Potato business

Celebrating commerce at the potato conference

KENNEWICK — Tim Prickett said the annual Washington-Oregon Potato Conference is the most important conference he goes to all year. “It’s the only conference we do all year,” said Prickett, the owner of Rashco Farm Supply in Moses Lake. “We don’t hardly do any other conferences.” Prickett stood in the midst of a major display showing off what his company sells — new and used farm equipment, lubricants, various and sundry spare parts including hoses, rollers and sprockets, in the main conference hall of the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick on Thursday...