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TO: The Vice-Chancellor and Seed Certification Committee, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The Executive Council of the Potato Certification Association of Nebraska. Certified Growers of the Potato Certification Association of Nebraska.
RE:
We hereby submit to you the Annual Report of the Potato Certification Association of Nebraska. This detailed report covers July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013.
POTATO CERTIFICATION ASSOCIATION OF NEBRASKA ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA FOR THE 2012 CROP
Official State Agency for the Seed Potato Certification Authorized by the Institute of Agriculture & Natural Resources Under Nebraska State Law EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Joe Schekall, Hemingford, Nebraska President Adam Naslund, Cody, Nebraska Vice-President Jim Allen, Alliance, Nebraska Treasurer Joe Thompson, Alliance, Nebraska Member
Steven Marquardt, Alliance, Nebraska Secretary/ Manager PERMANENT STAFF Steven Marquardt Manager Anna Dailey Inspector Troy Sorensen Assistant Manager
SEASONAL AND PART-TIME STAFF Gary Leever ..Field and Shipping Point Inspections Dale Widhalm Alan Roland Dave Kayton Carlene Burrows, Larry Martinsen..Shipping Point Inspections Nebraska Polly Cross Dale Heggam Wes Brown Todd Styles ...Shipping Point Inspections Wyoming Regina Zaro Jett Jurgens Lindsay Marquardt Suzanne Grant Katee Folkerts Baily Wood Matthew Wood Sandra Mendiola.
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FIELD INSPECTIONS
Field inspections were conducted by Steven Marquardt. Troy Sorensen assisted during this first years field inspection training. Field inspection began in May and were complete in September. The season started early with very warm conditions. Ground temperatures allowed rapid emergence and greatly increasing Potato Psyllid incidence. Very high temperatures for extended periods delayed bulking. Aside from that, the 2012 crop had excellent growing conditions.
Psyllid Survey
A potato psyllid {Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc) (Hemiptera:Triozidae)} survey was continued formally during the 2012 season with 8 growers in Nebraska and Wyoming participating. The first week of formal monitoring from the Certification offices was the week of May 4th and the monitoring season ended the week of August 27th. There were 32 fields monitored, comprising 3728 acres spread across the state and into Wyoming. Monitoring consisted of weekly samples of 100 leaves and changes of 4 traps per field. Samples and traps were examined at the Certification offices and results published weekly. A total of ~19,775 adult potato psyllids were detected on the yellow sticky traps, 18,427 eggs, 5,700 small nymphs and 2,461 large nymphs were found during the season on the leaves. The first psyllid was caught on March 31st from an office trap location and continued to be found early in sprouting cull pile. Less than 0.20% of psyllids tested were found positive for Liberibacter (Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum [Lso]), the Zebra Chip pathogen. This survey was and has been coordinated and held in conjunction with the High Plains psyllid monitoring network for the past two years. This network covers northern Colorado, most of SouthCentral Nebraska, and some Kansas and Texas Panhandle interests. 143 fields were monitored with 4 sticky traps, 100 leaves were also analyzed for psyllid eggs and nymphs in 45 fields. Leaf samples and traps were examined by personnel in the High Plains region. Approximately 29,000 adults, 4870 eggs, 2620 small nymphs and 418 large nymphs were reported. Not all psyllid testing for Lso is completed at this publication, however at least 6 bulk psyllid samples tested positive.
STORAGE INSPECTION
Bin Inspections are required for Certification:
I. CERTIFICATION
A. Certification is a voluntary agreement between the grower and the Potato Certification Association for the purpose of producing and distributing top quality seed tubers in approved and properly tagged containers to potato growers. The standards specified are enforced by the Potato Certification Association of Nebraska, as authorized by State Law (see preface of Rules and Regulations for Certification of Nebraska State Seed Potatoes). Certification of a lot is complete only when all requirements have been fulfilled in field, bin and grade inspections, as determined by inspectors. Inspections for internal quality and bin separations were done on all seed lots requiring storage inspection. Storage inspections began in late October and were concluded in December. Acres accepted after putting the potatoes in storage were 4,461. Statistical and historical data are shown in table 3, page 9.
WINTER TEST
The 2012 post-harvest winter testing was conducted in Homestead, Florida on property owned by the State of Maine. With the help of Troy Sorensen and our part time staff, Marquardt organized, dipped and gassed the samples before sending them to Florida with a commercial load of seed potatoes from Nebraska. Marquardt traveled to Florida in November to plant the 198 lots submitted for testing. In late December and January, leaf samples for virus testing were collected by Marquardt and parttime help, with additional help from Troy and Mary Dagen of CSS Farms/Cody. The virus tests were conducted on site by Marquardt. Growing conditions at Florida was markedly better than the previous year as warmer temperatures and adequate moisture allowed for better growth. No Post-Harvest Test trial was conducted in Yuma, Arizona this year as growing conditions were not favorable in this area for the past 3 years for this purpose.
Results for the Florida plot were: 237 Lots Possible for Entry (approx. 5326 Acres) 190 (80%) Entered, 3699 (72%) Acres 9 (5%) Failed, 218 (6%) Acres 181 (95%) Passed, 3,481 (94%) Acres 26 (14%) Not Recommended, 796 (22%) Acres
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B. Certification is a voluntary agreement between the grower and the Potato Certification Association for the purpose of producing and distributing top quality seed tubers in approved and properly tagged containers to potato growers. The standards specified are enforced by the Potato Certification Association of Nebraska, as authorized by State Law (see preface of Rules and Regulations for Certification of Nebraska State Seed Potatoes). Certification of a lot is complete only when all requirements have been fulfilled in field, bin and grade inspections, as determined by inspectors. Seed shipped without grade inspection is not certified seed. Total shipment of cwt. Nebraska Certified Seed Potatoes are as follows: Blue Tag Grade Yellow Tag Grade Green Tag Grade 949,663 3,944 831
The majority of Nebraska Seed Potatoes are shipped bulk, with bulk shipments at 954,438 cwt.
Shipment of cwt. by Generation was as follows: Nuclear Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 3 Generation 4 Generation 5 4,341 39,870 471,273 420,230 18,728 0
Table1.
Year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 5-year Avg
(20082012)
*NASSnumbersarenotfinaluntilSeptemberoftheyear.
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Table 2.
Variety
A0012-5 Alpine Russet Atlantic ATX 91137-1RU Bintje Cascada Classic Russet CO 95051-7W CO99100-1RU Dakota Pearl FBA 65401 FBA 71230 Frito Lay Varieties Gala Gasore Harley Blackwell Lamoka Maris Peer MSH228-6 MSL292-A Nicolet Pike Prospect Purple Majesty Ranger Russet Red LaSoda Russet Burbank Russet Norkotah Shepody Smiley Snowden Teton (A008-1TE) W2324-1 W2717-5 W5015-12 Waneta Yukon Gold 36
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- None Reported
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Table 3.
County
Banner Box Butte Cherry Dawes Kimball Laramie Niobrara Sheridan Totals:
Accepted
62.00 1,269.00 1,215.00 159.00 90.00 40.00 385.00 1,241.00 4,461.00
Acres
250.00 1,397.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 54.00 1,701.00
Per Cent
Yield (cwt)
2.50 22,800 13.97 325,529 0.00 438,881 0.00 438,881 0.00 27,360 0.00 7,560 0.00 161,133 0.54 453,181 17.01 1,875,325
* (Due to the fact that Lots are combined with others in storage, Lots may change County in Storage).
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NEBRASKACERTIFIEDSEEDPOTATOACRES AcreageEntered1935Through2012
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0 1 9 3 5 1 9 4 0 1 9 4 5 1 9 5 0 1 9 5 5 1 9 6 0 1 9 6 5 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 5 1 9 8 0 1 9 8 5 1 9 9 0 1 9 9 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 5
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Table5
SummaryByGradeShipped/20032012
Grade 2003 Shipped (cwt) 575,889 0 41 575,930
1,200,000.00 1,000,000.00 800,000.00 600,000.00 400,000.00 200,000.00 0.00 2003
Yellow
Green
Hundredweight(cwt)
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Year
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Table6
SummaryByGenerationShipped/20032012
2003 Generation Shipped (cwt) Nuclear 5,258 Generation 45,088 Generation 203,626 Generation 268,878 Generation 53,080 Generation 0 Total: 575,930
Nuclear 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0
2004 Shipped (cwt) 2,406 31,996 222,135 239,089 50,012 5,525 551,163
2006 Shipped (cwt) 5,465 149,525 186,610 321,160 28,990 4,032 695,782
Generation1
Generation2
Generation4
Generation5
Hundredweight(cwt)
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Table7.
OverallPHTStatisticsfor20082012
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Avg LotsPossibleforEntry/Acres 202 / 5430 259 / 5084 251 / 4908 (Summer) LotsEntered/Acres(Winter) 160 / 3176 186 / 2923 198 / 3329 LotsFailed/Acres(Winter) 3 / 50 5 / 139 2 / 19 260 / 5229 237 / 5326 242 / 5195.4 218 / 3949 190 / 3699 190 / 3415.2 19 / 527 9 / 218 7.6 / 190.6
LotsPassed/Acres(Winter) 151 / 2877 181 / 2784 196 / 3310 LotsNotRecommended /Acres(Winter) 6 / 248 5 / 160 6 / 251
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