What Planter Class is Right for Your Operation?

What Planter Class is Right for Your Operation?

Here is what to consider. There are a number of reasons potato growers want to invest in a new planter. Some want to take advantage of the new technologies available today, while others are looking for ways to increase their profit margins; some producers want...
10 QUICK WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT​

10 QUICK WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT​

Top tips to get you through harvest. There’s nothing worse than seeing the crop you’ve invested all season growing get bruised, nicked or otherwise compromised during harvest. The good news is most handling damage is avoidable. Here are my top tips to ensure your crop...
HYDRAULIC HARVESTER: LUXURY OR NECESSITY?

HYDRAULIC HARVESTER: LUXURY OR NECESSITY?

Hydraulics offer innovation. The biggest single improvement in harvesters in the past few decades is full hydraulic control, available only over the past handful of years. Should you be considering making a switch? On a conventional machine, speeding up tractor RPM...
AIR CUP PLANTERS – Maximize Your Planting Success

AIR CUP PLANTERS – Maximize Your Planting Success

Are they really so much better? (Short answer: Yes!) Anyone can get potatoes into the ground. If you want to maximize your time, land and in-put efficiency — and ultimately make more money — getting potatoes into the ground quickly and with accurate depth and spacing...
MODERN-DAY AIR SYSTEMS – CUSHIONING THE BLOW

MODERN-DAY AIR SYSTEMS – CUSHIONING THE BLOW

Learn how the VACS MOBILE™ works Did you know skydiving and commercial potato production have something in common? Before they release their chutes, skydivers usually reach terminal velocity, which is the constant speed those falling bodies travel when air resistance...
SPUD CLEANING 101

SPUD CLEANING 101

Which table is right for your operation? Prepping your potatoes for storage depends on smart harvesting and effective cleaning. Everyone knows digging too warm, too cold and too wet are all bad news for long-term storage, as is allowing your tubers to drop and bruise...