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out of the potato program due to the
lack of irrigation water. We hope that
one may return in the near future.
Overall, most of the seed lots looked
very nice and were relatively free of
disease during field inspections.
Planting conditions were less than
ideal this year. Oregon had an extremely
wet and cool spring, pushing the
planting dates to the middle of June
for several of our growing areas. The
growing season was very warm and dry.
Some areas are showing more scab than
typical, which has been attributed to
the wet spring. Harvest conditions have
been almost perfect.
For the second year, Clearwater
Russet was the number one single
variety produced in Oregon at 466 acres
(37% increase). Our varieties with
yellow or red/pink skin, Ciklamen
and Gala, were 26% of the acres
produced and ranked second and
third , replacing Lamoka and Frito Lay
varieties, which fell to 20%. This year
39% of our seed was from Nebraska,
another 31% from Oregon. Montana,
Idaho, North Dakota and Canada all
provided between 5% and 10% each.
- Tami Brown, Oregon Seed
Certification Service
include numbered clones, table stock,
processing and heirloom varieties.
This year, in the Whatcom County
WASHINGTON
A total of 3,736 acres of seed potatoes
entered certification during the 2022
growing season. This is a 98-acre
increase from last year.
Top varieties grown included
Ciklamen, 557 acres; Russet Burbank,
307 acres; Chieftain, 277 acres; and other
proprietary varieties. The total acres
planted include 133 different potato
varieties ranging in size, anywhere from
partial-acre plots to 68-acre fields. Most
seed lots are less than 20 acres and
isolation district, many fields were
planted at the beginning of the planting
season, before extended rain and
flooding. Growers experienced partial
or total crop flood-out and lots were
plowed under. After flood and rain
abated, planting was completed, but
very late in the season, which resulted
in a short growing season for many lots.
Very little precipitation occurred during
the actual growing season, resulting
in very dry soil and required irrigating
killed/shredded fields immediately
prior to harvest.
Yields are noted to be fair and
average. Washington State Department
of Agriculture noted few external
damage to the tubers. Seed shipments
to southern climates will begin in late
fall and will continue into the winter
months, with the majority of seed to be
shipped in early spring.
Washington State Certified seed
growers are in the process of submitting
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