Abstract
Leasing or renting fields for potato production may make it easier for growers to either start an agricultural career or expand one but be forewarned: gather as much background information as you can about the field before signing on the dotted line. This bulletin, coauthored by experts in a variety of agronomic disciplines, provides just the advice you need. It not only identifies the agronomic issues to investigate, it discusses their importance and provides a list of questions to ask up front for each. Why establish solid rapport with a landowner? Why is knowing a field’s history vital (cropping strategies and variety selection, soil survey results, prevalence of nematodes and insects, previous management practices, etc.)? Chock full of other helpful advice and information, including a how-to on conducting a bioassay yourself, handy tables on herbicide type and persistence and more, options for obtaining tests/records and potential management solutions, this publication will help you to make your next land lease one you won’t regret.