Long-time fresh, processed and organic potato and vegetable grower Nick Somers was inducted in February into the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association’s Hall of Fame.
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Nick Somers of Plover River Farms, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, is inducted into the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association’s Hall of Fame.
Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Association Associate Division Business Person of the Year is Sally Suprise of Ansay and Associates, Appleton, Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association gives its Volunteer of the Year Award to Paul Cieslewicz, owner of Sand County Equipment, Bancroft, Wisconsin.
Chad Malek of Specialty Potatoes and Produce, Rosholt, Wisconsin, is the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association's Young Grower of the Year.
Wisconsin ranked third in the nation in potato production in 2016, with 6.4 percent of U.S. potato production, according to the 2017 Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics book.
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