In cooperation with the UW Hancock Agricultural Research Station and the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) office, AgSource will be picking up samples three days a week and routing them to the AgSource Laboratories facility located in Marshfield, WI. “This service is perfect…

rederick William Madison, Jr., age 82, passed away June 3, 2019 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. He was born in Milwaukee to the late Frederick W. and Geraldine (Conover) Madison, Sr. After graduating from Milwaukee Country Day School in 1955, Fred attended Harvard University,…

The Antigo American Legion 19U Baseball team will recognize long-time potato grower Glen Wolter with a game in his honor on Tuesday, June 25 in Antigo. The Antigo Typhoon American Legion Post #3 will host Plover at 7 p.m. on June 25 at Kretz Park,…

In his influential book, A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold called for an ethical relationship between people and the land they own and manage. The development of a land ethic was, he wrote, “an evolutionary possibility and an ecological necessity.” A land ethic is alive…

Report to:  President & CEO Purpose:  Provide leadership and coordination of the U.S. potato industry’s efforts to identify and communicate national and regional research priorities to targeted parties, identify and access third-party funding of these priorities through grants and other alternative sources, and interact with…

Join your peers in Wisconsin Dells, WI to discuss federal policy impacting potato production at the National Potato Council’s 2019 Summer Meeting. The NPC Summer Meeting is open to all growers and industry partners eager to advance the potato industry’s most pressing policy debates. Attendees…

Announcing the official start of the 2019 AgSource Laboratories GAP water sample pick-up route service. After much success, we’re bringing back this service for farmers who need to get their GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) water samples to the laboratory in a safe and timely fashion.…