Resources Defense Council --covers several environmental issues
• Nature Conservancy, The
• Oregon Groundwater (OSU) -- everything you need to know about Oregon groundwater and related topics?
• Oregon Natural Resources Council (ONRC)
• Oregon Plan (For Salmon, Steelhead), The
• Oregon Trout
• OSU Salmon Info
• Pacific Rivers Council Salmon Safe
• Reducing Groundwater Contamination from Manure (Oregon)
• Salmon Page, The
• Threatened & Endangered SPECIES
• Threatened and Endangered Species in the Northwest States
• Washington's Water

   
 

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Equipment, Supplies, Services

• General/Services
• Buildings
• Boxes and Bags
• Irrigation Equipment
• Machinery
• Processing Machinery

General/Services

• Agriculture Bookmarks
• Agricultural Companies Online
• Agriculture Databases -- access to diverse databases
• Ag Machinery -- many links!
• AGZONE, The -- buy and sell almost anything on-line
• AgricultureB2B.com - Potato Farms - Potatoes Potato Growers Farms Sales Marketing
• Cleary Building Corp.
• Company Lists (Global Potato News) -- a good international listing for planting, harvesting, handling, processing, etc., equipment
• DirectAg -- buy seed, merchandise direct;  marketing info, weather, etc.; registration required
• DMOZ -- links to major links & directories
• Farmers Guide to the Internet
• Farmer's Market Online --purchase goods directly from suppliers
• Farm Seller (Capital Press) -- land, buildings, livestock, machinery, miscellaneous

• Gempler's
• Global Agribusiness Info. Network -- a large listing of diverse companies
• IPrint.Com -- handle your printing needs (forms, letter head, hats, shirts, etc.) on-line
• Jerry's Carhartt Store -- Carhartt work clothing
• Loggers, Galaxie -- loggers for soil temp., moisture, conductivity, and other environmental parameters
• Osmotek Ltd. -- plant tissue culture supplies; many links to related sites
• PEMCO Sales --Potato Equipment Marketing Company Online; an excellent, comprehensive source for all types of equipment
• Pendleton Grain Growers (PGG)
• PlastiTech -- row covers, plastic mulch, etc.
• PotatoGrower List -- Potato Grower Magazine List of goods and services; excellent, comprehensive.
• Simplot Grower Solutions
• World Wide Web Yellow Pages
• Yahoo's Ag Company List

 

Buildings

• Agra Air -- air-handling systems for storages, other
• American Steel Span
• AgricultureB2B.com - Potato Farms - Potatoes Potato Growers Farms Sales Marketing
• Barr Refrigeration
• BTU Corporation (Idaho) -- humidifiers, fans, doors, etc. for storages, other
• Central Sands Building (WI) -- storage buildings, etc.
• Cleary Building Corp.
• Commercial Roofing -- spray-on insulation, etc.
• Hansen-Rice, Inc. -- storages, processing plants, packing sheds, etc.
• Heritage Buildings
• Jaybird MFG -- Low-volume chemical fogger for storages
• Mastercraft Steel Buildings
• Morton Buildings
• Nelson's Veg. Storage Systems -- e-mail link only
• Octaform Concrete Forming Systems
• Octaform Storage Tanks
• Sensor Wireless -- remote sensors for storages, other
• Suberizer, Inc. -- buildings and more.
• Wick Buildings -- storages, etc.

 

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Boxes, Bags, Bins, etc.

 

• Affeldt Packaging Machinery
• Consolidated Plastics Co., Inc.
• Cope Manufacturing -- packaging equipment
• Friedman Bag Co., Inc.
• Haines Equipment Inc. -- sack fillers, brushers, baggers, conveyors, etc.
• Hamer, Inc. -- bagging/packaging equipment
• Johnsen Machine Co., Ltd. -- packaging
• Macro Plastics, Inc. -- large bins
• National Bag Company
• Orion-Weigh -- bag closing machinery, other
• Consolidated Plastics Company, Inc. -- various plastic containers
• Pacific Bin Corporation --plastic bins
• Ship It -- boxes, bags other shipping supplies/marketing supplies
• Tristeel Manufacturing -- handling, grading, washing and packaging equipment
• Volm Bag Co., Inc.  -- various bags, boxes, packaging equipment
   

 

Machinery, General

 

• AFIVEPLUS, Inc. -- small planters and diggers; three-point, hydraulically-driven mechanisms, etc.
• Ag Domain Buyer's Guide  ---all manner of equipment, other; addresses, phone numbers, etc; very handy.
• AgParts (Idaho) -- digger rollers, gears, whatnot
• Agritech Corporation (Idaho) -- planters, harvesters, windrowers, clod hoppers, pilers, etc.
• Allis/Agco -- tractors, related
• Art's Way -- Logan
• Barr Inc. -- used refrigeration equipment
• BEI, Incorporated -- Packing
• Big Iron Equipment (Wisconsin)
• BTU Corporation (Idaho)  -- storage heating, cooling, humidification equipment
• Case Corporation
• Caterpillar
• Chevrolet Trucks
• Cope Manufacturing -- packaging equipment
• Daumar Packaging --packaging and weighing machines
• Deere and Company
• Delhi Foundry and Farm Machinery Ltd. -- 87 standard products, some custom manufacture
• Dietrichs Equipment
• Disinfecting Storages & Equip. (Maine)
• Dodge Trucks
• Double L Inc. -- potato harvesters, pilers, handling equipment
• Durand-Wayland Mfg. -- John Bean sprayers, other equipment
• Eagle Bridge Trailers -- includes bulk trailers for field and road
• Equipment Links (PotatoGrower Mag.) -- many links, many topics
• Equipment Search -- on-line search engine for all manner of used equipment
• Fabco -- caterpillar equipment, etc.
• Farmhand -- loaders, mulchers
• Farm Seller (Capital Press, Oregon) -- land, livestock, machinery, miscellaneous
• Fieldstar -- plows, rippers
• Ford Motor Company
• Gallenberg Mfg. -- grading, harvesting, etc., equipment
• Gellert -- Storage systems
• Gempler's -- all types of general merchandise.
• Genemco
• Gleaner -- grain combines, etc.
• Glencoe -- plows, rippers--
• G.O.W. (Gagnon Ornamental Works), Ltd. -- all types of handling, weighing, etc., equipment (New Brunswick, Can.)
• Grimme -- harvesting, field equipment
• G&W Diesel Services, Inc.-- diesel engines, several brands
• HF Stewart Equipment -- harvest and handling equipment
• Hagie Mfg. -- combines, other
• Haines Equipment -- truck beds, handling equipment, etc.
• Hamer Inc -- bagging and weighing systems
• Hansen-Rice, Inc --storage buildings, equipment, freezers, processing plants, etc.
• Harriston -- planters, etc.
• HarvestMaster
• Hiniker Company --Wisconsin; row-crop cultivators, other
• Horn Plastics -- low-friction bed liners, etc.
• Imants BV (Netherlands) -- various types of equipment; tillage, etc.
• Jaybird Mfg. -- humidification, evaporative cooling, chemical application
• John Bean Sprayers
• Johnsen Machine Co., Ltd. -- packaging equipment
• Kerian Machines Inc. -- potato, vegetable sizers, etc
• KPR Inc. -- specialized equipment for root, tuber and bulb crops
• Kverneland ASA, Products
• Landini -- tractors
• Lannen Transplanters -- transplanters
• Lockwood Mfg. -- havesting, planting, other
• Machinefinder -- excellent search engine for used equipment
• MARQ Packaging Systems
• Massey Ferguson/AGCOCORP
• Mechanical Transplanter Company -- various transplanter models
• Micro-Trak Systems --harvester, sprayer monitors, gps equipment, etc.
• Milestone -- seed cutters, dusters, other
• Mitchell Equipment -- rotary-powered cultivators
• National Agri-Services, Inc. -- Spraying
• New Holland Ag Parts -- used parts and new and used machinery
• New Idea -- manure spreaders, hay tools
• Noffsinger Mfg. -- digger chain, etc.
• Northwest Baggers
• PARMA Company
• PDS Equipment (Japan) -- various types of used, small-scale equipment
• PEMCO Sales --Potato Equipment Marketing Company Online; an excellent, comprehensive source for all types of equipment
• PMC Production --tanks, screw augers, belted conveyors
• PotatoGrower List -- Potato Grower Magazine List of goods and services; excellent, comprehensive.
• Quinlan's Equipment (Wisconsin)
• Reekie Mfg. Ltd., U.K. --planters, harvesters, bedmakers
• R & H Machine --chromalloy for diggers, rippers, cultivators
• Spudnik -- potato harvesting and handling equipment
• Spudmaster -- replacement belts for pilers, etc.
• Swihart Sales Co. -- sprayers of various types
• Techmark, Inc. --ventilation/refrigeration storage controls
• Terog Mfg. -- rollers, bearings, chains, sprockets, etc.
• TerraMarc Industries -- pilers, etc.; includes Harriston equipment
• Thomas Equipment Ltd -- harvesters, windrowers, loaders, excavators, other
• T.I.P., Inc. -- new and used potato machinery
• Tractor web -- find a new or used tractor
• Trail King Industries
• Tram Sales Ltd. -- one-row, three-point diggers, etc.
• Tristeel Manufacturing -- handling, grading, washing and packaging equipment
• Tye -- conservation seeding, tillage
• Unverferth Manufacturing Company, Inc --Ohio; tillage, haying equipment, etc.
• Valmar Airflo Inc. -- granular spreaders
• Washing Systems, Inc.
• White -- tractors, other
• Willsie Equipment -- three-point diggers, baggers, washers, etc.; mostly small-scale
• Wil-Rich
• Wire Belt Company of America -- wire conveyor belts and accessories
• Wisconsin Lift Truck Corp. -- lifting
• Woods Equipment --mowers, harvesters, etc.
• Worthington Ag Parts -- New, used and rebuilt parts.
• XSAg.Com -- buy, sell agrichemicals, seeds, machinery parts

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Processing Machinery

•  Aeroglide -- food driers, other
• A. E. Goodacre & Son -- potato handling equipment
• Agri-Tech Inc -- packing equipment
• Alard Equipment Corporation
• Daumar Packaging --packaging and weighing machines
• Kooljet Refrigeration
• FMC Food Tech
• Food Machinery Internationale
• Genemco, Inc -- used processing equipment and system design services
• Hansen-Rice, Inc --storage buildings, equipment, freezers, processing plants, etc.
• Heat and Control, Inc.
• Industrial Dryers
• Inland Environmental Resources -- zero-discharge water filtration for vegetable processing
• Johnsen Machine Co., Ltd. -- packaging equipment
• King Edward Catering Equipment
• Metcalfe Catering Equipment
• National Drying Machinery Company
• PMC Production --tanks, screw augers, belted conveyors
• PPMI -- Processing and Packaging Machinery International
• Pretco
• Proctor
• Reading Pretzel Machinery -- baked chips
• Wintech Taparia, Ltd. (India) -- processing equipment for fries, chips, flakes, refrigeration and freezing

 

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Fertilization and Liming
See also, "Irrigation" and "Production"

• Agrochemicals in Groundwater/Potatoes (Sask., Ca.)
• Best Management Practices for Profitable Fertilization of Potatoes
• Boron for Minnesota Soils
• Cementing (Nebraska)
• Chemigation in the PNW --acrobat reader
• Chemigation Safety Measures (Minn.)
• Chemigation/Nitrogation (Minn.)
• Commercial Potato Production Guide (Manitoba)
• Commercial Potato Production in Alberta
• Commercial Potato Production in N. America (PAA)
• Commercial Veg. Fert. (Florida)
• Cornell Nutrient Analysis Laboratories
• Crusting
• Cultivar-specific Fertilization (Sask.)
• Dairy Manure as a Fertilizer Source (NCSU)
• Deficiency Symptoms (Images)
• Fertility and Fertilizers (Manitoba)
• Fertility Mgt. With Drip Irrig. (UC Davis)
• Fertilizer Guide (Alberta) -- excellent
• Fertilizer Guide (Idaho)
• Fertilizer Guide for Cal. Veg. (UC Davis)
• Fertilizer Placement (Neb.)
• Fertilizer Recommendations (NDSU) -- Many Crops
• Fertilizer Value of Manures (Oregon)
• Fertilizing Drip-Irrigated Crops (Florida)
• Fertilizing Potato (NDSU)
• Fertilizing Potatoes in Colorado
• Fertilizing Potatoes in Ontario -- outstanding, comprehensive site
• Fertilizer and Lime Materials (Oregon)
• Fertilization of Irrigated Potatoes (Minn.)
• Fertilizing with Biosolids (Oregon)
• Fertilizing with Dairy Manure (Oregon)
• IFA World Fertilizer Use Manual -- excellent manual on fertilizer use; also chapters on major crops including potatoes
• IMC Globa/Potash and Phos. Inst. -- good 25 page manual on general soils and fertilizer topics
• Interpreting Soil & Tissue Tests (NWAG Consultants)
• Kuo Testing Labs, Inc. -- nitrate levels in plants, water, and soil
• Lime Needs in Minnesota
• Liming Materials (Minnesota)
• Manure, Getting What You Want From Animal (PA)
• Manure and Groundwater (Oregon)
• Manure as a Nitrogen Source (S. Dak.)
• Manure, Managing in Vegetable Systems (MSU)
• Manure (Horse), Composting Of (NCSU)
• Manure Management to Reduce Water Pollution (Oregon)
• Manure Mangement in Minnesota
• Manures, Nutrient Value Of (NCSU)
• Manures (British Potato Council)
• MeisterPro.Com -- great site for agrichemicals, labels, fertilizer info
• Micronutrients (Nebraska) -- short treatise
• Micronutrients for Potatoes (Sask., Ca.)
• N Use Eff. for Cool-Season Veg. (UC Davis)
• Nitrogen (Nebraska) -- short treatise on nitrogen
• Nitrogation/Chemigation (Minn.)
• Nitrogen Management and Groundwater (S. Dak.)
• N Management in Michigan Potatoes (MSU)
• Nitrogen Uptake and Utilization by PNW Crops (Oregon)
• Nutrient Management (Idaho)
• Nutrient Management for R. Burbank (Idaho)
• Nutrient Management Guide (Washington)
• Ohio Potato Production Guide
• Ohio Vegetable Production Guide
• Petiole Sap Testing
• Petiole Sampling & Guidelines (Colorado) -- good illustrations; private company
• Placement (Nebraska)
• Phosphorus (Nebraska) -- short treatise on phosphorus
• PHOSYN -- select a crop and element for images and short text describing roles/rates/deficiencies, etc.
• Plant Analysis handbook for Georgia -- multi-crop, comprehensive; no specific potato info
• Plant Analysis of Veg Crops (UC Davis)
• Potassium (Nebraska) -- short treatise on potassium
• Potato Fertilizer Guide, Idaho
• Potato Fertilization on Irrigated Soils (Minn.)
• Potato Fertilizer Recommendations (MSU)
• PotatoGrower List -- Potato Grower Magazine list of fertilizer and chemical suppliers
• Potato Information Exchange (P.I.E.) -- a comprehensize website covering all aspects of potato production
• Potato Nitrate-N Sufficiency Levels for Potatoes (Wisc.)
• Production (Potato) in Australia -- click on selected topic or scroll down to links
• Potato Production in Florida
• Poultry Manure as a Fertilizer Source (NCSU)
• Reducing Groundwater Contamination from Manure (Oregon)
• Sidedressing (Ohio) -- factors to consider
• Soil and Fertility Management (Florida)
• Soil and Water Science Handbook (Florida) --outstanding, comprehensive
• Soil Fertility and Fertilizers (Fla.)
• Soil Sampling--How and Why (Oregon)
• Soil Sampling Guidelines (Clemson U.)
• Soil Test Handbook for Georgia -- multi-crop, comprehensivel, no specifics for potato
• Soil Test Interpretation (Oregon)
• Soil Testing (UC Davis)
• Soil Water Storage Capacities
• Sulfur (Nebraska) -- short treatise on sulfur
• University of Idaho Potato Page
• Vegetable Fertilization (U.C. Davis)
• Vegetable Nutrient Requirements (Florida)
• World Fertilizer Use
• Zinc for Crop Production (Minnesota)

 

 

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Field Preparation
See Also, "Production"

• Commercial Potato Production Guide (Manitoba)
• Commercial Potato Production in Alberta-- a topnotch, comprehensive site; check it out!
• Commercial Potato Production in N. America (PAA)
• Commercial Potato Production in Eastern N.C.
• Growing Irrigated Potatoes (NDSU)
• Ohio Potato Production Guide
• Ohio Vegetable Production Guide
• Potato Information Exchange (P.I.E.) -- a comprehensize website covering all aspects of potato production
• Production (Potato) in Australia -- click on selected topic or scroll down to links
• Production (Potato) in Florida
• Production (Potato) in Kentucky
• Production (Potato) in Mississippi
• Small Potatoes for Fresh Market (Alberta)
• University of Idaho Potato Page
• Vegetable (and Potato) Production in Ohio --scroll down to potato; note other useful material enroute

 

FQPA

Food quality protection and the associated potential loss of pesticides are of great concern to all ag professionals.
The following sites contain useful information on the Food Quality Protection Act and allied topics.

• Agri-food Risk Management & Communication -- timely news on ag and food safety; free subscription.
• Bayer FQPA Links -- highly useful, comprehensive site; may be the very best single source
• EPA--Fed. Register
• EPA FQPA Site
• EXTOXNET (toxicology info)
• FQPA Links
• Handling Pesticides Safely (Ohio)
• Handling Pesticides Safely (S. Dak.)
• IR-4 Project
• Nat. Ag. Pest. Impact. Asses. Program
• National Pesticide Telecommunications Network
• Pesticide Alternatives (MSU)
• Pesticide Center Online (WSU) -- labels, other useful info
• Pesticide Safety
• Pesticide Safety (Ohio)
• Sprayer Calibration
• Washington Pesticide Page
• Western Crop Association
• Wright's Pest Law

 

 

Pesticide Alternatives

•  NCAP
•  NCAMP
•  Pesticide Action Network
•  Pesticide Education Center
•  Rachel's Weekly

 

 

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General, Multi-faceted Sites

Sites listed here are typically too broad-based to include under a single, specific subject matter category.

• Ag Domain --much miscellaneous; very useful
• Agriculture Bookmarks
• Agriculture Databases -- access to diverse databases
• Company Lists (Global Potato News) -- a good international listing for planting, harvesting, handling, processing, etc., equipment
• DirectAg -- buy seed, merchandise direct;  marketing info, weather, etc.; registration required
• DMOZ -- links to major links & directories
• EliteFarmer.com - Aims to disseminate information of use to people with small farms or rural property.
  
• Farmers Guide to the Internet
• ForFarmers.com : a marketplace for buying and selling new and used farm machinery, equipment, seeds, crops, fertilizers, livestock and a wide range of services including job opportunities.
• Global Agribusiness Info. Network -- a large listing of diverse companies
• Potato Information Exchange (P.I.E.) -- a comprehensize website covering all aspects of potato production
• The Potato, Then & Now (PEI) -- historical notes, image library, etc. Very useful site.
• VITA -- how-to info for developing countries; many subjects
• University of Maine 2006 Maine Potato Pest Control Recommendation Guide  (Insects, weed, & disease management).
• University of Maine Potato Production Guide – pest, weed, & insects management, and other useful information.
• World Wide Web Yellow Pages
• Yahoo's Ag Company List

 

 

Government Agencies and Universities

• Educational Organizations
• State
• Federal
• Other

 

Educational Organizations

• CSREES State Partners  --  click on a state for links to Land-Grant universities and other ag entitites
• Agricultural Universities -- U.S. and other
• Government Agencies -- includes links to U.S. ag colleges
• Greenmount College of Ag & Horticulture (N Ireland)
• National Ag Library
• OSU (Oregon) Extension & Exp Sta Communications -- many printed offerings on varied subjects
• PotatoGrower Lists -- Potato Grower Magazine listings
• Potatoes Online (UK)
• Sardi Horticulture (Australia) -- hundreds of good potato links
• Small Farm Center (UC Davis)
• Small Farm Resource, The -- an excellent how-to source for gardeners and small farmers; recommended

 

 

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State

• Agribusiness Council of Oregon
• Agricultural Resources for Idaho
• AgriGator (Fla.) International Agricultural Sites
• AgriGator (Fla.) U.S. Federal Government Agricultural Sites
• AgriGator (Fla.) Worldwide Agricultural SITE INDEX
• CRIS Reports and Forms -- summaries of current University and USDA research projects; useful forms
• DEQ - Oregon
• Government Agencies
• Government Info. Sharing Project (Oregon)
• Oregon, State Of
• Oregon Department of Agriculture
• Oregon Department of Fish. & Wildlife
• Oregon Department of Forestry
• Oregon Legislature
• State Ag Sites (Incl. Universities)

 

 

Federal

• Animal, Plant, Health Inspection Service
• AgriGator (Fla.) U.S. Federal Government Agricultural Sites
• AgriGator (Fla.) International Agricultural Sites
• Aphis -- animal and plant health inspection service
• ARS (USDA Ag Research Service)
• Bureau of Reclamation
• Bureau of Indian Affairs, BIA, DOI, Interior
• Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Home Page
• Conservation Reserve Program Information
• CRIS Reports and Forms -- summaries of current University and USDA research projects; useful forms
• EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
• Farm and Ranch Resources
• Farm Service Agency
• Food Safety and Inspection
• Government Agencies
• Government Info. Sharing Project (Oregon)
• National Ag Library
• NRCS (Natural Resource Conservation Service)
• National Ag Statistics Service
• National Science Foundation World Wide Web Server
• PotatoGrower Lists -- Potato Grower Magazine listings
• Prosser, Washington ARS Group
• Production Flexibility Contract
• PVP (Plant Variety Protection) Office
• Risk Management Agency, Fed. Crop Ins.
• Rural Development
• The Whitehouse
• Thomas--U.S. Congress on the Internet
• U.S. Government -- master site for all federal agencies
• USDA's Home Page
• USDA Ag Research Service
• U.S. Forest Service
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S.House Ag Committee
• U.S. Potato Genebank
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife - Pacific Region
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Department of the Interior
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

 

 

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Other

• Ag Safety (AgSafe)
• American Farm Bureau
• Farm Labor Relations
• Farm Medicine and Safety (Marshmed)
• Government Agencies
• International Herb Association
• PotatoGrower Lists -- Potato Grower Magazine listings
• U.S. Potato Genebank
   
   
  

 

Harvest
See Also, "Production"

• Commercial Potato Production in Alberta
• Commercial Potato Production Guide (Manitoba)
• Commercial Potato Production in N. America (PAA)
• Commercial Potato Production in Eastern N.C.
• Growing Irrigated Potatoes (NDSU)
• Dense Medium Separation -- separation of tubers, stones, etc., by density
• Harvester Calibration (Maine)
• Harvester Safety (Maine)
• Handling Fresh Potatoes (idaho) -- 16 fact-filled pages
• Harvest (Idaho)
• Harvesting and Handling Potatoes (Fla.)
• Harvest and Storage (NCSU)
• Ohio Potato Production Guide
• Potato Information Exchange (P.I.E.) -- a comprehensize website covering all aspects of potato production
• Potato Harvest and Storage (NCSU)
• Potato Vine Dessicants (Fla)
• Potato Production in Alberta -- a topnotch, comprehensive site; check it out!
• Production (Potato) in Australia -- click on selected topic or scroll down to links
• Production (Potato) in Florida
• Potato Production in Hot Climates
• Production (Potato) in Kentucky
• Production (Potato) in Mississippi
• Small Potatoes for Fresh Market (Alberta)
• Seed Potatoes (NDSU)
• University of Idaho Potato Page

 

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Health and Nutrition

• HealthyPotato.Com -- see excellent presentations prepared by the US Potato Board; download and use.

   

Insects See Also: OSU-IPM site; & Pests and Diseases

  Some Specific Insects

• Colorado Potato Beetle
• Colorado Potato Beetle (KSU)
• Colorado Potato Beetle (Washington)
• Colorado Potato Beetle Life Stages (Ag Canada) -- Outstanding, full color, detailed descriptions.
• C. Potato Beetle Images/description
• C. Potato Beetle Life Stages
• European Cornborer
• Fleabeetles (K. State)
• Fleabeetles (UVM)
• Leafhoppers (UVM)
• Potato Tuberworm/moth
• Potato Tubermoth (UC Davis)
• Psyllids (CSU)
• Spiders
• Wireworm Control, Residue Management For

General

• Beneficial Insects (Clemson U.) -- Nice images/descriptionsm (Acrobat Reader req.).
• CDMS--Agrichemical Database --
• Links to virtually all companies and full text for most labels
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• C&P Press Greenbook -- similar to above; excellent
• Clemson University Pest Management Handbook  -- click on "Irish Potatoes" for disease, weed, insect control recs.
• Commercial Potato Production Guide (Manitoba)
• Commercial Potato Production in Alberta
• CropNet: Crop Protection for Insects, Weeds and Disease
• Hortsense (WSU)
• Insect Control in Potatoes (Fla)
• Insect Pests of Vegetables (N. Carolina)
• INSECTS
• Internet IPM Sources for Potato
• Iowa State Insect Info.
• Management Recommendations (Illinois)
• Ohio Potato Production Guide
• Ohio Vegetable Production Guide
• Pesticide Alternatives (MSU)
• Pesticide Center Online (WSU) -- labels, other useful info
• Plant Pathology Internet Guide -- huge listing of plant pathology, weed and biotechnology sites
• Potato Information Exchange (P.I.E.) -- a comprehensize website covering all aspects of potato production
• Potato Insect Id. & Management (Oregon) -- good content and outstanding images!
• Potato Pests (U of Ky)
• Preharvest Intervals for Common Insecticides (Illinois)
• Production (Potato) in Australia -- click on selected topic or scroll down to links
• Radcliff's IPM World Textbook
• U of Maine IPM
• UC IPM Home Page
• University of Delaware Insects
• University of Idaho Insect Info.
• University of Idaho Potato Page
• University of Maine Potato Production Guide – pest, weed, & insects management, and other useful information.
• Urban Insect Control (Oregon State University)
• Vegetable Insects, Id. & Control (Clemson U.)
• Potato Insects, Oregon

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IPM
See also: OSU-IPM site; &  Pests and Diseases

Irrigation

 

See Also, "Water" and "Endangered Species"

•  Irrigation, General
•  Irrigation Equipment
•  Water Rights?
•  Drought!
   

 

Irrigation, General -- see also  Water

• Agrochemicals in Groundwater/Potatoes (Sask., Ca.)
• Can-Sas Irrigation Diversification Ctr -- several online potato pubs
• Checkbook Irrigation Scheduling (SDSU)
• Chemigation Calibration for Center Pivots (SDSU)
• Chemigation Equipment (SDSU)
• Chemigation in the PNW
• Chemigation Safety Measures (Minn.)
• Chemigation/Nitrogation (Minn.)
• Clearwater Supply -- Washington; drip irrigation design and equipment
• Commercial Potato Production Guide (Manitoba)
• Commercial Potato Production in Alberta
• Conserving Water (OR) -- several pubs on conserving water at home and on the farm
• Crop Water Use, PNW (Agrimet) -- many local listings
• Crop Water Use and Growth Stages (Colorado)
• Desertification -- UN Commission on
• Evapotranspiration Maps, North Central U.S. -- Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, etc.
• Evapotranspiration Maps, ND and Minn -- rainfall, wind, other weather criteria as well
• Drip-Irrigation (UC Davis)
• Driving a Wellpoint (Minn.)
• Estimating Flow Rates (Oregon)
• Fertilizing Drip-Irrigated Crops (Florida)
• Growing Irrigated Potatoes (NDSU) -- well done
• Irrigation Application -- Inches of Water per Hour
• Irrigation Association, The
• Irrigation Management (SDSU)
• Irrigation Management for Potato (Idaho)
• Irrigation (Manitoba)
• Irrigation (Prince Edward Island)
• Irrigation & Green Industry Network
• Irrigation Association Search Engine -- many links
• Irrigation Considerations for Sands (Minn.)
• Irrigation Engineering -- Site Lists, etc. (Utah)
• Irrigation Guides (W. Oregon)
• Irrigation Links (PotatoGrower Mag.) -- many links, many topics
• Irrigation Management (Florida)
• Irrigation Management (Idaho)
• Irrigation Management for Potato (Idaho)
• Irrigation Runoff Control (Oregon) -- acrobat reader
• Irrigation Scheduling (Agrimet)
• Irrigation Scheduling (PNW)
• Irrigation Scheduling (Sask., Ca.)
• Irrigation Scheduling by Look and Feel (Oregon) --acrobat reader
• Irrigation Scheduling (Wisc./WISP) -- outstanding 12-page pdf
• Irrigation Scheduling, Washington Scientific (WSU) -- excellent
• Irrigation Scheduling & Management (UFL)
• Irrigation System Design (Australia)
• Irrigation System Inspection (Oregon) --acrobat reader
• Irrigation Water Quality -- acrobat reader
• Irrometer Co., Inc. --Irrometer and Watermark soil moisture sensors
• IRZ Consulting
• Klamath Basin Crisis, The -- keep track of the Klamath Basin struggle over irrigation rights
• Kuo Testing Labs, Inc. -- nitrate levels in plants, water, and soil
• Loggers, Galaxie -- loggers for soil temp., moisture, conductivity, and other environmental parameters
• MicroIrrigation Forum -- drip irrigation storehouse; links, products, technical information, etc.
• North Dakota St. U. Irrigation Site -- good all-purpose site with several good links
• Northwest Irrigation Network
• Ohio Potato Production Guide
• Ohio Vegetable Production Guide
• Oregon Groundwater (OSU) -- everything you need to know about Oregon groundwater and related topics?
• Oregon Water Rights
• Oregon Water Resources Congress (OWRC)
• Oregon Water Resources Dept.
• Oregon Water Rights Public NoticePotatoGrower List -- Potato Grower Magazine list of equipment suppliers, etc. Excellent
• Potato Information Exchange (P.I.E.) -- a comprehensize website covering all aspects of potato production
• PotatoGrower List -- comprehensive list of irrigation equipment manufacturers & suppliers
• Production (Potato) in Australia -- click on selected topic or scroll down to links
• Production Recommendations
• Pumps, Irrigation (NDSU)
• Root Zone Depths for Selected Crops
• Runoff Control (Pacific NW)
• SagTech.Com -- a new approach to reservoir/basin tillage for erosion prevention
• Sediment Removal
• Selecting a Sprinkler Irrigation System (NDSU) -- solid set vs. big guns vs. pivots, etc.
• Sizing Irrigation Mainline & Fittings (Oregon) --acrobat reader
• Soil and Water Science Handbook (Florida) --outstanding, comprehensive
• Soil Moisture, Measurement of for Irrigation (SDSU)
• Soil Water Storage Capacities
• Soil, Water & Plant Effects on Irrigation (NDSU)
• University of Idaho Potato Page
• US Bureau of Reclamation-- agrimet sites, much useful soil, irrigation information
• Veg Crops Irrigation (NCSU)
• Water Conservation (OR) -- several pubs on conserving water at home and on the farm
• Washingon Water -- several pubs on conserving water at home and on the farm
• Water Management for Potatoes (NDSU)
• Water Mgt. With Drip Irrig. (UC Davis)
• Western Irrigated Agriculture -- Economic Research Service, USDA; multi-purpose with many items of interest
• Western Oregon Irrigation Guides
• World Water Council -- 3rd world water forum; int'l policy think tank. Outstanding resource
• World's Water, The -- info on world's fresh water; hundreds of good links
• WWW Virtual Library IRRIGATION -- comprehensive resource

 

 

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Irrigation Equipment

• Agri-Inject, Inc. -- Colorado; injection equipment
• Chapin (Drip)
• Clearwater Supply -- Washington; drip irrigation design and equipment
• Durand-Wayland, Inc
• Environmental Sensors, Inc -- soil moisture sensors, irrigation controllers
• Eurodrip Inc. --drip tube products
• Greenfield -- minipivots, etc., for small fields
• H & N Electric, Inc --parts for center pivots, etc.
• Irrigation Association
• Irrigation-Mart, Inc. -- irrigation components, emphasis on drip
• Kifco Equipment -- water reels, etc.
• KZCO Inc.  --valves, nozzles, sprayers
• Nelson Irrigation Corp. --sprinklers, valves, regulators
• Pierce Irrigation Equipment
• PotatoGrower List -- comprehensive list of irrigation equipment manufacturers & suppliers
• Rainbird
• Reinke Irrigation Systems
• Roberts Irrigation
• Senninger Irrigation, Inc. -- equipment for center pivots, solid set, mining, waste water management
• T-L Irrigation Company
• T-Systems Intl. -- drip irrigation supplies
• Toro Agricultural Irrigation -- drip tape, emitters, other supplies; links
• Trickl-Eez Co.
• U.M.C. Products -- center pivot, lateral move components
• Valley Irrigation -- center-pivots and accessories
• Washingon Water
• Wheatacres Irrigation -- irrigation equipment, design, installation
• Zimmatic

 

 

Water Rights -- see also  Water

• Klamath Basin Crisis, The -- keep track of the Klamath Basin struggle over irrigation rights
• Oregon Groundwater (OSU) -- everything you need to know about Oregon groundwater and related topics?
• Oregon Water Rights
• Oregon Water Rights Public Notice

 

 

Drought -- see also  Water
 

• Ctr. for Water & Env. Sust. (CWESt--Oregon) -- many good links
• Coping with Drought
• Disaster Handbook for Farmers
• Drought Management Publications
• National Drought Mitigation Center
• Oregon Climate Service
• Oregon Drought & Water Cons. Pubs.
• Oregon Groundwater (OSU) -- everything you need to know about Oregon groundwater and related topics?
• Oregon Water Resources Dept.
• USDA Disaster Assistance
• USDA Farm Service Agency
• Wash. Drought Coord. Council

 

 

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Marketing and Statistics

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• Current Crop Condition
• Market Trends -- The Packer
• Potato Stocks On Hand--AMS/USDA
• Shipping Point Price and Supply Reports -- AMS/USDA
• Terminal Market Reports -- AMS/USDA
• Marketing, General
• Potato Suppliers
• Alternative Markets
• Other Fruits & Vegetables -- AMS/USDA

• Current Crop Condition

• PotatoTrak.com -- up-to-the-minute reports on crop condition by state
   

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  Alternative Markets

• World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO)
• Ensiling Potatoes (U.K.) -- excellent
• Potatoes for Animal Feed (N. Dakota) -- describes feeding attributes of a number of crops including potatoes

 

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