The Smartblock Potato Sprout Inhibitor logo.

Brand Experience / Insights & Strategy


How do you upend more than 50 years of storage management habits in the potato industry? If you’re AMVAC, you introduce a patented application designed to keep sprouts at bay through a humorous campaign that generated nearly 20% sales growth year over year.

Seven potatoes with potato sprouts growing in elaborate hairstyles.

After the success of our Smartblock campaign, we had another great idea sprout up. That’s how we found ourselves developing a magazine focused entirely on the potato industry.

A collection of trade magazine covers displaying potato agriculture scenes.
An open magazine showing farmland being prepared for planting.