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--Daniel Webster, 1840

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 On-line Journals, Publications
 Organic Production
 Pesticides
 Pests and Diseases
 Planting
 Potato Organizations
 Processing
 Production and General Info
 

On-Line Publications, Mailing Lists

• Agra Europe
• Agrichemical & Environmental News -- excellent printable reports on current topics of interest
• AGNET
• Agri-food Risk Management & Communication -- timely news on ag and food safety; free subscription.
• Agriculture Online (Successful Farming)
• American Vegetable Grower
• BSU Radio (Idaho) -- Boise State University educational site for the general public
• Capital Press -- An outstanding classified section, other good stuff
• Extension Publications Online (Oregon) -- several hundred electronic publications on assorted topics
• Farmers Weekly (UK) -- general ag news, recommendations, people & business finder, etc.
• Farm Journal Today
• Farm Source -- timely news articles on various phases of agriculture; some market quotes
• Global Potato News -- On-line potato news, comprehensive, useful, more than 400 links.
• Grower Magazine -- good equipment lists, links, etc.
• Manure News -- mainly how to manage manure in animal operations
• MeisterPro -- Meister ag publications, many useful links
• Nebraska Potato Eyes (U of Neb.)
• New Farm, The (Rodale Press) -- organically inclined
• New York Times
• North American Potato Market News
• Online Publications (U of Maine) -- potato and other
• Online Publications (UC Davis) -- IPM for potatoes and other crops; excellent
• Oregon Potato Commission Pubs.
• OSU Library -- click on "Research Gateway" then "E-Journal List" to search abstracts or full-text articles in popular journals
• PAA (Potato Assoc. of Am.) Newsletter -- Quarterly; interested in joining the PAA? See-- PAA Membership Information
• Packer, The
• Potato Business World
• Potato Call (UK)
• Potato Country Magazine
• Potato Educational Guides (U of Neb.) -- miscellaneous useful topics
• PotatoGene -- Potato Genetic Engineering Network
• Potato Grower On-line -- potato calendar, potato researchers, lists of services, suppliers; excellent.
• Potatohelp (U.S. Potato Board)
• PotatoNet -- subscribe to a free, international mailing list/chat room for potato professionals; sponsored by the PAA and Oregon State University.
• Potato Processing International
• Potato Reporter Online - interesting monthly report on various potato matters
• Potato Research Online
• Produce News
• Production (Potato) in Australia -- click on selected topic or scroll down to links
• ProFarmer Online
• Progressive Farmer Online
• Spudman -- a growing site complete with online potato calendar, timely articles, more to come
• Spudnotes
• The Grower -- good equipment lists, links, etc.
• The Packer
• Valley Potato Grower
• Voice of Agriculture (Farm Bureau)
• Whole Earth Magazine
• World Organic News
• World Potato Congress Newsletter -- click on "newsletter" or "articles"

 

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Organic Production

 

(See Also,  Environment, Fertilization, Production, Water)

Organic/environmental Organizations

Organic Farms and Businesses

Production Methods

 

Organic/Environmental Organizations

 

• AAA Organic Homesteading & Farming -- signup required
• Agri-food Risk Management & Communication -- timely news on ag and food safety; free subscription.
• Agrobiologicals.Com -- comprehensive lists of hosts, problems, products, manufacturers, etc.
• Alternative Farming Info Center
• Biocontrol Products (Ohio State List) -- list of commercially available biocontrol products
• California Certified Organic Farmers
• Certified Naturally/Organically Grown
• Communications for Sustainable Future
• Cornell Organic Production Guide -- virtually all aspects for most vegetable crops including potatoes
• EarthSave Canada
• EatFirst.Org
• Environmental Organizations Web Directory
• Environmental Working Groups
• Econet's Ag & Trade Directory
• Farmers Markets Directory
• Food Alliance, The
• Food Safety Network, The -- broadbased info on food safety, gm crops, etc.
• Future Harvest -- very complete, sensible, scientifically-based site
• Green and Growing
• Greenpeace International
• Manures (British Potato Council)
• National Organic Standards Board (U.S.A.)
• Natural Foods Merchandiser Magazine
• Northeast Organic Farming Association
• Organic Alliance
• Organic Farmer's Guide to OSU -- excellent guide to Oregon State University organic pubs, resources
• Organic Food, Certified
• Organic Gardening Magazine
• Organic Information (UK)
• Organic Materials (OMRI) -- lists of materials acceptable for organic production
• Organic Potato Production (UCDavis)
• Organic Potatoes in Maine
• Organic Potato Production in the PNW
• Organic Regulations and Policies, NOP
• Organic Seeds, Certified -- certified organic seed sources, Organic Materials Review Institute
• Oregon Tilth -- want to be a certified organic grower(?); much good info
• Organic Trade Association
• Organic Trade and Info Center
• Organic Veg. Production Guide (Cornell Univ.) -- virtually all aspects for most vegetable crops including potatoes
• Organic Veg. Production (Florida)
• Pesticide Alternatives (SDSU) -- mostly "organically" acceptable
• Pure Food
• Rodale Institute
• Ronnigers Seed Potatoes -- many heirloom varieties, some certified organic
• Seeds of Change
• Small Farms Program (Oregon) -- excellent source for all types of production information
• SpudsTravels.Com -- humorous opposition to biotechnology
• Storage of Potatoes in "Clamps" -- mostly small-scale storage in lined pits, mounds, etc.
• Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)
• Sustainable Farming Connection -- scores of useful links
• University of Idaho Potato Page
• USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service
• USDA Organic Offerings
• Visions for Change
• Whole Earth Magazine
• World Organic News

 

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Organic Farms and Businesses

• Annie's Page
• Ben & Jerry's Page
• Cascadian Farms
• Earth's Best Baby Food
• Elizabeth and Crow's Cybergarden
• Fantastic Foods
• Future Harvest -- very complete, sensible, scientifically-based site
• Gardening As An Anarchist Plot
• Horizon Organic
• Irish Eyes -- dozens of gourmet varieties; organic production recommendations for potatoes, garlic, etc.
• Lundberg Farms
• Milk Ranch Seed Potatoes -- organic seed potatoes; Colorado
• Muir Glen
• Organic Business Links
• Organic Potato Production in the PNW
• Pavich Farms
• Organic Farmers Guide to OSU -- comprehensive guide to Oregon State University organic pubs, resources
• Sauk River Seed --an outstanding organic gardening home page; much info, seed potatoes, etc.
• Snopac Foods
• Sproutpeople
• The NewFarm.org: - Organic Price Index®
• Westbrae Natural

 

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Organic Production Methods

• Abundant Life Seed Potatoes -- organic seed potatoes, other; London, Oregon
• Alternative Farming Systems (N. Ag. Lib.)
• Approved Materials (USDA) -- approved materials for various crop and livestock uses including organic
• Biofumigant Green Manures for Potatoes (Australia)
• Biofumigation (South Africa)
• Bioselect (UK) -- organic seed potatoes from the UK
• IR4 Biopesticide and Organic Database for Integrated Pest Management ( search by crop, state, pest, disease, weed etc. and organic label)
• "Certified Organic", Regs. (Canada)
• Colorado Potato Beetle, Organic Options
• Commercial Potato Production in Alberta
• Commercial Potato Production in Manitoba
• Composting, Cornell University
• Composting, Georgia Association
•  Composting Cull Potatoes (Maine)
• Composts for Organic Potato Production -- UK Ministry of Agriculture
• Cover Crops, Summer (NCSU)
• Cover Crops (Oregon) -- many species; emphasis on tree fruit systems
• Cover Crops (WSU)
• Cover Crops Database (California)
• Cover Crops and Green Manures -- an Overview
• Cyber-help for Organic Farmers -- Canada
• Disease Control, IPM -- New York
• Green Manures in Potato Cropping (WSU)
• Growing Potatoes Organically (Ireland)
• High-mowing Organic Seeds -- organic seed potatoes
• Insect Management, IPM -- Yew York
• Irish Eyes -- dozens of gourmet varieties; organic production recommendations for potatoes, garlic, etc.
• Late Blight in Organic Potato Systems
• Manure as a Nitrogen Source -- Ecochem
• Manure, Fertilizer Value of (Oregon)
• Manures, Green (Ireland)
• Marketing Guide for Organic Produce (Texas)
• Mustard Green Manures (WSU) -- provides some disease, nematode control
• Mustard Green Manures (WSU) -- for diseases, nematodes
• Mustard Green Manures (WSU)
• Organic Ag Center (Canada)
• Organic Cereal Production (Ireland)
• Organic Crop Production, Principles of (Ireland)
• Organic Crops -- Ontario; many crops
• Organic Directory (Global Potato News)
• Organic Farmers Guide to OSU -- comprehensive guide to Oregon State University organic pubs, resources
• Organic Farming (ERS/USDA)
• Organic Green Manures (Ireland)
• Organic Materials (Prel. List, UC Davis)
• Organic Potato Production (California)
• Organic Potato Production (Ireland)
• Organic Potato Production in the PNW
• Organic Potatoes -- Wisconsin; they can be grown but are they profitable?
• Organic Seed Potato Production -- Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Abundant Life Seed Potatoes -- organic seed potatoes, other; London, Oregon
• Principles of Organic Crop Production (Ireland)
• Production (Potato) in Australia -- click on selected topic or scroll down to links
• Resource Guide For Organic Vegetable Producers -- National Sustainable Ag. Center, Arkansas, U.S.
• Resource Guide for Organic Disease and Insect Control -- Cornell University; considerable emphasis on potatoes
• Sudangrass Green Manures (WSU) -- provides some disease and nematode control
• Sustainable Farming Connection -- scores of useful links
• Sustainable Agriculture Virtual Library (Fla.)
• Sustainable Ag Network & Nat'l SARE (USDA)
• Sustainable Agriculture Network Home Page
• Sustainable Potato Production Practices (NCSU)
• Sustainable Potato Production -- Oregon
• UC Sustainable Research and Education Program
• University of Idaho Potato Page
• WA Center for Sustainable Ag & Nat Res
• Weed Management in Organic Systems (PA)

 

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Pesticides

(See Also,  Agrichemicals 
Environmental
FQPA
Organic Methods  
   Water)

• Agchemical.Com --Buy your chemicals online?
• Agrobiologicals.Com -- comprehensive lists of hosts, problems, products, manufacturers, etc.
• American Crop Prot. Assoc. (ACPA)
• Biocontrol Products (Ohio State List) -- list of commercially available biocontrol products
• C&P Press Greenbook -- similar to above; excellent
• California Pesticide Impact Asses. Prog.
• CDMS--Agrichemical Database -- Links to virtually all companies and full text for most labels.
• EXTOXNET (toxicology info)
• FQPA Links
• Global Information Network on Chemicals
• Handling Pesticides Safely (S. Dak.)
• IR-4 Project
• MeisterPro.Com -- great site for agrichemicals, labels, fertilizer info
• Nat. Ag. Pest. Impact. Asses. Program
• National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) -- technical, regulatory, safety, pest control, emergency info
• National Pesticide Telecommunications Network
• Ohio Vegetable Production Guide -- pesticide information and safety
• Ohio Vegetable Production Guide -- handling pesticides
• Oregon Dept. Ag. Pesticides Division
• Pesticide Alternatives (MSU)
• Pesticide Book, The -- pesticide info
• Pesticide Center Online (WSU) -- labels, other useful info
• Pesticide Contamination of Water (Oregon)
• Pesticides in Groundwater (USGS)
• Pesticide Safety
• Potato Information Exchange (P.I.E.) -- a comprehensize website covering all aspects of potato production
• Potato Pest Management Guide (Maine) -- excellent resource for diseases, insects, weeds, vine killers, sprout inhibitors, etc.
• Respiratory Protection (Florida)
• EliteFarmer.com - Aims to disseminate information of pesticide use to people with small farms or rural property.
• Soil Properties and Pesticide Contamination (Oregon)
• Using Pesticides Safely
• Washington Pesticide Page
• Western Crop Association
• Wright's Pest Law

 

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Pests, Diseases and Physiological Disorders

•  Diseases
• Physiological Disorders
•  Insects
•  Weeds
•  IPM
•  Miscellaneous

Diseases

Some Specific Diseases

 

• Bacterial Ring Rot, Understanding (Alberta)
• Bacterial Ring Rot (Maine)
• Blackdot (Neb.)
• Blackleg and Bacterial Soft Rot
• Blackleg and Bacterial Soft rot -- U of Maine Ext.
• Blackpit (Neb.) -- caused by early blight
• Columbia Rootknot Nematode Control (Oregon) -- using rotation and cover crops
• Commercial Veg. Prod. in WI -- LOADS SLOWLY! 180 pages on disease, insect, weed & production recs.
• Comm. Veg. Rec. for the Southeast (N. Carolina) -- very broad; production, pest control, calibration, etc.
• Common Scab (Neb.)
• Diseases of Potatoes (Idaho)
• Early Blight (N. Dak.)
• Early Blight (Florida)
• Early Blight (Neb.)
• Famine and the Potato, Science of the -- excellent info on the Irish famine
• Fusarium Dry Rot (NDSU)
• Late Blight Control Checklist (Maine)
• Late Blight Lab, Michigan State University
• Late Blight of Potato (UVM)
• Late Blight of Potato and Tomato (UFl)
• Late Blight (Neb.)
• Late Blight (N. Dak.)
• Late Blight Prediction in Maine
• Leafblight Diseases of Potato (NODAK)
• MeisterPro.Com -- great site for agrichemicals, labels, fertilizer info
• Nematodes (Florida)
• Nematodes (Idaho)
• Nematodes, Plant Parasitic (Oregon)
• Nematodes Home Page
• Nematode Management in Potatoes (Irish or White)
• North Carolina Ag Chem Manual -- comprehensive; pesticide recommendations, safety, etc.
• Online Guide to Plant Disease Control (Oregon) -- excellent, broad-based site for all crops; ident., control, etc.
• Pink Rot (N. Dak.)
• Potato Mop-top (Maine)
• Potato Pest Management Guide (Maine) -- excellent resource for diseases, insects, weeds, vine killers, sprout inhibitors, etc.
• Powdery Scab (Maine)
• PVY and PLRV, Diseases Caused By (Maine)
• Rhizoctonia
• Rhizoctonia (Maine)
• Rhizoctonia (N. Dak.)
• Silver Scurf (N. Dak.)
• Rhizoctonia and Black Scurf (MSU)
• Silver Scurf (Neb.)
• SPONGOSPORA (Powdery Scab) Home Page
• Tracking the Irish Late Blight Famine Through Herbarium Specimens (NCSU)
• Verticillium Wilt (Maine)
• Viruses On-Line (U of Idaho)
• Viruses, Classification and Nomenclature
• Virus Detection Kits -- rapid, onsite potato virus field test kits
• Virus Diseases of Potato -- U of Maine Ext.
• White Mold (Maine)

 

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General

 

• AGDIA -- diagnostic kits
• ADGEN -- diagnostic products
• American Crop Protection Association -- many useful links
• APSnet home page
• CDMS--Agrichemical Database -- Links to virtually all agrichemical companies and full text for most labels.
• 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
• Commercial Veg. Prod. in WI -- LOADS SLOWLY! 180 pages; disease, insect, weed & production recs.
• C&P Press Greenbook -- labels, suppliers, related info
• CropNet: Crop Protection for Insects, Weeds and Disease
• Cull Disposal in Maine
• Disease Management (Maine)
• DISEASES
• Disinfecting Storages, Equip. (Maine)
• Field Scouting for Pest Mgt. (Maine)
• Fungal Diseases of Potato (Australia)
• Great Famine in County Fermanagh, The
• Hortsense (WSU)
• Internet IPM Sources for Potato
• MeisterPro.Com -- great site for agrichemicals, labels, fertilizer info
• Ohio Potato Production Guide
• Ohio Vegetable Production Guide
• Online Guide to Plant Disease Control (Oregon) -- excellent, broad-based site for all crops; ident., control, etc.
• Pesticide Center Online (WSU) -- labels, other useful info
• Pests & Diseases, WSU
• Pest Management Guide, Maine -- diseases, insects, weeds, etc.
• Plant Pathology Internet Guide -- huge listing of plant pathology, weed and biotechnology sites
• Potato Diseases in Florida
• Potato Diseases (N. Dakota) -- many images and illustrations
• Potato Disease Problems
• Potato Diseases (PA) -- about 25 pages of color photos and text
• Potato Information Exchange (P.I.E.) -- a comprehensize website covering all aspects of potato production
• Potato Pest Management (Fla.)
• Potato Pest Management Guide (Maine) -- excellent resource for diseases, insects, weeds, vine killers, sprout inhibitors, etc.
• Production (Potato) in Australia -- click on selected topic or scroll down to links
• Plant Disease Handbook (Texas) -- scroll to potatoes, etc.
• U of Maine IPM
• UC IPM Home Page -- Excellent source for potatoes and dozens of other crops
• University of Idaho Potato Page
• VegNet--Vegetable Disease Models for Potatoes/Onions
• Wageningen Virology Laboratory

Physiological Disorders

External

• Bruise Prevention (Idaho)
• Causes of External Disorders (Neb.) -- A summary table
• Chain Tubers (Neb.)
• Cracking (Neb.)
• Deformations (Neb.)
• Greening (Neb.)
• Hair Sprouting (Neb.)
• "Little Tuber" Disorder (Neb.)
• Swollen Lenticels (Neb.)

  Internal

• Blackheart (Neb.)
• Bruise Prevention (Idaho)
• Causes of Internal Disorders (Neb.) -- A summary table
• Chilling Injury (Neb.)
• Freezing (Neb.)
• Heat Necrosis (Neb.)
• Heat Sprouting (Neb.)
• Hollow Heart (Neb.)
• Jelly End (Neb.)
• Vascular Discoloration (Neb.)

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Insects

 

Some Specific Insects

Insect Photos: OSU

• Aphids (Maine)
• Aster Leafhopper (Neb.)
• Beneficial Insects (Clemson U.) -- Nice images/descriptions (Acrobat Reader req.).
• Beneficial Insects (Neb.)
• Colorado Potato Beetle
• Colorado Potato Beetle (Maine)
• Colorado Potato Beetle Life Stages (Ag Canada) -- Outstanding, full color, detailed descriptions.
• C. Potato Beetle Images/description
• C. Potato Beetle Life Stages
• European Corn Borer (Maine)
• False Chinch Bug (Neb.)
• Field Scouting for Pest Mgt. (Maine)
• Green Peach Aphid (Maine)
• Identification Guide for Potato Insects (Idaho)
• ID & Control of Major Pests & Beneficial Insects (OR)
• Potato Leafhopper (Neb.)
• Potato Psyllid (Neb.)
• Tuberworm/Moth -- UC Davis
• Potato Tuber Worm (NCSU)
• Potato Tuber Worm (OSU)
• Wireworms (Maine)
• Wireworms, Management Of (NDSU
• Wireworms, Managing in Veg Crops (Ontario)
• Wireworm Control, Residue Management For
• Wireworms (Neb.)

General

 

• Beneficial Insects (Clemson U.) -- Nice images/descriptions (Acrobat Reader req.).
• CDMS--Agrichemical Database -- Links to virtually all companies and full text for most labels.
• 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
• Commercial Veg. Prod. in WI -- LOADS SLOWLY! 180 pages; disease, insect, weed & production recs.
• CropNet: Crop Protection for Insects, Weeds and Disease
• Farm Assist (Syngenta) -- links to descriptions, images of diseases, insects and weeds
• Hortsense (WSU)
• ID & Control of Major Pests & Beneficia Insects (OR)
• Insects of Potatoes (Idaho)
• Insect Control in Potatoes (Fla)
• Insect Pests of Vegetables (N. Carolina)
• INSECTS
• Internet IPM Sources for Potato
• Iowa State Insect Info.
• MeisterPro.Com -- great site for agrichemicals, labels, fertilizer info
• Ohio Potato Production Guide
• Ohio Vegetable Production Guide
• Pesticide Alternatives (MSU)
• Pesticide Center Online (WSU) -- labels, other useful info
• Pest Management Guide, Maine -- diseases, insects, weeds, etc.
• Potato Information Exchange (P.I.E.) -- a comprehensize website covering all aspects of potato production
• Plant Pathology Internet Guide -- huge listing of plant pathology, weed and biotechnology sites
• PNW Insect Management Handbook
• Potato Insect Id. & Management (Oregon) -- good content and outstanding images!
• Potato Pest Management and Water Quality (Fla.)
• Potato Pest Management Guide (Maine) -- excellent resource for diseases, insects, weeds, vine killers, sprout inhibitors, etc.
• Potato Pests (U of Ky)
• Production (Potato) in Australia -- click on selected topic or scroll down to links
• Radcliff's IPM World Textbook
• Tuberworm/Moth -- UC Davis
• U of Maine IPM
• UC IPM Home Page
• University of Delaware Insects
• University of Idaho Insect Info.
• University of Idaho Potato Page
• Urban Insect Control (Oregon State University)
• Vegetable Insects, Id. & Control (Clemson U.)

 

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Weeds

• CDMS--Agrichemical Database -- Links to virtually all companies and full text for most labels.
• 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 Veg. Prod. in WI -- LOADS SLOWLY! 180 pages; disease, insect, weed & production recs.
• CropNet: Crop Protection for Insects, Weeds and Disease
• Herbicides for Potatoes (Idaho)
• MeisterPro.Com -- great site for agrichemicals, labels, fertilizer info
• NOXIOUS WEED LIST (The Oregon list)
• Oregon/PNW Weed Management Recommendations -- scroll down as needed
• Ohio Potato Production Guide
• Ohio Vegetable Production Guide
• Pacific Northwest Weed Handbook--Recommendations, General
• Pesticide Center Online (WSU) -- labels, other useful info
• Pest Management Guide, Maine -- diseases, insects, weeds, etc.
• Plant Pathology Internet Guide -- huge listing of plant pathology, weed and biotechnology sites
• PNW Weed Management Handbook
• Potato Information Exchange (P.I.E.) -- a comprehensize website covering all aspects of potato production
• Potato Pest Management Guide (Maine) -- excellent resource for diseases, insects, weeds, vine killers, sprout inhibitors, etc.
• Production (Potato) in Australia -- click on selected topic or scroll down to links
• Rutgers Cooperative Extension --WEEDS
• UC IPM Home Page
• University of Idaho Potato Page
• Volunteers, Controlling (Neb.)
• Weed Hall of Shame, The
• Weed Images--Rutgers Univ.
• Weed Management in Florida
• WEEDS
• Weeds (Idaho)
• Weeds/Small Farms
• WSSA: Weed Science Society of America

 

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IPM

 

DIR (Database of IPM Resources) -- over 4,500 IPM links!

• Gempler's IPM Almanac
• Integrated Pest Management (Idaho)
• IPM Net -- large, comprehensive site
• IPPC, Oregon State University -- OSU's International Plant Protection Center; much information on plant protection
• MeisterPro.Com -- great site for agrichemicals, labels, fertilizer info
• Ohio Vegetable Production Guide
• Pesticide Alternatives (MSU)
• Plant Pathology Internet Guide -- huge listing of plant pathology, weed and biotechnology sites
• PNW IPM Coalition Centers (OR)
• Sauk River Spuds --an outstanding organic gardening home page; much info, seed potatoes, etc.
• U of Maine IPM, Potatoes
• UC IPM Home Page
• University of Idaho Potato Page

Miscellaneous Pest and Disease

 

• American Crop Prot. Assoc. (ACPA)
• ASHS Home Page
• CICP HOME PAGE
• Crop Protection Links of Interest
• Cull Disposal in Maine
• MeisterPro.Com -- great site for agrichemicals, labels, fertilizer info
• OSU Farm & Production Agriculture
• Pesticide Center On-line
• VIRTUAL CENTER
• Washington State Pesticide Page

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Planting
(See Also,  Production, General)

• Commercial Potato Production Guide (Manitoba)
• Commercial Potato Production in Alberta
• Commercial Potato Production in N. America (PAA)
• Commercial Potato Production in Eastern N.C.
• Commercial Veg. Prod. in WI -- LOADS SLOWLY! 180 pages; disease, insect, weed & production recs.
• 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
• 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
• Vegetable (and Potato) Production in Ohio --scroll down to potato; note other useful material enroute

Potato Organizations

When potatoes, leaves, or haulms are green, To livestock must they ne'er be gi'en.
(Ancient anon., re. solanine poisoning)

Grower Organizations
Other Organizations
Miscellaneous

Grower Organizations

• Alberta Potato Growers
• British Potato Council -- many grower-oriented topics and links
• Canadian Horticultural Council
• Colorado Certified Seed Potato Growers Association
• Colorado Potato Administrative Commitee, Area 11 -- San Luis Valley
• Coop Business Association, National
• Cooperatives, Center For (Wisc.)
• Coops, Developing New (Wisc.) -- steps in developing and running a new coop
• Cooperatives, National Council of Farmer -- see "how to start a coop" and "coops 101"
• Empire Potato Growers
• Idaho Crop Improvement Association
• Idaho Potato Commission
• Idaho Grower Shippers Association
• Latin American Potato Assoc. (ALAP- Spanish)
• Maine Potato Board
• Michigan Potato Commission
• Minnesota Area II Potato Growers Council
• Minnesota Certified Seed Potato Growers
• Nebraska Potato Cert. Assoc.
• National Potato Council
• National Potato Foundation -- research and education; joint UK, US effort
• New Brunswick Potato Agency
• New York Seed Growers
• North Carolina Potato Association
• Northern Plains Potato Growers Association
• Oregon Potato Commission
• Oregon Seed Potato Growers Association
• Prince Edward Island (PEI) Potatoes
• Potatol.NL (Holland)
• Potato Association of America (PAA) -- premier scientific organization for potatoes
• Potato Growers of Alberta
• Potato Growers of Idaho
• Potato Museum (PEI)
• Potatoes Netherlands
• Potatoes New Brunswick
• Potatoes South Africa -- good, comprehensive site
• Prince Edward Island (PEI) Potato Board
• Red River Valley Potato Growers Association -- see Northern Plains Potato Growers Association
• Saskatchewan Seed Potato Growers Assoc.
• Teton Seed Marketing Association
• United Potato Growers
• U.S. Potato Board, The
• Washington Potato Commission
• Western Growers Association
• Wisconsin Vegetable and Potato Growers Assocation
• Wisconsin Seed potato Certification Program

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Other Organizations

• European Association for Potato Research (EAPR)
• Food Museum, The
• FORTIPAPA (Ecuador)
• National Potato Foundation
• NGB (Nordic Potato Group)
• International Potato Center--CIP -- Lima, Peru
• Papa Andina
• Potatol.NL (Holland)
• Potato Association of America (PAA) -- Interested in joining the PAA? See-- PAA Membership Information
• Potato Business World
• Potato Grower Mag. List -- large list of grower, other organizations
• Potato Museum, The
• Potatoes Online (Scotland)
• Potatoes South Africa -- good, comprehensive site
• REDEPAPA -- Columbia
• Scottish Crop Research Institute
• USDA Vegetable Laboratory
• Wageningen Potato Centre
• World Potato Atlas (CIP) -- world potato production patterns, more
• World Potato Congress

 

Miscellaneous

• PotatoEngine -- a search engine devoted solely to potato sites!
• SARDI Horticulture (Australia) -- all phases of production; many links
• World Potato Congress -- under development, but steadily improving

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 Processing, General
 Processing Companies
 Processing Equipment
 Cattle Food, Other Uses?
 Freezing and Frozen Storage
 
 

Processing, General

• Firman-Pinkerton
• Cooking Discoloration -- after-cooking darkening
• Food Innovation Online -- equipment, etc.
• Mycogen
• Official French Fries Page -- almost everything you wanted to know about French fries!!
• Potato Business World
• Potato Information Exchange (P.I.E.) -- a comprehensize website covering all aspects of potato production
• Preparing Potatoes for Canning (Fla.)
• Processing Quality (Australia) -- effects of N on starch, color and reducing sugar
• Processing Potatoes in Sask. (Ca.)
• Snack Food Association (SFA)
• Specific Gravity Measurement (Kimberly, Idaho) -- see info and research
• Specific Gravity (Australia) -- good description of concepts
• Tuber Composition -- starch, sugar, texture, etc.
• Tuber Quality Maintenance (Idaho)
• University of Idaho Potato Page
• Vodka, Teton Glacier Potato
• Yahoo: Potato Chip Companies

Processing Companies

• Basic American Foods
• Bickel's Potato Chips
• Campbell Soup
• CRK - Xuanwei Industrial Starch Co. -- China's largest native starch company
• Frito-Lay -- chips
• Idahoan Foods -- dehydration
• Idaho Pacific Corporation -- dehydrated products
• Idaho Supreme Potatoes -- dehy
• Kull Food Technologies, LLC -- dehy
• J. R. Simplot Company -- various products
• Kettle Foods -- traditional and kettle chips
• Kitchenkleen.Com -- interesting marketing methods for tablestock
• Larsen of Idaho -- dehy
• Lamb-Weston -- frozen processing
• Magic Valley Foods
• McCain Foods -- frozen processing
• Nestlé U.S.A. -- frozen processing, other
• Nonpareil Corp. -- dehy
• NorSun -- various potato products for roasting, baking, frying, microwaving
• Northwest Food Processors Association -- see company lists
• Oregon Freeze Dry, Inc. -- dehy
• Oregon Potato
• Ore-Ida Foods, Inc. -- frozen processing, other
• Reser's Fine Foods
• RDO Foods Co. -- dehy
• Simplot -- various products
• Snack Food Association (SFA) -- listings of companies
• Sunspiced -- frozen processing
• Teton Glacier Potato Vodka
• US Foods -- Winnemuca Farms, other
• Winnemucca Farms Inc. -- dehy
• Wise Foods -- chips and other

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Processing Equipment

• Aeroglide -- food driers, other
• A. E. Goodacre & Son -- potato handling equipment
• Ag Domain --much miscellaneous; very useful
• Agri-Tech Inc -- packing equipment
• Agriculture Bookmarks
• Agricultural Companies Online
• Agriculture Databases -- access to diverse databases
• Ag Machinery -- many links!
• Alard Equipment Corporation
• Daumar Packaging --packaging and weighing machines
• Dense Medium Separation -- separation of tubers, stones, etc., by density
• DMOZ -- links to major links & directories
• FMC Food Tech
• Food Innovation Online -- equipment, etc.
• Food Machinery International
• Global Agribusiness Info. Network -- a large listing of diverse companies
• Hansen-Rice, Inc --storage buildings, equipment, freezers, processing plants, etc.
• Heat and Control, Inc.
• Johnsen Machine Co., Ltd. -- packaging equipment
• King Edward Catering Equipment
• Metcalfe Catering Equipment
• National Drying Machinery Company
• PMC Production --tanks, screw augers, belted conveyors
• Potato Business World
• PPMI -- Processing and Packaging Machinery International
• Pretco
• ProcessFood.Com -- thousands of listings!
• Process Plant and Machinery.Com (UK) -- New and used processing plant equipment
• Proctor
• Reading Pretzel Machinery -- baked chips
• Worldwide Ag Machinery & Equip. Directory (1998) --more than 700 companies!! Mostly hotlinked
• Yahoo's Ag Company List

Ensiling and Animal Feeding

•  Composting Cull Potatoes (Maine)
• Ensiling Potatoes (U.K.) -- excellent
• Feeding Potatoes to Livestock (Maine)
•  Potatoes for Animal Feed (N. Dakota) -- describes feeding attributes of a number of crops including potatoes
• Recycling Waste Potatoes on the Farm (Maine)

Freezing and Frozen Storage

• American Frozen Food Institute (AFF)
• Henningsen's Cold Storage Company -- frozen storage services, export/import, etc.
• International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW)
• International Frozen Food Association (IFFA)
• National Frozen Food Association (NFFA)
• Potato Business World
• World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO)
• World Group, The
   

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Production Practices, General

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Precision Agriculture
Production Costs

Current Crop Status

PotatoTrak.com -- current crop condition reports for selected states

General

• Best Management Practices in NE Florida
• Biofumigant Green Manures for Potatoes (Australia)
• Biofumigation (South Africa)
• Botany of the Potato (NCSU)
• Commercial Potato Production Guide (Manitoba) -- excellent production manual, comprehensive
• Commercial Potato Production in Eastern N.C.
• Commercial Potato Production in N. America (PAA)
• Commercial Veg. Prod. in WI -- 180 pages; disease, insect, weed & production recs for most vegetables including potatoes.
• Cover Crops, Summer (NCSU)
• Cover Crops (Oregon) -- many species; emphasis on tree fruit systems
• Cover Crops (WSU)
• Cover Crops Database (California)
• Cover Crops and Green Manures -- an Overview
• Crop Rotation & Soil Mgt. (Idaho)
• Crop Rotation (NDSU)
• Fertilizing Potatoes (NDSU)
• Gardening 101
• Green Manure Biofumigants for Potatoes (Australia)
• Green Manures in Potato Cropping (WSU)
• Green Manures (Ireland)
• Green Manures, Mustards (WSU) -- provides some disease, nematode control
• Green Manures, Mustard (WSU) -- for diseases, nematodes
• Green Manures, Sudangrass (WSU) -- provides some disease and nematode control
• Growing Irrigated Potatoes (NDSU)
• Harvest (Manitoba)
• Harvest and Storage (NCSU)
• Historical Perspective (PEI)
• Home Garden Potatoes (Ohio)
• Home Garden Potatoes (Oregon) -- home garden production, storage, etc.
• Home Gardening (Oregon) -- Oregon Master Gardener home page
• HORT410 - Potatoes (Class) -- Purdue University
• Idaho Center for Potato R&E -- excellent, comprehensive site
• Internet IPM Sources for Potato
• NDSU Research--Potato
• Ohio Vegetable Production Guide
• Potato Pest Management (Fla.)
• Pests of Potato (U of Ky)
• Potato Country Magazine -- on-line magazine
• Potatoes 410 (Purdue University) -- excellent class syllabus with many links to good sites
• Potato Fertilization on Irrigated Soils (Minn.)
• Potato Information Exchange (P.I.E.) -- a comprehensize website covering all aspects of potato production
• Potato Growth & Dev. (Idaho)
• Potato Harvest and Storage (NCSU)
• Potato Production Guide for Midwestern States (Purdue) -- includes pest & disease control recommendations as well
• Potato Production in Alberta
• Potato Production in Australia -- click on selected topic or scroll down to links
• Potato Production in California
• Potato Production in France -- comprehensive treatment in both English and French
• PotatoCrop.Com -- a superior website for British potato growers
• Production (Potato) in Florida
• Production (Potato) in Ky
• Production (Potato) in Mississippi
• Potato Production in N. Carolina -- also includes info on botany, harvest and storage
• Potato Production in Oklahoma
• Small Potatoes for Fresh Market (Alberta)
• Seed Potatoes (NDSU)
• Seed, Selecting, Cutting and Handling
• Specialty Potatoes
• Sprout Control in the Field (Manitoba)
• Starane (Dow) -- volunteer control
• Sustainable Potato Production Practices (NCSU)
• Texas A&M Potato Page
• University of Idaho Potato Page
• Vegetable (and Potato) Production in Ohio --scroll down to potato; note other useful material enroute
• Vegetable Pest and Disease Management in Mississippi
• Vine Killing in Florida
• Volunteer Potatoes (Idaho)
• Volunteer Potatoes, Control of (Idaho)
• Volunteer Potatoes, Control (Neb.)
• World Geography of the Potato
• World Potato Production (CIP) -- international production patterns, acreages, yields, more

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Small Farms

• Small Farm Center (Calif.)
• EliteFarmer.com - Aims to disseminate information of use to people with small farms or rural property.
  

Sustainable Production

• Alternative Farming Systems (N. Ag. Lib.)
• Oregon State University -- comprehensive site; many links, examples, explanations
• Precision Ag Contacts (PotatoGrower Mag.) -- links to consultants, suppliers, etc.
• Sustainable Agriculture Virtual Library (Fla.)
• SagTech.Com -- a new approach to reservoir/basin tillage for erosion prevention
• Sustainable Farming Connection
• Sustainable Ag Network & Nat'l SARE (USDA)
• Sustainable Agriculture Network Home Page
• Sustainable Potato Production Practices (NCSU)
• UC Sustainable Research and Education Program
• WA Center for Sustainable Ag & Nat Res

Precision Agriculture

• Croplands - The System -- GIS-integrated application products, etc.
• IntegriNautics -- autofarming, perfectly straight rows with gps-derived automatic steering?
• Precision Ag Contacts (PotatoGrower Mag.) -- links to consultants, suppliers, etc.
• Potato Grower Mag. List
• SagTech.Com -- a new approach to reservoir/basin tillage for erosion prevention
• Trimble GPS Guidance -- automated guidance for tractors, other machines

  Production Costs

• Economic Impact of Potatoes in Maine
• Production Costs (Idaho)
• Production Costs, California
• Production Costs, North Central Oregon
• Production Costs, South Central Oregon

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