Episode 1: Potato Planting with Gary Farmer

THE CULTURE OF AGRICULTURE

Episode 1

Gary Farmer

Host: Brent Rigby- Spudnik Eastern Sales Manager

Gary Farmer: Crop Advisor / Agronomist for over 45 years specializing in potatoes and grain. 

-        The growers now do the same in a day that growers back in the day did in a whole harvest season. 

-        It takes a potato grower over half a million dollars to grow one field. 

2021 Crop Challenges

-        Water Stress – How to adjust irrigation early on.

-        Heat in the season

-        Physiology of a Young Potato Plant

-        Nitrogen – Fertilizer Challenges 

Seed Preparation

Sanitation

Seed Treatments

Stewardship in Agriculture

-        Organic Matter

-        Crop Rotations

-        Cover Crops

Agronomic vs. Economic Decisions

2022 Potato Outlook

-        Economics

-        Water: Irrigation 

-        Cultivating Tips

Potato Acreage Reductions 

Planting Window Changes- extending the growing season pros and cons.

Fertilizer Price Increases / Trends