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Posted by Bill(Wis) on September 11, 2006 at 06:51:00 from (12.75.232.130):
In Reply to: potatoes posted by Forist NWMa on September 10, 2006 at 18:04:06:
Sounds like you're serious about potatoes! I recommend you join a potato growers association. Also, there has to be tons of info on the internet. I haven't grown potatoes in years but my friends to the west do. The land in Wis that seems to best support potato production is sandy with lots of water available through irrigation. They apply fertilizer liberally, irrigate and rotate the crop. In recent years they have turned to soybeans for the rotational crop. They routinely harvest around 500 bushels of potatoes per acre.
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