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Assessing Cover Crop Adoption and Management Practices in the Wisconsin Central Sands
Paige Leytem, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is studying the phenology and productivity of several cover crops in the Central Sands (at Isherwood Co. Farms) and would like to incorporate a social science component to her project as well. She is interested…
Senate Passes Trade Promotion Authority Bill
MADISON, Wis. — On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate passed the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015. “With 95 percent of the world’s consumers living outside of the United States, the free trade agreements that will result from passing Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)…
Brancel Hosting Other State Ag Secretaries
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Secretary Ben Brancel will host the annual meeting of the Midwestern Association of State Departments of Agriculture (MASDA) on June 21-24, 2015. Commissioners, Secretaries and Directors of state departments of agriculture from twelve Midwestern states will visit…
Potato Industry Well-Positioned on Recent FDA Action on Partially Hydrogenated Oils and Trans Fats
On June 16, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially announced its long anticipated regulation to revoke the “Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS)” status of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) – a source of artificial trans fatty acids (TFAs) – for use in food. The food…
The USPB Resource Center: Price Elasticity Tool
A price elasticity study was commissioned by the USPB to understand how the demand of potatoes changes with increases or decreases in price. In addition to the study, an interactive tool was designed to help you develop a sales strategy. The tool was created using…
The Spuds of Summer: Supermarket RD Outreach
The USPB kicked-off the Lighten Up summer season with distribution of the fifth Supermarket Registered Dietitian (SRD) e-mail of FY15 to a proprietary database of nearly 500 SRDs. With countless summer barbeques ahead, the USPB asked SRDs to encourage their shoppers to look for white,…
Wisconsin Farm to School Program Growing
Support for farm to school programs in Wisconsin is growing and more access to locally produced foods is just one of several benefits that comes with the expansion of new AmeriCorps farm to school host sites in three more counties. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture…
USPB Helps Mexican Company Increase Demand for U.S. Potatoes
Mr. José Julio Batiz Soto, who is the Buyer of “Distribuidora del Pacifico” (DIPAC), told how his company started to import 10 lb. bags of U.S. potatoes during Q1 2015, and they have achieved demand growth of 8%. By adding 10 lb. bags to their…
Badgerland Financial Awards Scholarships to High School Grads
The Prairie du Sac-based Badgerland Financial recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to 22 graduating high school seniors who will be pursuing their interest and studies in an agriculture related field at a short course, technical school or university this fall. “These scholarship recipients exemplify the heart…
Update on High Cap Well Work
The WPVGA continues to work hard on water issues. The Water Task Force is very active and the Governmental Affairs Committee has made High Capacity Well legislation its top priority. There is still a significant backlog of high cap well permit applications at the DNR,…
