Yearly Archives: 2011
In the December 2011 Badger Common’Tater
2011 Wisconsin Potato Crop Report: Low Yields but Good Quality The WPVGA has estimated 2011 harvested acres at 62,000. This estimation is a result of conversations with growers and DATCP Agricultural Statistics. Total planted acres are very similar to 2010 crop acres. There was another…
Interview with Bob Coltman
Healthy seed potatoes are the key to success for potato growers. Seed potato certification helps ensure that growers are able to plant healthy seed potatoes and raise a profitable crop. For nearly 100 years, Wisconsin seed potato growers have had their seed potato crops certified…
November 2011 What’s Cookin’
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In the November 2011 Badger Common’Tater
UW-Madison to Lead National Potato Research Effort University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have been selected to lead a national, multi-institution effort to improve the quality and safety of processed potatoes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced in October. The…
In the October 2011 Badger Common’Tater
Premium Potato Packaging: Bushmans’, Inc. Offers Market Fresh Produce Brand Potatoes Bushmans’, Inc. of Rosholt, Wisconsin is pleased to announce that it is now offering a full line of potatoes under the Market Fresh Produce brand. Market Fresh Produce has long been a category leader…
Interview with Dan Mills
Potato grower Ray Keenan recently installed a new AgRay Vision sizing machine in the packing shed at his farm, Rollo Bay Holdings, LLC in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Kennan raises 1,000 acres of primarily russet potatoes and packs for many of the P.E.I. potato growers…
October 2011 What’s Cookin’
Try one of these Potatolicious recipes from our October 2011 What’s Cookin’ feature.
In the September 2011 Badger Common’Tater
Preparing for Potato Storage By Dr. A.J. Bussan, UW-Madison Dept. of Horticulture The 2010-2011 storage season presented a number of substantial challenges. Many storage managers were chasing one storage issue or the other. Heavy rains during the season and just prior to harvest led to…
Interview with Jerry Bushman
It was 50 years ago in September of 1961 that Jerome “Jerry” Bushman began a career in the potato marketing business, starting work for his father, John and uncle, Harry, at Bushman Brothers in Rosholt. As the potato industry expanded over the years and the…
September 2011 What’s Cookin’
Try one of these winning recipes from our September 2011 What’s Cookin’ feature.
