PORTAGE COUNTY AGRICULTURE INFORMATION

• Portage County Agricultural Statistics
• Agriculture and Horticulture Services available in Portage County

RELATED AGRICULTURE LINKS OF INTEREST

• Scout Tomato and Potato Plants for Late Blight in Your Garden and Fields (1 page, 48kb)
• Irish Potato Famine Disease affecting Gardens and Farmers throughout the Greater Northeast (3 pages)
• Photos of Late Blight Symptoms on Potato Foliage (1 page, 168 kb) by Dr. Walt Stevenson, Plant Pathologist, University of Wisconsin.
• Late Blight of Potatoes and Tomatoes Fact Sheet - An in-depth discussion and description of late blight with excellent identification photos.
• What is Late Blight? - Information about late blight of potatotes and tomatoes with links to photographs of symptoms.
• Tomato Disease Identification Key by Affected Plant Part
• Potato Late Blight Fact Sheet
• Late Blight Occurrent and Management in Potatotes & Tomatoes in the Northeastern U.S. (4 pages, 101kb)
• Updates and Management Recommendations for Potato and Tomato Late Blight in Wisconsin (4 pages, 77kb)
• Late Blight Newspaper Article by Ken Schroeder dated 08-04-09 (3 pages, 97kb)
• Michigan State University Late Blight Information Website
• Photos of Late Blight on Tomatoes (Photos by Amanda Gevens)

OTHER INFORMATION:

• Winter Wheat Performance Tests 2008
• Center for Dairy Profitability
• Central Wisconsin Ag Specialization Team
• College of Agriculture and Life Science
• Integrated Pest and Crop Management
• Protected Harvest - The non-profit organization that independently certifies farmers' use of stringent environmental growing standards.
• UW - Extension Agriculture Program Teams
• UW - Extension Agriculture & Natural Resources
• WI Agricultural Statistics
• Wisconsin Urban Horticulture
• Wisconsin Corn Hybrid Performance Trial Results 2008 (60 pgs, 2,714kb)
• Field Pesticide Application Techniques Fact Sheet (8 pgs, 725kb)

FORMS

• PORTAGE COUNTY 4-H AND FFA MARKET ANIMAL PROJECT RECORD SPREADSHEET (4 pages, 35 kb)

CENTRAL WISCONSIN AGRICULTURAL SPECIALISTS NEWSLETTERS

• January 2009 Issue (8 pgs, 1,274kb)
• April 2009 Issue (8 pgs, 918kb)
• July 2009 Issue (8 pgs, 590kb)

STAFF:

If you have any questions regarding Agriculture in Portage County, please contact:

Ken Schroeder
Portage County - UW Extension
Ruth Gilfry Center
817 Whiting Avenue
Stevens Point, WI 54481-5246
Phone: 715-346-1316
Fax: 715-346-1323
Email: ken.schroeder@ces.uwex.edu