Yearly Archives: 2021
Homemade Potato Bread
Mashed potatoes make for an extra-soft, fluffy, delicious homemade bread! Column and photos by Ali Carter, Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary Mashed potatoes make an extra-soft and fluffy homemade bread, delicious for use on a sandwich or simply sliced, toasted, and slathered with creamy butter and…
Heat Stress Causes Potato Tuber Second Growth
Secondary growth often manifests as heat sprouts, tuber chaining and malformations By Andy Robinson, associate professor and extension potato agronomist, North Dakota State University/University of Minnesota, and Eugenia Banks, potato specialist, Ontario Potato Board Reprinted with permission from the North Dakota State University Extension Potato…
Interview with Sly Krautkramer
By Joe Kertzman, managing editor, Badger Common’Tater From humble beginnings training and selling workhorses to farmers in the area until today, Swiderski Equipment Inc. has been a fixture in the Central Wisconsin agricultural community. In 1925, the Swiderski family opened a horse dealing business on…
Mashed Potato Ravioli
Column and photos by Ali Carter, Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary Last month, we decided that the loved ones at my table, so courageously willing to test the concoctions of ingredients I imagine will work well together, can best be called “sensory panelists.” I proudly wear…
Little Plover River Watershed Enhancement Project Exceeds Expectations
WPVGA works with Village of Plover, governmental and conservation groups to enhance waterway By Joe Kertzman, managing editor, Badger Common’Tater When the Little Plover River Watershed Enhancement Project Team convened, in February 2017, to discuss ways to meet the team’s goals, the Village of Plover…
Interview with Jeff Fassbender
By Joe Kertzman, managing editor, Badger Common’Tater At just 30 years old, Jeff Fassbender was elected president of the Wisconsin Seed Potato Improvement Association (WSPIA) Board of Directors, in January 2020. Holding that position at such a young age is not surprising considering Fassbender’s experience…
Rustic Horseradish Root Mash
Column and photos by Ali Carter, Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary I have always thought the term “taste-tester” was an odd one. Yet, as I write this, my mind is unable to come up with an alternative that feels less odd but still clearly understandable. A…
A Trusty Tool in the Fight Against Colorado Potato Beetle
Torac can be used as a rotational chemistry within commonly used insect control programs By Joe Kertzman, managing editor, Badger Common’Tater The challenge of discovering new active ingredients to control difficult pests like Colorado potato beetle is something Alex Truszkowski of Nichino America, Inc. says…
Interview with Marty Kolpack
By Joe Kertzman, managing editor, Badger Common’Tater Offering packaging, equipment, parts, and supplies, ThorPack, LLC was formed, in July 2005, by Richard Thorpe and Marty Kolpack. “I had worked for another packaging company prior to that and decided it was time to venture out and…
Baked Potato Bar
A baked potato bar with all the toppings is customizable, simple and delicious Column and photos by Ali Carter, Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary After a full week of cooking only for myself and my husband, Mike, last-minute plans were made to spend an evening with…
