Potato Incubator Farm 2022 Season Recap

2022 Season Recap - Columbia Basin (Potato) Incubator Farm

The field trial area on the farm in 2022 consisted of two 130-acre irrigated pivots with half pivots of Yara TopPotato program compared to half pivots of a baseline nutrient management program.

The TopPotato program included a dynamic crop nutrition program that was optimized for high potato yield and quality.

Here are some of the key findings and results of the 2022 season.

In-Season Observations

The Yara treatment showed improved early vigor and more even early tuber set compared to the grower standard.
Spoon-feeding YaraLiva CN-9 beginning at tuber initiation and throughout the heat snap experienced in mid-summer helped the crop withstand and recover from the heat, leading to a more vigorous crop during the tuber bulking stage.
A visual assessment late in the season indicated that the vines were greener and more vigorous in the Yara TopPotato treatment compared to the baseline treatment.

Yield and Quality

In the first field trialed, the Yara TopPotato program led to a marketable yield increase of 7% or 2.1 t/ac at harvest. Additionally, the percent of harvested potatoes that were in the marketable category was 7% higher in potatoes coming from the Yara TopPotato treatment compared to the baseline program. Improved fry color and higher specific gravity were also observed at harvest.
Coming out of bulk storage, potatoes from the Yara program had higher usable percentage, more bruise-free, fewer culls and process culls, and more 6 oz tubers. Overall, the TopPotato program led to a $62/acre total net return.

7% increase

marketable yield at harvest

$ 62/ac

total net return

In the second field trialed, the Yara TopPotato program had a lower yield compared to the baseline program at harvest. However, potatoes from the Yara program coming out of bulk storage had higher usable percentage, more 6 oz potatoes, and fewer culls and process culls. These quality improvements in storage led to a $181/acre total net return in the Yara TopPotato program.

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Incubator Farm Season Recap

2022 Season Recap - Columbia Basin (Potato) Incubator Farm

In-Season Observations

Yield and Quality

7% increase

marketable yield at harvest

$ 62/ac

total net return

$ 181/ac

total net return