Yearly Archives: 2016
Ali’s Kitchen
Roasted Rosemary Potato Salad with Berries by Ali Carter, WPVGA Auxiliary Member My family and I were recently invited to the home of friends for a cookout. When we inquired about what we could contribute to the meal, they of course asked that we bring…
DNR Reacts Positively To Attorney General Opinion on High-Capacity Wells
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says DNR was overstepping its bounds on high-capacity wells By Jim Massey, Editor, The Country Today, and Joe Kertzman, Managing Editor, Badger Common’Tater Nearly a month to the day after Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel issued a legal opinion, on…
Interview with Wayne Solinsky
When Wayne Solinsky and his father had their own farming operation in the late 1970s, ‘80s and early ‘90s, they set up a partnership, and built their farm up from 320 acres and 60 cows to 700 acres and milking 130 cows, with about 170…
Ali’s Kitchen
Double-Stuffed Twice-Baked Taco Potatoes Column & Photos by Ali Carter, WPVGA Auxiliary Member We all have days that tend to get a bit out of control, days that no matter how well we have planned the unexpected seem to sneak in to cause a bit…
Badger Beat
Wisconsin Potato Growers Lead Way with Water Stewards Program By Jed Colquhoun, Professor Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison In about 6th grade or so I remember preparing for a particularly challenging test and my father’s lasting advice: “Prepare the best that you can, always…
Interview with Wes Meddaugh
Wes Meddaugh, Heartland Farms Newest WPVGA Board Member By Joe Kertzman, Managing Editor Those in the potato industry know that multi-generational farms are the norm, not the exception, and few know it better than Heartland Farms, Inc., a fifth-generation irrigated potato and vegetable farm operating…
Ali’s Kitchen
Potato and Caramelized Onion Pizza Column & Photos by Ali Carter, WPVGA Auxiliary Member I’ve had a vague inkling for the last few weeks about what I would like to do for this month’s Common’Tater recipe. I knew that I wanted to use potatoes on…
Special Recognition: Louis Wysocki to Receive Quality of Life Leadership Award
Community Leadership Recognition By Ruth Faivre Potato and vegetable industry leader, Louis Wysocki, Secretary-Treasurer of Wysocki Farms, Inc. and time-honored supporter/member of Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA), has been selected as one of three recipients, to secure a 2016 Quality of Life Leadership…
Ruder Ware
Clean Water Rule By Russell W. Wilson Definition of “Waters of the United States” Under the Clean Water Act (CWA) I. INTRODUCTION The terms “waters of the United States” and “navigable waters of the United States” are two separate definitions applied by the United States…
5 Reasons why Farms are Getting Bigger
By Dairy Carrie, www.dairycarrie.com EDITOR’S NOTE: I have been encouraging growers to have a social media presence and found a blog, called Dairy Carrie, www.dairycarrie.com, which is a perfect example of communicating positive information about agriculture. I am sharing a great article from Dairy Carrie’s…
