Tag: organic potato
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Posted on January 18, 2016
Evaluating Variety Trials: A Virtual Walk-through the Potato Fields
By Erin Schneider, Hilltop Community Farm and Dr. Ruth Genger, UW Madison Department of Plant Pathology Admittedly, I have a bit of winter amnesia when […]
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Posted on November 25, 2015
Gleanings from the Potato Fields – A Summary of Highlights from the 2015 Potato Variety Trials
Part 1 in a 3 part series of reflections from Grower Participants with the Organic Potato Variety Trials by Erin Schneider, Hilltop Community Farm & […]
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Posted on July 15, 2015
Late blight: forecasting and managing the “plant infesting destroyer”
By Erin Schneider, Hilltop Community Farm with Drs. Amanda Gevens and Ruth Genger, UW Plant Pathology Department “What’s the weather like?” I asked Rob, my […]
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Posted on June 17, 2015
Onward, with Mulch! Effects of Straw Mulch in Organic Potato Production
By Erin Schneider, Hilltop Community Farm, La Valle, WI With Ruth Genger, UW-Madison I am in the fields, prepping the soil in anticipation of peppers […]
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Posted on March 2, 2015
Organic Farming Conference 2015 – recap
The MOSES Organic Farming Conference was, once again, inspiring! It was wonderful to hear from so many experienced and insightful presenters, to catch up with […]
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Posted on February 23, 2015
MOSES Organic Farming Conference 2015
The MOSES Organic Farming Conference is almost upon us and I am excited! This is the 26th year of this annual conference held in La […]
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Posted on January 19, 2015
2014 potato variety trial – results from research station
Hi all, Just a quick post today – I want to share the yield results from the potato variety trial run at West Madison Agricultural […]
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Posted on January 5, 2015
Happy New Year – and article in Organic Broadcaster
Happy New Year, all! I hope the first few days of 2015 have been enjoyable for you, and that the gradually increasing daylength is proving […]
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Posted on August 3, 2014
Potato tuber maturation – when are they ready to harvest?
Last week, a couple of people contacted me about harvesting their potato variety trial plots, and that seemed like a good topic for this week. […]
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Posted on July 29, 2014
Chefs and spuds!
Just a quick update this week (and apologies for its lateness!) Last week I was excited to contribute potatoes to a tasting event for a […]