Yearly Archives: 2016
Interview with Warren Beebout
Del Monte Foods is the largest producer of canned fruits and vegetables in the United States and the Del Monte® name is synonymous with premium foods and a singular passion for quality and innovations since its debut in 1886. About 95% of the Del Monte’s…
40 YEARS STRONG Auxiliary Celebrates Notable Anniversary
Part 1 of 4: The First Decade 1975-1985 Four decades of service, support and camaraderie have empowered countless members of the Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary (WPGA) to play a critical role in shaping the futures of their farming families, agriculture in general, the communities in…
Ali’s Kitchen
Column & Photos by Ali Carter, WPVGA Auxiliary Member The other day I found myself searching through our home while on the hunt for a recipe my grandmother had given me years ago. I never did find the…
Employee Retention in a Challenging Industry
By Mark Waschek, Vice President/Agronomy, Ag 1 Source One of the biggest challenges in successfully managing a business is keeping your top employees. Every day, we visit with organizations throughout the Ag industry that are lamenting over the loss of a key employee and need…
Interview with Don Hamerski
Farming in Wisconsin was a harsh environment in 1939, when Don Hamerski was born. Most family farms were self-supportive with goods produced on the farm to provide some cash income and buy supplies for crops and services Daily tasks were labor intensive and physically exhausting:…
Badger Beat
Fall Manure & Cover Crops by Matt Ruark Nutrient management in dairy productions systems produces both challenges and opportunities on sandy soils. One of the big challenges is efficient use of manure nutrients if the manure is applied in the fall. There are challenges with…
Ruder Ware
Bypassing Scylla & Charybdis: Pre-enforcement Judicial Review of Wetlands Determinations under the Clean Water Act By Russell W. Wilson, Esq. In the Odyssey, Homer told of the inescapable sailing hazards that confronted Odysseus: the six-headed sea monster, Scylla, on one side of a strait and…
The Potato Strikes Back!
Third Decade (1995-2005) By Paula Houlihan, Auxiliary President In the mid 1990’s, the Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary (WPGA) began its third decade witnessing the rise and popularity of fast food and on-the-go eating. French fry sales rocketed while frozen and processed markets really took off.…
Badger Beat
Insuring Genetic Diversity Through Germplasm Collection By Amy Charkowski, Proefessor, UW-Madison/Dept. of Plant Pathology, Administrative Director, Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program Photos by Ruth Faivre This fall, Keith Heinzen and the staff at the Lelah Starks Elite Foundation Seed Potato Farm in Rhinelander harvested another…
