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On the Front Cover: Eric Schroeder, Schroeder Bros. Farms, Inc., scouts windrowed potatoes while Rob Schroeder drives the Lenco Harvester in the background. Photo by Ruth Faivre

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Eric Schroeder is shown here with his brother, Andy, in front of one of their potato grading operations. Photo by Ruth Faivre

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Diversity is the spice of life, particularly when it comes to potato varieties. Today’s consumers constantly clamor for something new and different and why should potatoes escape their notice?

While most people think potatoes only come in shades of red, yellow or whitish skins, the truth is that there are thousands of varieties in an endless array of skin color, flesh and taste.

This year, our Annual Seed Issue touches on a celebration of the many kinds of potatoes, which I discovered first hand while visiting the U.S. Potato Genebank recently, where I even tasted some cultivars.

The Genebank is a repository for many wild and cultivated samples from around the world including nearly 5,000 wild seed populations and 1,000+ clonal stocks of which about 260 are named varieties.

As an industry, we have always believed in the power of marketing.

We may want to keep our minds open and realize that generating more demand for potatoes might just depend on unlocking new markets for heirlooms of the past or derivatives of those heirlooms.

Currently, one of the U.S. Potato Board’s goals is to encourage chefs to experiment with unusual potatoes to help glamorize potatoes and reinvigorate their image with the public.

Meanwhile, RPE Inc., Bancroft, WI, is introducing several new types of potatoes this fall that offer unique appearances and robust flavors.

Keep your eye on this growing trend for new and different kinds of potatoes because it may indeed be more than just a passing fancy.

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Interview

Eric Schroeder Schroeder Bros. Farms, Inc.

By Ruth Faivre, Managing Editor

Name: Eric Schroeder Company: Schroeder Bros. Farms, Inc. Crops Grown/Acreage: 2200 acres Potatoes, 1200 acres Oats, 500 acres Soybeans, 1600 acres Alfalfa, 900 acres Field Corn Location: Antigo Hometown: Antigo Current Residence City: Deerbrook Years in Present Position: Six years Schooling: BBA Business Administration, BA Spanish for Business, Certificate in Business Communication Activities/Organizations: Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Association (WPVGA) Secretary, United States Potato Board (USPB) Administrative Committee (Research) and Wisconsin Seed Potato Improvement Association (WSPIA) Vice President Awards/Honors: 2014 Potato Industry Leadership Institute’s Grower-Leader Family: Wife, Theresa and son, Parker (two years old) Hobbies: Coaching hockey and golfing

Top: Eric Schroeder, Schroeder Bros. Farms, Inc. kicks back with some great reading material!

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During the last century, agriculture significantly transformed, as farms and the equipment needed to run them, grew ever larger and more technical. Meanwhile the demand to produce greater and greater yields increased sharply along with regulatory pressures on the agricultural practices that produce those yields.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the number of family farms in the United States has fallen from 6.8 million in 1938 to roughly two million today.

The fastest growing segment of our nation’s farming population is now over 65 and within the next decade, the majority of American farmers will be retirees.

That is why it is so vitally important that the ‘next generation’ of farmers, who are interested in successfully pursuing a career in farming, become actively involved at an early age in their family’s operation so they are ready and able to assume the ‘reins’ from the previous generation when the time is appropriate, creating

a more seamless transitionary period.

Eric Schroeder, son of Pete and Gina Schroeder of Schroeder Bros.

Farms, Inc. and Assistant Farm Manager of the family operation, is a perfect example of what these ‘next generation’ farmers represent: young men and women who have learned the practices and challenges of farming along with acquiring leadership and managerial skills.

A fifth generation member of his family farming operations, founded in Antigo in 1879, Eric is a strong participant in the organizations that support the farming industry.

In 2014, Eric was awarded Young Grower of the Year by Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA), in recognition of his leadership and active contribution to the potato industry.

Elected as the 2014 Potato Industry Leadership Institute’s Grower-Leader, Eric also serves on WPVGA’s and Wisconsin Seed Potato Improvement Association’s (WSPIA) board of directors, as well as a Wisconsin continued on pg. 10

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representative to the United States Potato Board (USPB). He chairs both the Regulatory Committee for the WSPIA and the Chip Committee for WPVGA.

award. Since Eric does the food safety audits and documenting for Frito Lay as a supplier, he is the ideal candidate for our interview for the November Seed issue.

The Schroeder family also owns and operates Schroeder’s Gifts in Antigo, WI (schroedersgifts.com).

Before we get into specifics of the operation, please share some of the history of Schroeder Bros. Farms, Inc. and your favorite memories of growing up and working on your family farm, since these things helped shape your love

Schroeder Bros. Farms, Inc. is one of the largest Frito-Lay seed producers in the U.S. and a four-time winner of Frito-Lay’s seed grower of the year

of agriculture.

The farm was originally homesteaded in 1879 in Antigo, WI. Initially it started out with a few dairy cows and a few crops to feed the animals and the family.

In the 1960s, my grandfather, John, came back to the farm after his brother, Tom, was in a serious snowmobile accident that left him unable to work on the farm. Shortly thereafter, Grandpa John began growing certified and foundation seed.

In the early 1980s, John T, Pete and Rob began returning to the farm and it has steadily grown into the farm it is today. continued on pg. 12 Above Left: Three members of Schroeder Bros.

Farms, Inc. ‘next generation’ (L-R): JD Schroeder, Andy Schroeder and Eric Schroeder during the 2015 potato harvest. Photo by Ruth Faivre Above Right: Andy and Eric Schroeder are scouting some rows of their newly windrowed potatoes, waiting to be harvested. Photo by Ruth Faivre Bottom: Eric, awarded WPVGA’s “2015 Young Grower of the Year,” displays his plaque in this photo. (L-R) Eric’s dad, Pete Schroeder; his mother, Gina; Eric and his wife, Theresa and brother, Andy.

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Interview. . . continued from pg. 10

Left: Eric’s uncle, John T Schroeder operates the self-propelled Lenco Harvester. Photo by Ruth Faivre Right: Andy & Eric’s grandmother, Jackie, started a museum of old equipment, parts, odds and ends from the farm, back in the 1980s. There is even an old still, shown between the brothers, presumably from back in the 1920’s. Photo by Ruth Faivre Bottom Left: Eric’s father, Pete Schroeder, runs the big blue self-propelled Gallenberg Harvester. Photo

by Ruth Faivre

My earliest memories of the farm come from the days when they used to collect and cook their own maple syrup. Mom would bring Andy and me down to the sap house where we would drink fresh maple syrup from the tap.

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The majority of our crop is in the Antigo flats, which is Antigo Silt Loam (Wisconsin‘s state soil by the way).

However, the outlying areas like Post Lake and Suring consist of sandier soils similar to the soils in Pearson.

Farming these sandier soils allows us to start our spring planting earlier and provides us with options if we get heavy rains in the Antigo area during planting and harvest. That being said, sandy soils also require irrigation more often because they do not retain water like the silt loam does.

The biggest challenge of farming the outlying areas is getting the crop home. We need to run about 20 bulk trucks between the fields and storage consistently for 12 hours per day. Between traffic, breakdowns and other obstacles, this is not always a smooth process. Depending on yield, sometimes the harvester can dig faster than we can transfer the potatoes into storage or vice versa, which creates timely delays.

Most of our fields are on a three-year rotation including two years of alfalfa, field corn, soybeans and oats. continued on pg. 14

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How would you describe your role as Assistant Manager in the operation and particularly in regards to your responsibilities with your major client, Frito-Lay? I am not really sure that I have a real title yet. My role on the farm varies every other week, it seems. During planting and harvest, I am out in the tractor. In summer, I could be out in the water truck filling the sprayers, or watering the crop in Suring. In the winter, I am in the office most of the time tracking, sending invoices and keeping up on the food safety program.

As for Frito-Lay, John T handles most of the responsibilities and direct communication with them. Between my cousin JD and me, we help with Frito-Lay’s crop tracking requirements.

What challenges do think young farmers face and how are these challenges different from those faced by previous generations?

For a young farmer, it can be a bit overwhelming at times even being in the same conversations with some of the more established growers who seem to have been doing this for a hundred years.

I have found that in the few short years that I have been involved in farming, there are a ton of intelligent, wellrespected individuals in this business and it really is a pleasure to be a part of it.

Above: Andy and Eric Schroeder in front of Schroeder Bros. Farms, Inc.’s headquarters. Photo by Ruth Faivre Left: Both Andy and Eric Schroeder love to golf and participate yearly in the Spud Seed Classic and WPVGA Putt Tato golf events. They are shown here with Jay Weidman and another employee of Mid-State Truck Service. Photo by Ruth Faivre Bottom: An aerial view of the Schroeder Bros. Farms, Inc. taken after a few years after a huge fire ravaged the office, warehouse and packing complex in Antigo, WI in 2008. Harvest had just completed a matter of days before the fire broke out so not only was there extensive damage to the buildings and equipment, but over 300,000 cwt. of freshly dug seed potatoes were a complete loss. Photo by Ruth Faivre 14 BC�T November

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I would say the biggest difference in challenges between generations is probably the higher regulations/ restrictions today’s farmers face on pretty much everything.

How do you see the regulatory and legislative climate changing, particularly in regards to the growing pressure from environmental activists who wish to limit commercial farming?

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Whether it involves water, pesticides, GMOs, animal husbandry, drones or the next ‘big’ thing, every day we seem to encounter a new challenge that we need to wrap our heads around so we can figure out how to deal with it.

Historically, farmers have been more concerned about simply growing and marketing their crops. You did not have to convince your friends and neighbors about the importance of what you were doing because it helped support the community. If the farmers were doing well, so was the local economy.

Nowadays, you have to be able to interpret complicated regulations, monitor legislative activities, understand the implications of those activities, promote your occupation to the public and keep them aware of all the good things farmers do. You also have to master new ecological

and sustainable methods of farming while keeping abreast of new technologies and growing techniques.

Is it worth it? I think so but I also believe the future will only bring more challenges and it will be up to all of us growers to keep fighting for what we believe is right.

What steps has your operation taken to ensure a quality product for your clients as well as consumers?

We always put our clients first, which I think in turn, helps satisfy the end consumer as well.

We carefully focus on providing our clients with exactly what they need: the correct size profile, the right varieties and then the desired quantity of each variety.

We give our clients the option to pick up different varieties from both our locations, which allows them to get their seed quicker and Above Left: Parker, son of Eric & Teresa Schroeder, representing the fifth generation of Schroeder Bros. Farms, Inc. gets off to a good start with his favorite magazine, Badger Common’Tater. Photo

by Teresa Schroeder Above Right: A vintage Don Schroeder Farms truck, a relic of yesteryear, rests by the old maple shed and one of the farm’s original barns.

Bottom: According to Eric, the family used to tap maple trees for syrup, “Most of my memories involved loading up on sugar by drinking maple syrup right out of the faucet!” This was the maple shed where the syrup was processed. continued on pg. 18

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Technology is a major part of today’s farming environment. What are some of the technological advances your operation has adopted?

The most recent example of us keeping up with technology would be our purchase of two Odenberg FPS sorters and a Halo for the fresh pack shed.

The FPS sorter allows us to remove most of the foreign debris from the dry seed potatoes before it gets to the grading lines, allowing the graders to concentrate more fully on the quality of the tuber than on removing rocks and vines.

The Halo removes all foreign debris and defects to further reduce rejected loads and improve the overall quality. It also reduces over grading, which can cause good product to be discarded.

What would you recommend to other growers as far as getting

Pete, Eric and Andy Schroeder check out a booth at the 2015 WPVGA show.

involved with farmer organizations and associations?

Being involved in these types of organizations allows you to do several things especially as a young grower.

Participation in Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Association (WPVGA), United States Potato Board (USPB) and National Potato Council (NPC) and Wisconsin Seed Potato Improvement Association (WSPIA) provides you with the opportunity to learn all the different levels and

aspects of the potato business.

Most importantly, these organizations help educate you on the local, state, national and even worldwide issues that confront our industry. By absorbing the collective knowledge you are exposed to within these groups, you are better able to intelligently voice your opinion and represent your growing region, which is quite an honor.

As a Wisconsin Certified Seed grower, selling certified and foundation seed, how do you feel about Simplot’s new Innate™ potatoes and what do you think genetically modified potatoes might mean for the improvement of future potato breeding programs?

The next wave of potato breeding is both very intriguing yet also simultaneously scary.

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It is intriguing because these advances may greatly reduce the amount of inputs that go into growing a crop, whether they are pesticides, fertilizers or water.

I think everyone would agree that further reduction of pesticides is a good thing, but at the same time, it is scary because you do not really know how the public will react and what the ramifications will be to the whole industry.

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Badger Beat Insuring Genetic Diversity Through Germplasm Collection

By Amy Charkowski, Professor, UW-Madison/Dept. of Plant Pathology, Administrative Director, Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program Photos by Ruth Faivre

This fall, Keith Heinzen and the staff at the Lelah Starks Elite Foundation

Seed Potato Farm in Rhinelander harvested another excellent seed potato crop.

The farm had an enviable problem this year because yields were unexpectedly high. However, that meant they had to ship some seed immediately because the farm lacks sufficient storage for the entire crop.

The numerous varieties produced by University staff on the Starks Seed Farm serve as the seed stock for much of the Wisconsin seed potato industry and eventually become about 5% of US potato production.

Almost every year, the Starks Seed Farm introduces at least one new variety into production in the hope that improved traits, such as storage quality, will result in the new variety replacing old standbys, not possessing such traits.

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Left: Tim Kazmierczak, Gardener for the U.S. Potato Genebank, stands in the midst of its greenhouse, which overflows with potato plants in various stages of growth.

Above: Botanical seeds are available for distribution to potato researchers, breeders and individuals interested in potato propagation.

Opposite Page: USPG staff (L-R) Project Leader Dr. John Bamberg, Gardener Tim Kazmierczak and retired Gardener Chico Fernandez, in front of varying forms of potato germplasm: botanical seeds in yellow packets, tubers and plantlets in vitro.

SOURCES These new potato varieties originate from potato breeding programs across North America who turn to the U.S. Potato Genebank (USPG) in Sturgeon Bay, WI for the source of the potato genes used to generate new strains for farmers.

USPG is a cooperative project between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service (USDA/ARS) and all 50 State Agricultural Experiment Stations (SAES) with special support from the University of Wisconsin.

It is the only federal facility that is designated to support the germplasm needs of the US potato industry and is home to the most comprehensive and active collection of wild potatoes in the world.

As plant breeders begin their research into creating more diseaseresistant, nutrient-rich traits or other desired aspects, like a greater capacity to endure environmental stress or prolonged storage, they first request stocks from USPG, which are provided free of charge. Nearly 70

percent of all potatoes grown in the United States contain germplasm from USPG in their pedigrees.

The breeders then work toward building a better potato, a lengthy process that can span up to 15 years, as a variety is created, tested, grown, retested, grown as seed potatoes, then eventually planted by commercial growers and finally introduced to processors and/or the retail chain and ultimately to the consumers.

BACKGROUND Project Leader, Dr. John Bamberg and his staff of scientists, gardeners, technicians, database experts and assistants, manage USPG. Dr. Bamberg has a PhD from the UW-Madison Dept. of Horticulture in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics, is the Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Potato Research and serves as Chairman of the Potato Crop Germplasm Committee.

USPG’s Sturgeon Bay location was chosen primarily for its climate and because it was important to potato scientists from Wisconsin when the idea of a genebank was first developed in the late 1940’s. It was decided that it should be located far from the large potato crops of Wisconsin, Idaho, Washington and North Dakota, to reduce any possible

spread of disease from nearby farms.

USPG is entwined with UW-Madison, which is quite probably the world’s center for potato breeding research.

As part of its College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the university runs 13 experimental farms, or research stations, across the state. continued on pg. 22

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USPG has gathered and guarded the potato genes of the world and coordinated all aspects of importation, classification, preservation and multiplication, documentation and distribution of germplasm, thereby helping the agricultural world produce and create a better food supply.

Dr. Bamberg and USPG staff also conduct research in cooperation with U.S. and international scientists focused on collecting, classifying, preserving, evaluating and using the germplasm. For example, a longstanding partnership with

UW physiologist Dr. Jiwan Palta has resulted in much progress in identifying and characterizing frost and other stress resistances.

diverse potato species from along the road, mountainsides, farmers’ fields, ancient ruins, abandoned villages and more.

USDA/ARS researchers at Madison like taxonomist Dr. David Spooner and germplasm enhancement specialist Dr. Shelley Jansky have formal ties to the USPG program

The location and habitat of each plant was recorded and specimens were returned to Sturgeon Bay. These specimens were then referred to as an ‘accession’.

Dr. Spooner and colleagues from South and Central America conducted regular trips collecting wild potato species from throughout the Americas.

Each species housed at USPG may be represented by multiple accessions collected from different locations and in different years, hopefully then representing the biological diversity found within each species as they

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Top Left: Dr. John Bamberg stands in the tuber cooler, which is mostly used for research stocks.

Bottom Left: Chico Fernandez displays some of the nearly 5,000 packets of botanical seeds from the roughly 100 potato species maintained at USPG. Right: Tim Kazmierczak examines some of the thousands of botanical seed population growouts done each year to test germination and provide parents for evaluation and multiplication of the seedlots for distribution worldwide.

Opposite Page: USPG is responsible for keeping members of the genus Solanum that produce tubers. Wild species typically produce dozens or hundreds of tiny tubers.

‘weather’ the years.

TRAVELS CUT SHORT However, these collection trips are now mostly a ‘thing of the past’, as countries with the greatest wild potato diversity began to recognize the value of these plants and realized that they should remain within their borders unless mechanisms for returning the value of the plant to its original country were developed and used.

The problem is that even though we harvest valuable genetic traits from wild potato relatives, no mechanism exists to insure that a partial value of the improved potato lines is returned to help maintain the environments or communities from which the original wild potato species are collected.

This lack of a feedback loop has resulted in borders now being closed to potato collection.

Luckily, two wild potato species originate in the southwest USA, and

have been the focus of collecting and research by USPG staff for over 20 years. That initiative has made it possible to gain a much better understanding of the relationship between germplasm in the wild and in the genebank.

ORGANIZATION USPG Database Manager Jesse Schartner catalogues the seeds and related information from each accession in a database known as the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) database.

It is all freely accessible online, linked to the USPG website, www.ars-grin. gov/nr6. Here you can discover traits and collection location for each accession with simple searches.

GROWING PROCESS Although potato seed can be stored for many years, the seed will eventually lose viability. Therefore, Bamberg’s team grows a portion of the accessions each year to generate

new seed.

Members of the USPG team carefully hand pollinate the potato plant flowers with a modified electric toothbrush tool that mimics the vibration of a buzzing bumblebee, the natural pollinator of potato flowers.

Once the plants are pollinated, the potato plant, which is closely related to the tomato plant, will produce fruits filled with tiny beige seeds, just like tomatoes. However, unlike tomatoes, the fruit of potatoes is small, green and inedible. continued on pg. 24

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MIddle: Potato plants produce small, green, inedible fruits filled with tiny beige seeds.

After several weeks, the potato fruit is collected and its seeds are harvested and stored in a large freezer with part of the seeds separated into a section designated for long-term storage and the other half in a section for researcher requests. A long-term security backup sample is sent to the base genebank in Ft. Collins, Colorado.

Right: Tim Kazmierczak carefully pollinates individual potato plants by first collecting pollen with a modified electric toothbrush tool, which mimics the vibration of a buzzing bumblebee, the flower’s natural pollinator.

In addition to potato researchers and breeders, other individuals interested in potato propagation can also request seed samples from the USPG.

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PROTECTING THIS VALUABLE RESOURCE It is amazing that these six thousand wild potato accessions, which form the basis of our nation’s potato breeding program and comprise the future of our potato industry, are managed by a very small staff in a few aging buildings.

The primary equipment used to maintain and store this genetic gold mine is simply a small greenhouse complex, a few large freezers, a modest tissue culture and diseasetesting lab, modified toothbrushes and thousands of tiny, labeled envelopes. There also is a tissue culture laboratory, growth chambers and such to support the in vitro collection.

As technology for germplasm evaluation and breeding rapidly advances, and the need for potato improvement intensifies, it will be increasingly important to adequately support the USPG program so that its germplasm can be used to make

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maximum progress toward an even more nutritious and profitable crop.

GENETIC DIVERSITY Potatoes are an interesting crop for many reasons, but one of the most fascinating things about potatoes compared to many other important crop plants is that incredibly diverse wild potato species are found everywhere from the deserts of the American Southwest to Peruvian jungles to the sparse dry heights of Andean mountainsides.

This means that there is almost an endless universe of useful traits that potato breeders can utilize in their quest for improving potato varieties.

The challenge is to find the wild potato accession that has the desired trait and then to figure out how to transfer the trait to a commercial potato variety.

This is where the USPG staff comes into play because they routinely work with the entire, broad array of potato genetic diversity. Therefore, they have gained a special insight to notice and describe novel traits that might have application.

USDA/USPG scientists have identified core collections of wild potato species that represent the diversity of the biological, geography and ecology diversity of potatoes. This core collection is one of the common starting points for researchers looking for specific potato traits.

This has led to the identification of stocks that have extreme expression of valuable traits like high tuber calcium, male fertility under heat

For many years, USPG has used a "mini-core" set of 75 items composed of three populations each of 25 representative species (Hardigan et al. 2015). We could conclude that this mini-core set has also been well validated by phenotypic evaluation, finding desirable germplasm for traits for which there was limited prior information: Tuber calcium (Bamberg et al. 1993), male fertility under heat stress (Bamberg 1995), nitrogen use efficiency (Errebhi et al. 1999), new forms of late blight (Douches et al.

2001), antioxidants (Hale et al. 2008) and tuber pH (Kiszonas and Bamberg 2010).

Dr. Shelley Jansky refers to herself as a potato pre-breeder, which means she identifies wild potato accessions that have important traits and then crosses those traits into lines that potato breeders can use in commercial breeding programs.

These new lines are then maintained by the staff at USPG and can be requested by researchers, breeders and private individuals.

When possible, the Jansky lab will develop PCR-based tests, known as “molecular markers” to allow potato breeders to ensure that important traits are being maintained as they breed new potato varieties.

Staff member Dr. Alfonso del Rio, stationed at Madison, also specializes in the use of molecular markers to support USPG's program of studying

the status and dynamics of genetic diversity in the genebank.

Dr. del Rio, a native Peruvian, serves as liaison for cooperative projects in Latin America, particularly Peru.

USPG also maintains a collection of named potato varieties, including a collection of heirloom varieties from around the world that have interesting traits, such as high levels of nutrients or deep yellow flesh.

These varieties are kept as tissue culture plantlets. Like the wild potato seeds, the plantlets are catalogued in the GRIN database and can be ordered by those interested in producing these varieties or in using them in breeding programs.

These lines are used by potato breeders, including Jeff Endelman,

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stress, nitrogen use efficiency, late blight, virus Y and scab resistance, antioxidants and tuber pH.

the UW-Madison potato breeder, to develop new potato varieties with improved traits, such as longer storability or disease resistance.

Eventually, these new varieties, with genes that can be traced to a plant growing many years ago in a farm field or remote hillside, will be grown on the Lelah Starks seed potato farm, distributed to Wisconsin seed potato farmers, and ultimately, find their way to our tables.

Left: Chico Fernandez and Ingrid Bamberg, regular cooperators in the USPG program for germplasm collecting research in the southwest USA, examine stocks from the 2014 expedition to Arizona.

Right: USPG staff also evaluates and adapts specialty cultivar types, like the very orange, ‘egg yolk’ types from Colombia. Here Dr. John Bamberg conducts a taste test of a line bred at USPG, which everyone present agreed were quite flavorful with somewhat of a nutty undertone.

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Plant Breeding Twists

Left: BLACK MIGNION berries on the vine of the heirloom plant.

Right: Tom Wagner and Curzio Caravati in front of a very tall MURU plant.

REACHING OUT

Kenosha Potato Project Article by Angela Cassity & Photos by Curzio Caravati The author, Angela Cassity is a member of Kenosha Potato Project and works with Curzio Caravati in his potato, garlic, tomato and onion fields, assisting in field studies and gathering data.

Several years ago, Curzio Caravati, a member of Seed Savers Exchange, noticed that a fellow adherent, Will Bonsall from Maine, was the sole curator of over 400 varieties of potato.

Thinking that one day Will might lose his collection and all his work could vanish, Curzio set out to save Will’s legacy by duplicating his collection with the help of local gardeners in Kenosha, WI, to whom he gave seed potatoes from Will’s collection.

A few years later, the local network of gardeners fell apart when these gardeners ate all the proceeds and failed to return seed for replanting.

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REVAMPED EFFORTS Realizing that he needed a new approach, Curzio decided to tap into the emerging power of social media and the internet to band together individuals interested in expanding the efforts of Seed Saver Exchange and duplicating the collection of potato varieties in South Eastern Wisconsin while creating a living tuber germplasm collection.

Curzio started a private Facebook group called Kenosha Potato Project, requiring membership approval to join and built a website called Kenoshapotato.com to help connect national and international growers of all kinds worldwide along. Both of these communication platforms unite people who are interested in breeding, growing and/or researching potatoes.

He also created a catalog of all potato varieties grown locally (except for commercial), which included the features of each variety and detailed their best use in the kitchen.

SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS Curzio’s Facebook efforts mushroomed into 2000+ members,

encompassing back yard enthusiasts, community gardeners, small farmers, hobby breeders, produce growers, farmers and university/private researchers, who now communicate by sharing data and information on growing and breeding thousands of potato varieties. One of the latest Kenosha Potato Project followers, resides in Sierra Leone, Western Africa.

grows and catalogues on his two-acre gentleman’s farm in Kenosha County to preserve the genetic diversity of heirloom potatoes and save varieties from extinction.

Followers include staff from the International Potato Gene bank in Sturgeon Bay and professional potato and vegetable breeders such as Tom Wagner, whose most famous creation was the “Green Zebra” tomato, now a familiar sight at farmers markets with its unusual stripes and bright, tart flavor, now offered by many different seed companies. Tom even recently visited Curzio at the Kenosha Potato Project in Kenosha.

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Curzio focuses on potato varieties that produce well in vertical growth versus horizontal. He hopes his research will benefit the ‘Urban Agriculturists’ in cities with highcontinued on pg. 28

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Curzio believes strongly that, “You don’t need to own a lot of land to become a potato breeder and you do not need a lot of land to feed a city of people.”

“Each seed is a unique genetic variety from the mother plant and the pollen from either the mother plant or another flowering potato tuber,” he continues. “Through controlled pollination, breeders can achieve potato varieties that are more resistant to blight, intense heat, certain insects, have more antioxidants, higher protein values and/or less sugars.”

According to Curzio, “Feeding the world is a high priority career that begins in your own backyard or even small patio. Tubers are planted to obtain an exact genetic duplicate of a given variety. Tubers also produce flowers and fruit, a berry that contains seeds.”

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B: PAPA CACHO TPS 2015 – four botanical seeds (like snowflakes) produced different plants.

C: PAPA CACHO TPS 2015-2 – the current fresh potato market is interested in irregular shapes and colored flesh.

D: HIGHLAND BURGUNDY TPS 2015-2 will require several years of replanting this variety to ensure it is a keeper!

E: HIGHLAND BURGUNDY TPS 2015-3 – one sibling has pink flesh, the other is white, but grows round tubers paired in the shape of the number 8.

F: PAPA CACHO TPS 2015-3 – hard to believe this tuber is a sibling of the pink-fleshed fingerling.

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SPREADING THE WORD

For information on growing your own container potatoes, Curzio suggests starting with YouTube and searching with the key words ‘high density potato planting’, which will provide several educational videos on the subject.

• Tubers particularly interesting for specific recipes

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Visit the Kenosha Potato Project Facebook page or Kenoshapotato. com to discover this new world of potato breeding.

The Kenosha Potato Project always looks forward to adding and supporting more members and mentoring young gardeners interested in urban agriculture.

To join, go to Kenosha Potato Project and request membership.

Members of the Kenosha Potato Project help ensure that noncommercial potato varieties not only exist, but also thrive all over the world.

As the Kenosha Potato Project collection grows in size and depth, areas of special emphasis include:

OBTAINING RAW MATERIALS

• Tubers which have tendency to set tubers above the soil line and possibly develop higher yields if grown in bags or boxes (container gardening).

Curzio exchanges/sells both potato tubers and true potato seed (TPS) listed through Seed Savers Exchange. More information and a photo catalog are available on the

• Tubers locally well adapted that grow berries

• Potato vines which develop larger

tubers in potato growing bags

• Interesting varieties grown with the common name “potato” but may not belong to the Solanum tuberosum species

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G: HIGHLAND BURGUNDY TPS 2015-3 - nine pairs of double rounds on the same plant? Maybe not a coincidence.

H: CHARLOTTE TPS 2014 TPS 2014-2 is a progeny of CHARLOTTE a solid yellow tuber featuring red eyes, a keeper because it cooks firm like the mother plant and maintains the delicious flavor.

I: BLUE VICTOR TPS 2010 – three botanical seeds collected in 2009 seen as micro tubers in 2010.

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“open” for others to do the same.

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“Humans have been practicing plant breeding since the earliest instances of plant domestication,” says Claire Luby, Department of Horticulture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

“They selected for increased yield, improved flavor, pest resistance and more.”

CHANGES However, over time, plant breeding moved from the farm field and into the university and business setting.

Legislation passed in the U.S. and Europe has affected the sharing of seeds and germplasm.

“Sharing seed among breeders has been rapidly eroded,” said Luby. It has even affected the ability of farmers to save seeds. Far reaching intellectual property rights on seeds is a primary driver.

For example, Luby notes that patents typically prevent the use of seeds in research or for breeding new varieties of the plant for 20 years.

“The incorporation of patented traits in plant varieties has resulted in seeds that farmers cannot legally save for replanting,” says Luby. In addition, breeders cannot use this seed as parent material to develop new crop strains. The immediate result is fewer choices of seed for research. The ultimate result could be a decrease

in crop diversity.

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Small farmers are the biggest beneficiaries of OSSI’s efforts. “The independent farmer has long been the basis of food security for local communities,” says Luby. With current restrictions on seeds, these farmers are unable to plant new crops without purchasing new seed.

Environmental disasters or economic hardship can result in no crops if the farmer has no access to seeds. “[OSSI] allows the farmer to plant

again if the patented seeds are unavailable or unaffordable,” Luby explains.

“A key tool for achieving these goals,” says Luby, “is a pledge to preserve the unencumbered exchange for breeding and research purposes.”

This pledge also gives farmers the rights to save and replant seed. It is uncertain if such a pledge is legally enforceable.

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For plant breeders who wish to participate in OSSI, technology transfer offices can pose obstacles.

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INITIAL STEPS In 2014, OSSI released 37 cultivars of 14 crop species under its open source pledge. The organization plans to step up education and outreach activities

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Exciting Milestone FOR HEARTLAND FARMS, INC.

Breaks Ground on New Farm Operations, Technology & Training Center On September 25, 2015, Hancockbased Heartland Farms, Inc., the largest employer in Adams County, held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate their investment in farming for the future through the opening of their new landmark 30,000 square foot Farm Operations, Technology and Training Center, scheduled for completion in 2016.

Farms, welcomed those in attendance, including Heartland Farms employees, members of the community and county, State Rep. Scott Krug, and Senator Julie Lassa, area growers, and the members from the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) and other and Ag and business associations.

To open the ceremony, Jeremie Pavelski , President of Heartland

Pavelski gave this uplifting speech before the tour of the new building.

“It is my honor to have all of you here to learn about us, our operation, and help us celebrate this monumental undertaking.

But first, I wanted to take just a few moments to thank Dick Pavelski and Dave Knights, founders of Heartland Farms who had the vision and leadership to lead Heartland Farms to where it is today; several friends and business associates; legislators; TJ Kennedy, our Vice President of Farm Operations; my wife, Alicia, who really deserves the credit for pulling this project together; Teddy Burkowski, our Colburn Township Chairman for his continued support; Garth Klabunde for great work on projects; Ellis Construction and all the local sub-contractors who are Above: This is an architectural rendering from the Ellis Construction for the new Heartland Farms training center, scheduled for completion in Spring 2016.

Bottom: This rendering shows the planned logo shaped storm-water retention pond.

Opposite Page: Left: Jeremie Pavelski delivered a presentation to the audience prior to the actual groundbreaking ceremony. Photo by Ruth Faivre Right: The official ground breakers left to right, Heartland Farms CEO Richard Pavelski, Heartland Farms President Jeremie Pavelski, Heartland farms Cofounder Dave Knights, Heartland Farms Project Manager Alicia Pavelski, Colburn Township Chairman Ted Burkowski, Heartland Farms Vice President TJ Kennedy and Ellis Construction Senior Architect Jay Johnson. Photo by Ruth Faivre

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a part of this project; most importantly, all of our employees who make this place run, without a great group of talented and dedicated individuals coming together as one team, one family related by sweat, we wouldn’t be here today.

Without the vision of our founders or hard work of all those involved, this project and the growth of this homegrown business would not be possible.

Heartland Farms is a fifth generation family farm that traces its roots back to 1873 and my great-great grandfather, August Pavelski. Farming has also been a long-standing family history to the Knights family dating back to 1865 and they now have three generations working on the farm. These forefathers set the stage for the family members that followed to embrace hard work, dedication and commitment to our families and our employees’ families.

Heartland Farms is now the largest employer in Adams County with over 240 employees. We farm over 22,000 acres with several hundred pieces of equipment and grow enough potatoes to fill the Lambeau’s playing field to a height of 186 feet (225,000 tons annually).

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The new modern facility that we are celebrating today is only one piece of the investment we have made in our operations this year. Plans are in the works for building a 75,000 square foot grading facility, which will house innovative new technologies to help us be even more sustainable

and deliver continued value to our customers.

Additionally, we replaced an old 200,000 CWT storage facility with a new, technologically advanced 320,000 CWT storage located off-site specifically to reduce the amount of miles that need to be traveled to transport the potatoes from the field to storage. This helps reduce emissions and the amount of equipment needed during harvest.

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a unique in-floor ventilation system rather than using culverts in the bin to move air and humidity, almost like a giant air-hockey table, affording consistent temperatures and humidity to reduce shrinkage, increase quality and boost longevity of potatoes in storage.

With these accumulated projects, we will invest over $20 million in brand new long-term infrastructure to help ensure success for generations to come.

These investments help us set the pace in our region for agricultural technology and demonstrate our commitment to developing skills growth for our employees as well as providing the technologically advanced equipment they need.

We believe this is how we will successfully drive our future forward.

Those involved in the project posed for a photo (L-R): Heartland Farms Transportation Manager Josh Knights, State Rep. Scott Krug, Colburn Township Chairman Ted Burkowski, Heartland Farms Vice President TJ Kennedy, Heartland Farms Cofounder Dave Knights, Heartland Farms President Jeremie Pavelski, Heartland Farms Project Manager Alicia Pavelski, Barbara Pavelski, Senator Julie Lassa and Heartland Farms CEO Richard Pavelski. Photo by Ruth Faivre

Our new Farm Operations, Technology and Training Center will have capabilities to handle over 80 employees simultaneously for training and implementation.

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The expansion of our IT department, which only four years ago had one person in it and now has seven, will drive development of cutting edge technology in house, including apps, crop and sales software and practices to help us continue to be the ultimate environmentally-committed farm in Wisconsin.

developing best practices not only in farming, but also in fostering corporate efficiency and overall technology, all of which will secure better insight into our operations and provide communications that are more productive across our entire operation.

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Our Farm Operations Teams are similarly paving the way by employing new technologies that minimize water usage, fertilizer and crop protectant use. This holds true in our shipping and grading departments as well.

Furthering our commitment to help train and educate, Heartland Farms, Adventure 212 Fitness and the Pavelski Family recently teamed up with Pacelli Catholic Schools, formerly Stevens Point Area Catholic Schools, to help fund their new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) curriculum with us pledging $437,000 over the next three years, to help build tomorrow’s strong, sound workforce in Central Wisconsin.

Investing in future workforce and leaders of the communities in which

Left: Footings are in place for the new center. Photo by Ruth Faivre Right: Several attendees chatted with the Pavelskis, Knights and TG Kennedy after the official groundbreaking while others enjoyed a delicious buffet set up in a nearby event tent. Photo by Ruth Faivre

we live and work is a top priority for us.

Furthermore, environmental practices are a core mission of Heartland Farms. We are incorporating a 95kW solar panel system into this project, which will drastically reduce our carbon footprint and further our sustainability goals. This year, we also converted all lighting in over 70 of our storage bins to LEDs. We continuously lead the way on irrigation practices that use the least amount of water possible, while maintaining quality crops. We began retrofitting our pumping systems with variable frequency drives and are pioneering the use of nozzleby-nozzle, variable rate technology, which allows our irrigation systems to adjust automatically the rate of water flow over any area.

This occurs even over differing areas of the same field, based on soil composition, level of hydration and other factors, helping drastically

reduce water use and costs.

Agriculture in Central Wisconsin is a multi-billion dollar industry that drives tax revenue and creates thousands of jobs. As a farmer and resident of Central Wisconsin, I sincerely appreciate the efforts underway in Madison to introduce legislation that will codify regulatory best practices and certainty for our industry yet provide an environment in which we can continue to grow and contribute even further to our communities.

We need research, sound science and key legislative initiatives in order to continue our investments in sustainable technologies, which we hold dear to our core values as a company.

These on-going initiatives will set the tone for real reform, protection, and certainty for our industry to continue our growth right here rather than seeking investment opportunities outside our state and allow us the

confidence, not only as an individual company, but as an industry as a whole.

Our goal is to continue our investment in operations and the future of our livelihood: Feeding America from the heart of Wisconsin.

Hard work and the belief in producing a great product that serves our customers in an environmentally sustainable way, is our sole focus and what drives us all at Heartland Farms on a day-to-day basis.

We are thrilled you all could be here today to join us in celebrating this milestone in our company’s history.”

Alicia Pavelski, Project Manager for this undertaking and Jeremie Pavelski collaborated with the Stevens Point-based Ellis Construction Team, consisting of Vice President of Business Development Andrew Halverson and Architect Jay Johnson, to create the blueprint for the new facility.

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Issued by Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in the Clean Water Rule Authored by Russell W. Wilson Various challenges to the Clean Water Rule, issued by the EPA and the Corps of Engineers on June 29, 2015, and effective August 28, 2015, have been consolidated by the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

On October 9, the Sixth Circuit issued a stay of enforcement of the Clean

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lies at the district court level or at the court of appeals level (see Russell W. Wilson’s article “WOTUS Legal Challenges Update”). The briefing process on that issue will be completed within a matter of weeks.

In the meantime, however, a panel of the Sixth Circuit by a two-to-one vote issued a stay of enforcement of the Clean Water Rule. The Sixth Circuit determined that there is a substantial possibility that challengers to the rule may prevail for the following reasons: (a) The Clean Water Rule’s treatment of tributaries, “adjacent waters,” and waters having a “significant nexus” to “waters of the United States” may be at odds with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Rapanos v. United States, 547 U.S. 715 (2006), even assuming that Justice Kennedy’s opinion in that case represents the “best instruction permissible” on the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act (See Russell W. Wilson’s article, “Rapanos v.

United States: The Narrow View, The Broad View and the Search for the Significant Nexus to Clean Water Act Jurisdiction”). (b) The distance limitations in the Clean Water Rule may have been adopted on inadequate notice in violation of the notice provisions in the rulemaking process; and (c) The distance limitations may lack specific scientific support and thus

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may be “arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act. In issuing the stay, the Sixth Circuit voted to maintain the status quo nationally while the subject matter jurisdiction issue is pending.

Several points are of great interest in the ruling of the Sixth Circuit.

First, at this early stage in the proceedings there does not appear to be specific scientific support for the distance limitations that pertain to the case-specific determinations (See “Clean Water Rule: Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ Under the Clean Water Act”).

Second, the Sixth Circuit expressed its frustration in gleaning a clear guiding principle from the splintered Rapanos decision. In a footnote, the court stated that, “[t]here are real questions regarding the collective meaning of the [U.S. Supreme] Court’s fragmented opinions in Rapanos.”

Will Justice Kennedy’s “significant nexus” test ultimately be established as enduring rule? Will an alternative test be established?

In its October 9 ruling, the Sixth Circuit cited its prior decision in United States V. Cundiff, 555 F.3d 200 (Sixth Cir.; 2009), a post-

Rapanos wetlands enforcement action that discussed the varying interpretations of Rapanos federal courts have made.

Finally, the Sixth Circuit decision recognizes the need for careful consideration of the Clean Water Rule: “Given that the definitions of ‘navigable waters’ and ‘waters of the United States’ have been clouded by uncertainty, in spite of (or exacerbated by) a series of Supreme Court decisions over the last thirty years, we appreciate the need for the new Rule. See Rapanos, . . .; Solid Waste Agency of N. Cook Cty. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers . . .; United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes . . . (internal citations omitted). In one sense, the clarification that the new Rule strives to achieve is long overdue. We also accept that respondent agencies have conscientiously endeavored, within their technical expertise and experience, and based on reliable peer-review science, to promulgate new standards to protect water quality that conform to the Supreme Court’s guidance. Yet, the sheer breadth of the ripple effects caused by the Rule’s definitional changes counsels strongly in favor of maintaining the status quo for the time being. ”

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It should not be long before the Sixth Circuit decides whether it should decide the merits of the challenge to the Clean Water Rule in the first instance or whether it should remand the challenges to the district courts. © 2015 Ruder Ware, L.L.S.C. Accurate reproduction with acknowledgment granted.

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2015 WISCONSIN CERTIFIED SEED POTATO GROWERS DIRECTORY

WISCONSIN CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES 100 Years of Seed Growing Tradition

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PRIMARY BUSINESS PHONE NUMBERS ARE BOLD-FACED. BAGINSKI FARMS N3474 County H, Antigo, WI 54409 Office/Farm (715) 627-7753 Fax (715) 623-5412 (888) 446-7753 Toll-Free Home-Mike Baginski (715) 627-7838 Cell-Mike Baginski (715) 216-1240 mike@baginskifarms.com Email Anuschka, Elfe, Goldrush, Jelly, MegaChip, Norland (Dark Red Selection), Norland (Red Selection), Rose Finn Apple, Russet Burbank, Russet Norkotah, Russet Norkotah Sel 8, Russian Banana, Silverton, Soraya, Superior, W9962-1RY/Y

CETS LLC ASTROTUBERSTM N77W24677 Century CT, Sussex WI 53089 Office (262) 246-1799 Fax (262) 246-1762 Cell (262) 391-4705 Website: www.cetstech.com

BULA POTATO FARMS, INC. W11957 Highland Rd, Antigo, WI 54409 Office/Warehouse (715) 275-3430 Office/Warehouse Fax (715) 275-5051 Cell-Dennis (715) 216-1614 Cell-Adam (715) 216-1613 Email dennis@certifiedseedpotatoes.com A02507-2LB, Actrice, Alegria, Bannock Russet, Canela Russet, Freedom Russet, Goldrush, Molli, Norland (Dark Red Selection), Princess, Silverton, Superior, Umatilla Russet, W5955-1, Yukon Gold

EAGLE RIVER SEED FARM LLC 4334 Chain of Lakes Rd, Eagle River, WI 54521 Ron Krueger, Farm Mgr. (715) 479-8434 Eagle River Warehouse (715) 479-8434 Fax (715) 479-8792 Cell-Ron Krueger (715) 891-0832 Email rlkrueger@charter.net Accumulator (W2324-1), AF4296-3, AF4648-2, Alegria, Amarosa, Atlantic, Austrian Crescent, B2727-2, Beacon Chipper, Goldrush, Jacqueline Lee, Manistee, Merlot, MSM246-B, MSQ086-3, MSR127-2, MSS428-2, MSV301-2, MSW358-3, MSW485-2, MSW509-5, NOC349-3, Norland (Dark Red Selection), Norland (Red Selection), Purple Pelisse, Red LaSoda 10-3, Rio Colorado, Rose Finn Apple, Russet Norkotah Sel 8, Russian Banana, Silverton, Soraya, Vitelotte, W10250-1P/PW-Fing, W10251-1P/PW-Fing, W5955-1,W6609-3, W9962-1RY/Y, Wega

BUSHMAN’S RIVERSIDE RANCH, INC. N8151 Bushman Road, Crivitz, WI 54114 Farm (Crivitz, WI) (715) 757-2160 Fax (715) 757-2243 Jeff (715) 927-4015 Jon (715) 454-6201 Email jssuchon@gmail.com Silverton

FLEISCHMAN, DAVID FARMS N2568 Cty Hwy HH, Antigo, WI 54409 Office (715) 623-6353 Fax (715) 627-0183 Goldrush, Norland (Dark Red Selection), Norland (Red Selection), Oneida Gold (W6703-1Y), Russet Norkotah, Superior

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FRITO-LAY, INC. 4295 Tenderfoot Rd, Rhinelander, WI 54501 Kyle Hibbard (715) 365-1622 Fax (715) 365-1620 Email kyle.hubbard@fritolay.com Frito Lay Varieties GALLENBERG FARM, DARWIN & DAVID W8636 County B, Bryant, WI 54418 (715) 623-6586 Office Adirondack Blue, Adirondack Red, Adirondack Red, Austrian Crescent, Kennebec, Norland (Dark Red Selection), Red Pontiac, Russet Sebago GALLENBERG FARMS, INC. W7932 Edison Rd, Bryant, WI 54418 (715) 623-7018 Farm Fax (715) 627-2043 Roy Gallenberg (715) 627-2906 John Gallenberg (715) 623-2295 Email rgallenberg@hotmail.com Goldrush, MegaChip, Norland (Dark Red Selection), Oneida Gold (W6703-1Y), Red Endeavor (W6002-1R), Superior, W8405-1R GUENTHNER FARMS, INC. N4653 Chillie Rd, Antigo, WI 54409 Farm (715) 627-7683 (715) 627-0507 Fax Dwayne Guenthner (715) 627-0403 (715) 627-2792 Bill Guenthner Tom Schmidt (715) 216-1953 Goldrush, Langlade, Reba, Red LaSoda 10-3, Teton Russet (A008-ITE) GUENTHNER POTATO CO., INC. PO Box 320, Antigo, WI 54409 Office/Warehouse (715) 623-7877 Fax (715) 623-7127 Robert Guenthner (715) 623-7877 Email rhodagpci@gmail.com

HAFNER SEED FARMS, INC. W8243 County B, Bryant, WI 54418 Office/Warehouse (715) 623-6829 Fax (715) 623-4203 David Hafner (715) 623-6902 (715) 623-6829 John Hafner Atlantic, Goldrush, Lamoka, Pinnacle (W5015-12), Russet Norkotah, Silverton, Snowden, Superior HARTMAN FARMS, INC. N2846 County HH, Antigo, WI 54409 (715) 623-7083 Home-Michael Hartman Cell-Michael Hartman (715) 219-1802 Todd Hartman (715) 610-6477 John Hartman (715) 216-2059 Goldrush, Norland (Dark Red Selection), Norland (Red Selection), Oneida Gold (W6703-1Y), Red Endeavor (W6002-1R), Russet Norkotah, Superior KAKES FARMS, LTD. W8539 Kakes Rd., Bryant, WI 54418 Farm (715) 623-6348 Fax (715) 623-4614 Dan Kakes (715) 623-7268 Cell-Dan Kakes (715) 216-6348 Atlantic, Goldrush, Snowden MACH’S SUNNY ACRES, INC. 3236 County HH, Antigo, WI 54409 Office/Warehouse (715) 623-5882 Fax (715) 623-5882 Ronald Mach (715) 623-6855 Kenneth Mach (715) 627-4187 Email

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MATTEK, J. W. & SONS, INC. N5798 Star Neva Rd, Deerbrook, WI 54424 Farm/Office (715) 623-6963 Fax (715) 627-7245 Jim Mattek (715) 623-7391 John Mattek (715) 623-6864 Joe Mattek (715) 623-3156 (715) 216-0599 Cell Email jwmattek@gmail.com Accumulator (W2324-1), Atlantic, Beacon Chipper, Lamoka, MegaChip, Mercury Russet, Pike, Pinnacle (W5015-12), Russet Norkotah, Russet Norkotah Sel 8, Silverton, Snowden NORTHERN SAND FARMS 11263 Cty Hwy M, Crandon, WI 54520 David Bula (715) 478-3349 (715) 478-3437 Ed Bula Lamoka, Nicolet (W2133-1), Pinnacle (W501512), Snowden, Tundra (W2310-3), Umatilla Russet, W5955-1, W6609-3, White Pearl RINE RIDGE FARMS, INC. W8132 County O, Bryant, WI 54418 Farm/Office (715) 627-4819 Toll-Free (888) 853-5690 Fax (715) 627-4810 Ken Rine (715) 623-6791 Cell-Ken’s (715) 216-0760 Dan’s Cell (715) 216-0765 Email rinerdg@yahoo.com Lamoka, Marcy, MegaChip, Pike, W5955-1, W6609-3 SCHROEDER BROS. FARMS, INC./SCHROEDER FARMS, LTD. N1435 County D, Antigo, WI 54409 Office/Farm (715) 623-2689 Fax (715) 627-4857 Warehouse, Schr. Farms, Ltd. (715) 627-7022 John T. Schroeder (715) 623-5735 Pete Schroeder (715) 627-4069 Robert Schroeder (715) 623-3113 Eric Schroeder Cell (715) 216-0186 Farm Email farm@sbfi.biz John T Email johnt@sbfi.biz Eric Email eric@sbfi.biz Atlantic, Goldrush, Jelly, Lamoka, MegaChip, Norland (Dark Red Selection), Norland (Red Selection), Pike, Red Endeavor (W6002-1R), Russet Burbank, Russet Norkotah Sel 8, Russet Norkotah TX296, Silverton, Snowden, Superior SEIDL FARMS, INC. N5677 Chillie Rd, Deerbrook, WI 54424 Farm/Office (715) 623-6236 Fax (715) 623-4377 Art Seidl (715) 623-6236 42 BC�T November

Frank Seidl (715) 484-2052 Jeff Fassbender (715) 216-4433 Atlantic, Goldrush, Norland (Red Selection), Russet Norkotah, Snowden SOWINSKI FARMS, INC.-CERTIFIED SEED 4698 Tenderfoot Road, Rhinelander, WI 54501 Paul Sowinski (715) 272-1192 John Hein, Seed Mgr. (715) 369-3225 Farm/Office (715) 369-3225 Fax (715) 369-3226 Email sfiseedfarm@gmail.com Atlantic, Lamoka, Nicolet (W2133-1), Pinnacle (W501512), Snowden, W5955-1, Waneta (NY-138) SUNNYDALE FARMS, INC. W9751 County I, Bryant, WI 54418 Farm (715) 627-7401 Fax (715) 627-4114 Cell-Mike Shafel (715) 216-4531 Cell-James Shafel (715) 216-4532 Email sunnydaleseed@yahoo.com Atlantic, Norland (Dark Red Selection), Norland (Red Selection), Oneida Gold (W6703-1Y), Red Endeavor (W6002-1R), Snowden, Superior VERMONT VALLEY COMMUNITY FARM LLC Organic Seed Potatoes 4628 Cty Hwy FF, Blue Mounds, WI 53517 David or Jesse Perkins (608) 212-7816 Email potato@vermontvalley.com Website www.organicpotatoseed.com Adirondack Red, All Blue, Carola, French Fingerling, German Butterball, Goldrush, Magic Molly, Norland (Dark Red Selection), Oneida Gold (W6703-1Y), Peter Wilcox, Red Endeavor (W6002-1R), Red Gold, Red Maria, Superior, Yukon Gold WILD SEED FARMS, INC. W9797 Cherry Rd, Antigo, WI 54409 Warehouse/Office (715) 623-3366 Fax (715) 623-5245 Cell-Tom Wild (715) 216-1223 Cell-Dan Wild (715) 216-1225 wildseed@antigopro.net Email Atlantic, Lamoka, Red LaSoda 10-3, Snowden, Superior WIRZ, INC. N3581 Wirz Lane, Antigo, WI 54409 Donald Wirz (715) 627-7739 Toll-Free (888) 257-7739 (715) 627-4523 Fax Cell (715) 216-4035 Shop (715) 627-2860 Email wirzinc@yahoo.com Website www.wirzinc.com Atlantic, Lamoka, MegaChip, Pike, Snowden

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Seed Piece

Remarkable Yields, Quality & Seed Size

By Alex Crockford, Program Director, Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Agency

Wisconsin’s 2015 seed potato crop measured 8,932 acres in certification in 2015, up from 8,648 in 2014 and 8,297 in 2013.

Favorable planting conditions were followed by adequate and timely rainfall for the majority of the growing season.

Tuber sets were very good on most varieties providing a nice seed size profile, type and yields.

Summer inspections reflected low virus incidence in the seed crop.

Harvest began after Labor Day and the conditions during harvest made for excellent quality going into storage and a short harvest season.

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WPIB Focus Wisconsin Potato Assessment Collections: Two-Year Comparison Month

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$35,049.99

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1,679,466.61

553,089.04

813,734.14

3,046,289.79

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$100,717.55

$33,240.32

$48,851.85

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Industry Award Recipients Recognized The official Closing ceremonies of the 9th World Potato Congress at Yanqing, Beijing, China, were highlighted by presentation of the triennial Industry Awards. The awards recognize outstanding personal contribution and leadership, related to development and progress of the global potato industry.

The awards were presented by World Potato Congress Inc. President and CEO, David Thompson, and Awards Committee Interim Chair, WPC VicePresident John MacQuarrie. Five individuals were presented with symbolic plaques to commemorate the occasion.

The 2015 award recipients are Dr.

Kevin Clayton-Green, Tasmania, Australia; Dr. Neil C. Gudmestad, USA; Kees van Arendonk, The Netherlands; Albert T. Wada, USA and Dr. Yili Chen, China.

DR. KEVIN CLAYTON-GREEN Following receipt of his PHD from Melbourne University in 1982, Kevin played a leading role in the developing blueberry industry and served as a Chairman of the Australian Blueberry Council. In 1993, he joined a leading Tasmanian fresh vegetable exporter, Harvest Moon, where he played a major role introducing and developing new potato varieties for the Australian industry.

He was also responsible for introducing the major processing variety for McCain Foods. Kevin continues to improve the Australian potato and horticulture industry. He initiated a Tasmanian seed potato group to address and represent Tasmania’s industry and biosecurity matters.

Most recently, he helped formulate future R&D programs to benefit the industry.

DR. NEIL C. GUDMESTAD Dr. Neil C. Gudmestad obtained a Ph.D. in plant pathology in 1982 and joined the Department of Plant Pathology at North Dakota State University in 1985. Neil’s 30-year research career at NDSU focused on pathogen biology and diversity and on potato disease management.

The diseases he studies affect the potato plant from seed tuber to storage. All of his efforts are aimed at solving real-world problems facing the potato industry. This "one foot in

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Dr. Kevin Clayton-Green

the furrow" philosophy guided Neil’s research throughout his career and helped him find solutions to practical problems.

In January 2015, he was named the Neil C. Gudmestad Endowed Chair of Potato Pathology, which is the first fully endowed faculty position at NDSU and the first time a position was named in honor of a current faculty.

KEES VAN ARENDONK Upon graduation from the Agricultural University in Dronten and the University of Nyenrode, Kees began his career in 1973 with potato cooperative Agrico.

In 1986, he became general sales manager for seed potatoes and in 1989, he was promoted to Commercial Director. However, most people know him as CEO of the Cooperative Agrico Group. Under his leadership Agrico became one of the key players in the international potato world, especially in new seed potato varieties.

In 1999, Kees oversaw the merging of the Dutch potato organizations into what is now the trade association NAO. He was subsequently elected president of the (NAO). Since 2009, he served as the president of the European Potato Trade Association (Europatat).

ALBERT T. WADA Albert T. Wada is Chairman of Wada Farms Inc., an agricultural enterprise

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in Idaho growing fresh and process potatoes, seed and commercial wheat, corn, alfalfa and malt barley on approximately 30,000 irrigated acres. Wada Farms includes a trucking company, potato packing plant, and a potato/sweet potato/ onion marketing company.

As Secretary General of the China Potato Association, he successfully organized 15 China Potato Congresses since 1999. In order to invigorate the potato industry, he participated in drafting regulations and standards and served as a consultant for several potato companies. He also ran a number of training courses for potato farmers related to potato production.

Albert helped educate the industry on supply, demand and price as founding Chairman of United Potato Growers of Idaho and United Potato Growers of America. He helped lead the United Potato Growers of Idaho cooperative members into ownership of a dehydrated potato processing company, Idahoan Foods.

He received wide recognition for his efforts including Potato Man of the Year, and Top 25 Produce Leaders from The Packer, Idaho Potato Grower of the Year, Idaho Governor's Award for Marketing Innovation and induction into the Idaho Potato Expo Hall of Fame.

Albert T. Wada

He served as the Chinese Potato Journal’s Editor-in-Chief for over 20 years and published more than 30 books.

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Now News Global Ag Productivity Stagnates For the second year in a row, the rate of global agricultural productivity growth continues to stagnate, says a report by the Global Harvest Initiative (GHI) released today.

GHI’s sixth annual Global Agricultural Productivity Report® (2015 GAP Report®): Building Sustainable Breadbaskets warns that unless this trend is reversed, the world may not be able to sustainably provide the food, feed, fiber and biofuels needed for a booming global population.

Global agricultural productivity must increase by 1.75 percent annually in order to meet the demands of an estimated 9.7 billion people in 2050.

According to GHI’s annual assessment of productivity growth – the GAP

Index™ – the current rate of growth is only 1.72 percent.

The rate of annual productivity

growth in low-income countries is much lower, only 1.5 percent. At this rate, fifteen years from now (2030) sub-Saharan Africa will only be able to meet 14 percent of its food demand, driving up food prices for poor households and requiring significant imports, food assistance, and opening up environmentally sensitive land for agricultural production.

Productivity growth in the United States is also stagnating, from its historical average of 1.5 to 2 percent (1960 to 2000) to less than one percent (2001-2010), generating concerns about the long-term potential for sustainable agricultural and economic growth.

Agriculture is a key driver of the U.S. economy, providing $2 trillion in revenue annually and employing 19 million people. U.S. consumers spend just 6 percent of their disposable income on food – the lowest rate in the industrialized world.

The GAP Report® highlights the powerful legacy of the United States’ agriculture and conservation system.

It also urges continued commitment

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and investment in order to generate innovations that produce more food, feed, fiber and biofuel while simultaneously conserving soil, water and other precious natural resources.

The report also shines a spotlight on Zambia, a country that is diversifying its agricultural production systems and building its capacity to become a regional breadbasket in southern Africa.

“Raising global agricultural productivity requires long-term investments in the research and development of sciencebased agricultural technologies, agricultural extension services and education for farmers around the world, efficient transportation and telecommunications infrastructures, and support for the next generation of farmers,” said Dr. Margaret Zeigler, Executive Director of GHI.

She continued, “We also need agreements for better facilitation of global and regional trade and we must prioritize agriculture technologies and practices that help mitigate climate change and conserve natural resources.”

“By combining precision agriculture with advances in seed, fertilizer and bio-agriculture technologies, we are able to “farm smart”, meaning farmers can produce more while also conserving and protecting soils, water, and the natural resource base” said Cory Reed, Vice President of John Deere’s Intelligent Solutions Group and Chair of the GHI Board of Directors.

GHI presented the GAP Report’s findings before an audience of farmers and global leaders in science, research, policy and private agriculture industry attending the

World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa.

Panelists discussed how to cultivate resilient food and agriculture systems in the United States and Zambia, and how the right policies and public-private partnerships advance resilience and help manage risk.

Dr. Margaret Zeigler, Executive Director of GHI, was joined by Colin Bletsky, Vice President of BioAg, Novozymes; Cory Reed, Vice President of the Intelligent Solutions Group, John Deere; Dr. Keith Fuglie, Economist, USDA Economic Research Service; Ruth Ann Myers, National Vice President, Future Farmers of America (FFA); and Dr. Phyllis Muturi, Makerere University, Uganda and Embu University College, Kenya (AWARD Scholar, Iowa State). continued on pg.52

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Frontier-Servco FS Becomes Insight FS Serving WI & MI Customers While the name — Insight FS — may be new, the products and service that patrons have relied on for years from Frontier-Servco FS, remain the same.

“The new name supports the mission and vision statements of the company. The board of directors and management staff are committed to providing high-quality products and services to meet our customers’ needs today and in the future,” said Insight FS Retail Division Manager Brian Koenig. “FS has a strong history in Wisconsin agribusiness, and we continue to invest in the future. The new name is forward-looking and we are excited about the future of the cooperative.”

Insight FS was chosen from more than 300 suggestions submitted by employees. The name represents the value, knowledge and expertise across the company’s five departments – agronomy, energy, feed, grain and turf and supports the cooperative’s mission and vision statement.

“Our mission is to enhance our patrons’ and cooperative’s longterm profitability. This is what our employees come to work to do each and every day,” Koenig said.

“We don’t just supply products and services. We provide our patrons with solutions to meet their business needs. Whether it is recommending Dieselex Gold to improve the

operating efficiency of equipment or recommending variable rate technology for a farmer’s field, at Insight FS we are committed to providing solutions that ensure long-term profitability.”

The new name and logo are already in use. Plans call for facility and service vehicle identification to be updated with the Insight FS logo by Dec. 31.

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Syngenta Ag Connections Acquisition Enhances Whole Farm Management After a 14-year relationship, Syngenta, www.syngentaus.com, is making Ag Connections, www.agconnections.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of their company in order to accelerate growth of digital solutions and enhance whole farm management.

Ag Connections provides farm management software solutions and works extensively with Syngenta on its AgriEdge Excelsior program, which integrates products, services, risk management and technology for growers.

The collaboration between Syngenta and Ag Connections remains focused on providing growers better tools within their farming operations to empower confident decision-making.

The acquisition brings both organizations closer together and enables accelerated innovation.

Ag Connections' operations will continue in Kentucky with no job loss resulting from this transaction. Ag Connections' employees and systems remain separate from Syngenta. Most importantly, both the Ag Connections Privacy Pledge and the Syngenta Privacy Pledge remain intact, ensuring growers must authorize use of their data.

Pete Clark, co-owner and president of Ag Connections, said becoming a separate subsidiary of Syngenta simply means more support for driving the growth and innovation required to deliver on grower needs.

"Ag Connections has built its reputation around protecting grower data," Clark said. "We know Syngenta shares that principle and the policies we follow to be certain growers maintain control of their data. Our priority is to ensure growers have the information they need to make the best decisions possible for their farms."

Both Syngenta and Ag Connections signed and support the Agriculture Technology Providers’ Privacy and Security Principles for Farm Data, www.fb.org/tmp/uploads/ PrivacyAndSecurityPrinciples ForFarmData.pdf, of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

This stronger link will enable more agility and speed in management and direct access to resources needed to scale up and meet grower needs.

"The past 14 years speak for themselves in terms of the level of commitment both Syngenta and Ag Connections have to meeting growers' needs and providing them with tools for success," said Dan Burdett, head of customer marketing at Syngenta. "We have a 96 percent grower retention rate with AgriEdge Excelsior. Now we are in an even better position to strengthen our digital agriculture offerings and serve more growers' needs in an increasingly complex and competitive area of agriculture."

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Legislative Visits To Area Farms An important part of agricultural advocacy includes reaching out to our elected officials and exposing them to our industry.

Farm tours provide one of the most effective methods of communication between your farming operations or company and its government and community leaders.

In an era of quality communications trumping quantity, face-to-face communications with legislators produce particularly effective advocacy. Farm tours/site visits are a very good vehicle to provide mutual benefit and generate real learning.

A visit to a farm will give your senators, congressional representatives, state legislators,

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Farm tours present you and other staff with a chance to get to know legislators, put a face and name behind your business and pass along a first-hand description of the farm's progress and problems.

Recently, two area farms had upclose and personal face time with area legislator, Congressman Sean Duffy when Nick and Dianne Somers of Plover River Farms, Stevens Point, served as hosts for a potato industry tour for Congressman Duffy on October 5.

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Congressman Sean Duffy recently visited the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Storage Research Facility at Hancock on a potato industry tour with industry members (L-R): Tamas Houlihan, Louis Wysocki, Nick Somers, Sean Duffy, Dianne Somers and Jim Wysocki.

& Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA); Louis and Jim Wysocki, RPE, Inc., Bancroft and Nick and Dianne Somers, Plover River Farms, Stevens Point He also toured Paramount Farms with owner, Bob Berard and General

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If you are interested in having a legislator tour your farms, careful planning well in advance of the desired visit, for a visit by a legislator, as with any important visitor, will maximize your results.

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“Through this initiative, John Deere expands its products and services for precision agriculture,” said John May, President, Agricultural Solutions and Chief Information Officer at Deere. “DN2K is uniquely positioned to help advisers and consultants use information from multiple sources to better serve growers.”

DN2K, Greenwood Village, CO, developed the MyAgCentral platform to help agriculture advisers collect, organize, and analyze machine-to -machine information and use it along with insights from other resources to help improve decision-making.

Deere & Company is the world’s largest manufacturer of agricultural equipment and a leader in precision agriculture.

“The agriculture industry has significant opportunities to increase

productivity by understanding and leveraging the operational intelligence that is already available,” said Susan Lambert, President and CEO of DN2K. “Creating SageInsights allows us to serve a broader range of the agricultural community.”

The two companies will integrate DN2K’s MyAgCentral with the John Deere Operations Center utilizing the available Deere API. This connection will make the data management tools of both platforms available to producers and their trusted advisers and enhance their capability

to make business decisions with expanded knowledge of crucial information.

“John Deere customers are faced with the challenge of feeding an increasing world population,” said May. “This joint venture aligns with our efforts to connect people, equipment, technology and insights to help farmers meet that challenge.”

The creation of SageInsights, he added, allows for a nimble response to market needs and a continuation of DN2K’s innovative spirit in developing customer solutions.

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AGCO Unveils Limited-Edition Black Challenger® Tractor Challenger®, a worldwide brand of AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO), recently unveiled their new X-Edition Challenger MT700E/MT800E Series track tractor with a stunning midnightblack paint scheme in a limited edition of only 50 X tractors; “The X-Edition track tractor stands apart from any tractor you have ever seen with unique features, such as a custom, midnight-black finish,” stated Ash Alt, AGCO tactical marketing manager for high-horsepower tractors. “But we didn’t stop there.

The X-Edition has an unique logo, exclusive limited-edition serial number plate, custom Rigid Industries LED Lighting® package, deluxe embroidered heated-and-vented leather seats, specialized diamond plate debris deflectors, and diamond plate floor mats. ”

In addition to its custom attributes, the X-Edition tractor also has the enhanced features of the 2016 Challenger models, including a deluxe cab, premium Kicker® sound system, Delphi radio with Bluetooth and integrated microphone, infotainment hookups, adjustable monitor bar with RAM mounts® with power strip and AgCommand® Standard Plus.

The X-Edition Challenger is available for United States and Canadian residents to pre-order through dealers on a first-come, first-served basis until Dec. 31, 2015.

Follow the X-Edition on the Challenger website, www.challenger-ag.us to get updates on where and when the X-Edition will be on display to see it first-hand.

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Preventing the Spread of Airborne Disease in Storage Potatoes are usually stored for months after harvest, where they are susceptible to the spread of airborne diseases like Silver Scurf, Black Dot, Dry Rot, Soft Rot, and others.

IHT’s patented Model 1225 and Model 1835 HumigatorsTM prevent these diseases from spreading through the air by cleaning both mold spores and bacteria from the storage atmosphere. These machines also efficiently humidify the air to over 95% RH without wetting the floors and walls. These breakthrough products have been sold in other regions for over three years, and are now available in the northern

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Testing conducted in Washington State in early 2015 showed greater than 80% removal of Silver Scurf spores in each pass, and the Humigators circulate the storage air at least once per hour, so virtually pathogen free air is quickly achieved and constantly maintained through the year. Here’s a quote from an Idaho grower: “Three years ago my biggest potato storage problems were silver scurf and black dot disease.

With IHT Humigators now installed in every cellar, I no longer have problems with either disease. My cellars are clean and odor free. These

machines have been very reliable and they paid for themselves in the first year of use.”

With installations in five states, Canada, and soon to be in the United Kingdom, IHT is now proud to offer Humigator products with expert installation and support in the northern Midwest region. For more information, visit the IHT website: www.humigation.com, or contact IHT’s northern Midwest distributer, Ron’s Refrigeration: visit www. ronsrefrigeration.com or call Eugene Mancl at 715-421-1525. t

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RPE Launches New Potato Varieties RPE Inc., Bancroft, WI, will introduce six new varieties of potatoes this fall. With four additions to RPE’s core commodity brand, Old Oak Farms® and two additions to their line of Tasteful Selections® specialty potatoes, these new varieties will be transforming meals with unique appearances and robust flavors.

Old Oak Farms’ new varieties include Honeysuckle Gold Vales Sovereign, Masquerade, Autumn Trail Gold and Midnight Moon. From a simple side to a culinary center-stage, these limited edition specialty potatoes from Old Oak Farms are the foundation for your favorite meals.

These varieties will be offered in 3-pound poly bags, mesh bags and 50-pound cartons.

“RPE’s constant drive to innovate the potato category has led to these colorful potatoes with extraordinary flavors,” said Russell Wysocki president and CEO of RPE and coowner of Tasteful Selections. “Our Old Oak Farms’ Honeysuckle Gold potatoes Vales Sovereign were voted “Variety of the Year” in Britain and we are confident it will be a winner with our consumers too.”

The Tasteful Selections additions include Blushing Violet and Radiant Ruby. These thin skinned, bite-sized potatoes are the perfect addition to any plate. The simply amazing additions to the Tasteful Selections line are offered in 24-ounce, 28-ounce, 40-ounce and 2-pound mesh bags.

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Senninger Irrigation, Inc., a global leader in agricultural irrigation manufacturing, announces the release of the Quick Connect Coupling, a lightweight connector that easily joins small diameter PVC pipes.

The Quick Connect Coupling lets growers build the solid system of their choice and transport it wherever they need it. All it takes is a twist to connect and disconnect the tubing.

The coupling connects small diameter pipes together to create easily collapsible lateral lines, making it ideal for high rotation crops that require growers to remove the irrigation system every few months as they prepare the soil. It was designed to reduce the material costs of an entire irrigation system while making management easier for growers.

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NPC News Nominations Open for Potato Industry Awards Don’t miss out on the chance to recognize and honor a well-deserving member of the potato grower community by nominating them for Potato Man of the Year or Potato Man for All Seasons.

These industry awards are sponsored

by The Packer magazine in conjunction with the National Potato Council (NPC) and the recipients will be announced at the 2016 NPC Annual Meeting award banquet, Jan. 14, 2016, in Las Vegas.

The Potato Man of the Year recognizes an individual who has gone above and beyond the call

of duty during 2015 to further the potato industry.

Previous award winners have devoted a significant amount of time promoting the virtues of potatoes to consumers and representing the industry on trade missions and in front of regulatory agencies.

The Potato Man for All Seasons is a lifetime achievement award that recognizes individuals who over the course of their career in the potato industry have given generously their time and energy to improve the wellbeing of the potato industry.

You can download a nomination form here: www.thepacker. com/sites/produce/files/8-15_ PotatoManNomin.pdf.

You may use two additional sheets of paper to describe why your nominee is deserving.

The deadline to submit nominations is December 1, 2015. Email nomination forms to Tom Karst, National Editor of The Packer at tkarst@thepacker.com, or mail the completed forms to Tom Karst at The Packer, 10901 West 84th Terrace, Suite 300, Lenexa, KS 66214.

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Potato Board News National Fry Processing Trials Hosted in East Grand Forks

By Ryan Krabill, USPB

On October 15, more than 20 stakeholder representatives converged on USDA's Agricultural Research Service's facility in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, to observe and rate 56 potato clones grown in six states across the country in 2015.

The event was hosted by NPPGA and USDA/ARS and sponsored by USPB. This unique gathering provided the opportunity for collaborators within the fry sector-including breeders, processors, growers and state associations-to observe, compare and rank potato varieties grown in the National Fry Processing Trials (NFPT).

The most promising clones will undergo additional testing and analysis in future years. Varieties in the NFPT program on display were grown in Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Idaho and Washington.

Paul Bethke from University of Wisconsin also assists with rating samples. Photo by Ted Kreis- NPPGA

The NFPT program, now in its fourth year, was originally intended to mitigate the formation of acrylamide during processing.

Peripheral benefits of the collaborative program have triggered a discussion between stakeholders about the future goals of the program and its role in future variety development efforts in the fry sector.

The NFPT is funded by JR Simplot,

ConAgra Foods Lamb-Weston, Cavendish Farms, McCain Foods, NPPGA, the Oregon Potato Commission, the Idaho Potato Commission, the Washington State Potato Commission, the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association, the Maine Potato Board, and the USPB. Additional federal funding from USDA's Specialty Crop Research Initiative also makes the NFPT program possible.

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NDSU Potato Breeder Susie Thompson (right) is pictured rating samples at the USDA-ARS Research Facility. Photo by Ted Kreis- NPPGA

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People Obituary for Avis M. Wysocki Avis Marie Wysocki, age 80, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 surrounded by her husband, children and grandchildren.

Avis was born on May 2, 1935 in the Town of Sharon in Portage County to Martin John and Lucy Ellen (Simonis) Steffanus. She graduated in 1953 from St Joseph’s Academy in Stevens Point, attended nursing school at Mercy Hospital in Oshkosh and received her Registered Nurse degree in 1956. She worked as a surgical nurse at Saint Michael’s Hospital in Stevens Point.

She was united in marriage to her childhood sweetheart, Louis E. Wysocki, July 27, 1957 at St. Martin’s Church in Ellis, WI. The Steffanus and Wysocki families were among the

founding members of St. Martin's Parish in 1876.

Avis was a member of Sacred Heart Church in Polonia, WI. She was active in the Rosary Society and worked the Bingo tent at the church picnic. She helped develop and establish the CCD program for public school children.

Avis was a founding member of the Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary and was the Vice President of the first Auxiliary board of directors.

She won the Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary Award in 1988 and received the National Potato Council President's Award in 2007.

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Avis was a loving mother and homemaker who is survived by her husband, Louis, and their children, Jacquie (Kirk) Wille, Custer; Gary (Elizabeth) Wysocki, Bancroft; Jim (Sharon) Wysocki, Custer; Terri (Jeff) Soderberg, Mosinee and Russell (Diane) Wysocki, Custer.

Grandchildren include Emily Wille (John Bustamante), Peter Wille, Nicola (John) Carey; Lucas (Becky) Wysocki, Anna (Brett) Hausler, Carolyn “Rosie” Wysocki; Katie (David) Frankowski, Chrissy (Ben) DeLong, Allison Wysocki, Marc Wysocki, Ryan Wysocki; Sam (fiancée Sara Nagel) Soderberg, Max and Eric Soderberg; Heidi (Kevin) Schleicher, Heather (Isaac) Groshek, Erin Wysocki; four great grandchildren and another due in February.

She is further survived by her sister, Betty (John) Speth, brothers and sisters-in-law and their children.

She was Godmother to Andy Speth, Marina Knapp, Sharon Roberts, Randy Hudziak, Lynn North, Martin Skibba, Niles Rogers, Paul Sanderfoot and Dana (Lowell) Bostrom.

Avis was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Charles and Wilfred Steffanus and sisters Jeanne Rogers, Melanie Hielsberg and Rose Skibba.

Visitation for Avis was held Thursday, October 29 at the Pisarski Funeral Home, 703 2nd St in Stevens Point with praying of the Rosary, led by the Sacred Heart Rosary Society conducted at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial was held at Sacred Heart Church in Polonia on Friday, October 30, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. with visitation from preceding the Mass.

In lieu of flowers, Avis had asked that memorial donations be made to the St. Martin's Church Maintenance fund.

Online donations can be made at the Community Foundation of Central WI at www.cfcwi.org or sent to the family. continued on pg.66

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Lochner is a native of Sauk City. He has worked on business plans and credit needs across all types of Wisconsin farms and businesses.

Most recently, Lochner was agronomy manager for Greenville Cooperative in the Appleton area. “I joined the Farm Center team because I want to help continue their work of assisting Wisconsin farmers become more successful,” said Lochner.

The Wisconsin Farm Center is a bureau within the Division of Agricultural Development at the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

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Marketplace Baked Potatoes & Fries

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By Dana Rady, WPVGA Director of Promotions and Consumer Education

Whether it was to run in the Spud Bowl, enjoy free food, play games or go through the Wisconsin Spudmobile, the crowd at the 2015 Spud Bowl was a record breaker!

Hungry attendees to both the Spud Run and Spud Bowl visited the WPVGA tent for over 600 free baked potatoes donated by Hamerski Farms (generously wrapped by Paragon Farms) and 1,200 free servings of French fries courtesy of McCain Foods USA, Inc. as they cheered on the Pointers and visited the Wisconsin Spudmobile, parked nearby.

Kids line up at the 2015 Spud Bowl in Stevens Point on September 19 and work on their aim by trying to sink Powered by Wisconsin potato footballs through the hole.

WPVGA volunteers in the tent ran out of potatoes and fries by halftime rather than the third quarter as has been the case in previous years.

Updated digital technology on various interior exhibits and games in the Spudmobile captured the attention of all ages. Younger kids participated in outside games handmade by Wayne Solinsky of Jay-Mar, Inc., a Spud Bowl Planning Committee member.

The Pointers won the Spud Bowl against the COE College Kohawks, Cedar Rapids, IA, defending their home turf in a 34-31 win. Since the Pointers shared the spotlight with the annual Pink Game, reaping the benefits of a near-capacity crowd.

WPVGA’s Associate Division Board contributed $1,000 to this year's Spud Bowl and WPVGA provided additional funds as well. WPVGA also made a $1,000 donation toward cancer research at the Spud Bowl/ Pink Game. continued on pg. 68

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Marketplace. . . continued from pg. 67

Above: WPVGA Coordinator of Community Relations Jim Zdroik explains the Potato Variety and Recipe exhibit to Spudmobile visitors at the 2015 Spud Bowl.

Above: WPVGA Executive Director Tamas Houlihan hands out prizes for the daring souls with steady hands who lined up to win the tossing games provided at the 2015 Spud Bowl.

Right: Learning about the Field to Fork process is fun inside the Spudmobile, especially when games are involved! It is hard pulling these students away from them at the 2015 Spud Bowl.

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With kickoff at 7:30pm, the Spudmobile was welcoming visitors throughout the afternoon and attracting quite a crowd with free samples of Greek Potato Salad, prepared by Rockman’s Catering in Stevens Point. Parked right across from Lambeau Field near the Veterans Memorial Monument, the location was ideal for bringing in consumers as they headed to the game where the Packers would eventually win 27-17.

Here are a few snapshots of the fun before the game! continued on pg. 70

Even Seattle Seahawk fans were welcome in the Spudmobile! WPVGA Coordinator of Community Relations Jim Zdroik (far right) joins Michelle Peariso (formerly Michelle Pavelski) in showing off Wisconsin’s traveling billboard at the Packer game in Green Bay on September 20.

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The Kwik Lok tags are a smaller PFM size and therefore, convenient for anyone with Kwik Lok tag application equipment. They contain the “Good for you, Good for the environment” Healthy Grown logo as well as a link to more information on WPVGA’s trade website: http://wisconsinpotatoes. com/healthy-grown. A great solution for retail stores who do not want to add another SKU, they easily help consumers recognize the quality Wisconsin product they are purchasing.

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Ali's Kitchen Column & Photos by Ali Carter, WPGA Member

The holidays are nearly upon us and this recipe is quite simple yet 'fancy' enough that you will be proud to serve it to your guests as you gather for a meal. These special little baked potatoes are deliciously crispy on the outside, tender and creamy inside.

Today, I chose to use some large reds and a couple russets simply because I enjoy the different textures of these two varieties in this dish.

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Hasselback Potato Bake INGREDIENTS: 8 medium potatoes 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons butter 3 teaspoons fresh oregano 3 cloves garlic, sliced thinly Salt and pepper to taste

In addition, it is what I had available in the kitchen. You can certainly use whatever potato you prefer and this pretty dish will turn out fabulously.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wash and dry potatoes. Leave the peel on the potatoes and slice thinly. continued on pg. 74

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I do not like my potatoes to look too uniform so I chose to add slices of the russets in between slices of red potato.

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