They Circled the Wagons for Field Days

Researchers shared trial results at Hancock and Langlade County agricultural research stations By Joe Kertzman, managing editor, Badger Common’Tater Held exactly one week apart, the Hancock Agricultural Research Station (HARS) and Antigo/Langlade County Agricultural Research Station (LARS) field days drew nice crowds, July 11 and 18, respectively. With the University of Wisconsin (UW) potato and […]

Interview with Sam Ourada

By Joe Kertzman, managing editor, Badger Common’Tater Raised on a potato farm in Antigo, Wisconsin, Sam Ourada had his sights set on something else—he was going to be a soil scientist or chemist. As Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote in his 1786 poem “To a Mouse,” “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go […]

Potato Muffins & Parfaits Make for Sweet Treats

Unconventional recipes incorporating Wisconsin Potatoes are both healthy and delicious Column and photos by Dana Rady, Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association Why try to blend in when you were born to stand out? Unconventional—a unique word in and of itself that is defined as “not based on or conforming to what is generally done […]