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Vegetable Crop Update #5
Vegetable Crop Update #5 Click here for a list of Potato Late Blight Fungicides for 2017. Read full update.
Selecting Seed: Best Management Practices for Mitigating Concerns About Dickeya dianthicola and Pectobacterium parmentieri
Selecting Seed: Best Management Practices for Mitigating Concerns About Dickeya dianthicola and Pectobacterium parmentieri (Pectobacterium wasabiae) Now posted at: Fact Sheets / Publications
Vegetable Crop Update #3
Vegetable Crop Update #3 Read full update.
Vegetable Crop Update #2
Vegetable Crop Update #2 Read full update.
WPVGA Applauds Passage of Senate Bill 76
Wisconsin Growers Praise Action on Science-Based Water Policy Legislation The Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) applauds the State Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 76, the science-based water policy legislation sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau). “This legislation is critical for Wisconsin…
WPVGA/WSPIA Elections Held
Schroeder Elected WPVGA Board President for 2017 At a brief meeting held immediately following the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) Annual Meeting on February 9 in Stevens Point, the WPVGA Board of Directors elected Eric Schroeder of Schroeder Brothers Farms, Inc., Antigo, as…
Pavelski and Hamerski Enter WPVGA Hall of Fame
The Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) Hall of Fame honors lifetime achievement in the development of the state’s potato industry. It is the intention of the WPVGA to continue to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the potato industry in Wisconsin…
WPVGA Presents Annual Industry Awards
In addition to its annual Hall of Fame inductions, the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) presented several other annual industry awards at a banquet held February 8, 2017 in Stevens Point. Andy Diercks of Coloma Farms, Coloma, was named the WPVGA Volunteer of…
Free Skin Cancer Screening at Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Conference, February 7
The National Farm Medicine Center will offer free skin cancer screenings at the 2017 UW Extension and Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) Grower Education Conference and 68th Industry Show, Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center, 1001 Amber Avenue,…
