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Vegetable Crop Updates Newsletter – April 19, 2026

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A Newsletter for Commercial Potato and Vegetable Growers Prepared by the University of Wisconsin Madison Vegetable Research and Extension Specialists

Hello,

Click here to find the UW-Madison Division of Extension Vegetable Crop Updates Newsletter for April 19, 2026.  In this issue, we address various aspects of late blight prevention including the WI cull pile disposal deadline of May 20, potato volunteer risk, and a listing of the 2026 fungicides for potato late blight prevention for Wisconsin.

Wishing you a very safe planting season.

Best regards,
Amanda
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Amanda Gevens
Associate Chair, Professor & Extension Specialist
Administrative Director of the Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program
Fritz Friday Chair for Vegetable Production Research
Plant Pathology Department
1630 Linden Drive Room
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
gevens@wisc.edu/608-575-3029

Potato & Vegetable Pathology Research and Extension
https://vegpath.plantpath.wisc.edu/

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