Karlstad farmer Justin Dagen represented Minnesota Certified Seed Potato growers in the Potato Expo trade show. “The Minnesota seed potato industry consists of 22 growers, over 5,000 acres and over 100 varieties,” Dagen told RRFN. “Our growers are spread from the Canadian border to the Iowa border and we largely we had a good production season so there is seed available.” Dagen said the group is always looking for new and improved cultivars. “Right now, we’re increasing one that uses 50 percent less nitrogen and it has great potential. Fertilizer is really expensive, but plants need plant food so we’re always looking for cultivars that are more efficient.”
