North Dakota State Seed Department Commissioner Ken Bertsch is expecting a good seed potato crop. “With really dry weather this year so we’re probably looking at some quality issues, but I think overall things are going to go just fine,” said Bertsch. “Our guys are over in Hawaii now finishing off our winter test so we’ll get a much better sense of seed quality issues from the disease perspective pretty quickly.” Bertsch was at Potato Expo when the Agristo announcement was made regarding the new processing plant coming to North Dakota. Bertsch says this decision is also big news for the seed potato industry.
