Safeguarding

Essential to safeguarding marketable Michigan potato crops and the delivery of high-quality potatoes to consumers and processors, growers must have access to all legal tools to control a host of pests that can destroy a crop. These tools range from tillage practices to EPA registered chemicals and biological controls to naturally keep pests away.

• Michigan potato growers must have access to key natural resources, nutrients for plant growth, and plant protectants (chemical and biological) to safeguard crops from devastating insect, bacterial and viral pests.