Agriculture
Ag News & Events:
Portage County Agriculture Information
Portage County Agriculture: Value & Economic Impact Brochure (PDF, 295 KB)
Extension Responds — Farming in Difficult Times - An Extension Responds-Farming in Difficult Times website has been launched to provide information and resources about farm management decision making tools
Tomato & Potato Late Blight Information & Identification Resources:
- Scout Tomato & Potato Plants for Late Blight in Your Garden & Fields (PDF, 48kb)
- Irish Potato Famine Disease affecting Gardens & Farmers throughout the Greater Northeast (PDF)
- Photos of Late Blight Symptoms on Potato Foliage (PDF, 168 KB)
by Dr. Walt Stevenson, Plant Pathologist, University of Wisconsin - Late Blight of Potatoes & 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. (PDF, 101kb)
- Updates and Management Recommendations for Potato and Tomato Late Blight in Wisconsin (PDF, 77kb)
- Late Blight Newspaper Article by Ken Schroeder dated 08-04-09 (PDF, 97kb)
- Michigan State University Late Blight Information Website
- Photos of Late Blight on Tomatoes (PDF)
Photos by Amanda Gevens
Ag Topics
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
