The Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association represents growers on governmental affairs and maintains a good relationship with the research team at UW-Madison as well as legislators to ensure that what is happening on a state level is benefitting growers and agriculture as a whole.

Gumz Farms, based in Endeavor, WI, is run by brothers Rod and Richard Gumz, carrying on four generations of family legacy in the potato and onion business. 

The company is a grower/shipper/packer, packing and shipping year-round, growing red and yellow potatoes, and growing and sourcing yellow, white, red and sweet onions. It grows about 40 percent of all onions in Wisconsin, and grows approximately 20 percent of the fresh-market red potatoes.

Wisconsin red potato harvest is under way at Alsum Farms in Grand Marsh, WI, with the first potato loads being washed, graded and packed for fresh market delivery to distribution centers and retail grocers the first full week of August.

“We are having ideal weather for the first harvest of red potatoes this summer at Alsum Farms,” said Larry Alsum, president and CEO of Alsum Farms & Produce in Friesland, WI.