wps farm show 2015

For more than 55 years, farmers have found the technology and services they need to help them work smarter, conserve resources and grow their operations at one place—the WPS Farm Show. This year’s show is even bigger and better, filled with more ideas to help you get growing. So mark your calendars today for March 24, 25 and 26 at the EAA Grounds in Oshkosh.

For more information and a full list of exhibitors, visit wpsfarmshow.com. © 2015 Wisconsin Public Service

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WPS Farm Show prep is ‘ongoing process’

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Mike Bergman, right, of Bergman Mfg., Inc., showedDon Spoehr and his son Ryan, of Neenah, how his quick-hitch system works during the 2014 WPS Farm Show inOshkosh.

By Sara BredesenRegional Editor | [email protected]

Getting plans, people andactivities in place for the up-coming WPS Farm Show inOshkosh is an ongoingprocess, according to RobJuneau, who has managed theannual agricultural industryevent for the past seven years.

In an interview for thepower company’s newsletterin January, Juneau said he isresponsible for working withExperimental Aircraft Associ-ation ofcials to make surethe grounds are ready for theevent; leading the Farm ShowPlanning Committee to besure all aspects run smoothly;and keeping in touch with ex-hibitors to nalize booth loca-tions and size.

Juneau said he hates itwhen people ask him what’snew, because he never knowsuntil the day before the showstarts. This year he has a goodanswer with the roll-out of anew 18,000-square-foot tentbetween hangars A and C thatwill accommodate 40 addi-tional exhibitors.

“That’s one of the things I

like, because we’ve had sucha number of people on thewaiting list, so we were ableto accommodate some ofthem,” Juneau said. “We stillhave a waiting list of 50 want-ing to get into the show.”

An estimated 21,000 visi-tors to the show March 24-26will be greeted by 495 ex-hibitors, up from a high of480 last year. They will beable to see equipment on the

ground and talk to businessrepresentatives about newtechnologies, machinery andsupport services for the agri-cultural industry.

This is the 55th year of theWPS Farm Show, which be-gan in 1961 in Green Bay asthe Farm Materials HandlingExhibition. The 50 exhibitorsat that rst show were re-stricted to promotion of elec-trically powered equipment.

The advisory committee rec-ommended in 1985 that theshow be expanded in scope toall things of importance to thefarming community.

The show outgrew itsGreen Bay venue and wasmoved in 2004 to theOshkosh EAA Groundswhere displays could be setup in four heated aircrafthangars, outside on cementpads, and now in the new tent.

Juneau said one thingabout the WPS Farm Showover recent years is that theformat has not changedmuch. There are educationalsessions offered daily; a kid-die tractor pull on Wednes-day; a food tent open duringthe whole show featuringWisconsin beef, pork, pota-toes and dairy products; anda silent auction in Hangar Bto benet FFA.

“What’s funny is that itkeeps gaining popularity,”Juneau said. “When you don’t

change anything, and it be-comes more popular, thatkind of means to me that whatyou’ve been doing is work-ing, and maybe more peopleare catching on.”

While the show’s formatmay not have changed much,Juneau credited the exhibitors— especially some of thelongtime attendees — forchanging with the demands ofthe industry.

“This is our 55th show.Some of the exhibitors havebeen coming all the 55 years,and they’re still in business in

agriculture, which meansthey’ve changed with thetimes,” Juneau said. “For in-stance, instead of Patz Equip-ment just having silo unload-ers and barn cleaners ...they’ve got to have some ofthe equipment that’s beingsold to today’s farmers, likethe TMR mixers (and) the al-ley scrapers.”

“The farmers come everyyear because they know whatthey’re expecting, and wewant to make sure that wehave the exhibitors there thatthey are looking for,” he said.

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A lastingimpression

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The Leadership Wisconsin tour bus met many carts likethis one, loaded down with forage to be brought back tofarms for livestock. This one has a at tire.

Juneau

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By Heidi ClausenRegional Editor | [email protected]

While March is alwayshectic for Wisconsin PublicService Farm Show man-ager Rob Juneau, this yearhas proven to be slightly

less so thanlast year.

Shortlybefore lastyear’s farmshow,Juneau, aWPS agri-culturalconsultantfor Brown

and Door counties, spenttwo weeks in the east-African country of Tanza-nia as a Group XV fellowwith Leadership Wisconsin.

“This year should bemore normal,” he said.

Juneau is a 2014 gradu-ate of Leadership Wiscon-sin, a two-year UW-Exten-sion program focused ondeveloping leaders tostrengthen communities

through a series of semi-nars, including an intensiveseminar abroad.

Juneau, 41, said he wasable to attend these thanksto his wife, Tracey, and hisco-worker, Jeremy Schafer,a current Leadership Wis-consin fellow.

Schafer lled his shoesat work and helped Traceyand the Juneaus’ three chil-

dren — Dylan, Tyler andPaige — care for their 50-cow dairy herd near Den-mark. The family alsoraises 30 steers and runs300 acres.

“Without him, itwould’ve been much moredifcult,” Juneau said. “Ihad no concerns when Ileft.”

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Urban, rural lifestyles among contrasts

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Among the group’s many stops was Tanga Fresh, thelargest dairy processing plant in Tanzania. Milk ispackaged in small plastic bags to be sold in the cities.

from Page 5

While it wasn’t easy tak-ing off for the Tanzaniatrip, Juneau said it waswell worth it and left a last-ing impression on him.

“I’m glad I went,” hesaid. “I enjoyed it.”

Juneau, who had neverbeen to Africa before butsaid he enjoys visiting newplaces, traveled with agroup of about 25 people,including his fellow LWclassmates, seminar leadersand alumni.

Tanzania is bordered byKenya and Uganda to the

north; Rwanda, Burundiand the Democratic Repub-lic of the Congo to thewest; Zambia, Malawi andMozambique to the south;and the Indian Ocean to theeast.

Juneau said they touredmany places most peoplenever get to see, includinglocal hospitals and schools,as well as a dairy farm anddairy processing plant.

They also stopped by arural community wherewomen worked together tomake items such as quiltsand candles to sell to sup-port their families.

“There aren’t a lot of

ways to make money and(there is) a lack of moneyto begin with,” he said.

People in that villageshowed Juneau how muchhe had taken food forgranted. Residents ate meatmaybe once a week, but abig meal of rice withgravy, chicken and vegeta-bles was catered in for theirLW guests.

Many children don’t at-tend school becausethey’re needed to help pro-vide for their families.Also, school can be toocostly as students must paytuition plus cover the costof books and a desk.

“It was nice to see aThird World country. Itputs a lot of things in per-spective,” he said. “Every-where I went, I learnedsomething from some-body.”

It was interesting to seethat even the most remotevillages had a Coca-Colavending machine, he said.He later learned that thesoda giant works closelywith the government.

Farming done by handJuneau said he noticed a

wide disparity between cityand country life. People inDar es Salaam — Tanza-nia’s largest and richestcity — had many modernconveniences that peoplein the countryside lacked.

Daily life resembled thatof many Americans in theearly-1900s, he said. Manyof the roads, especially inrural areas, aren’t black-topped.

“Out in the country, youwere stepping way back intime,” he said. “Agriculturewas done by hand, horseswere pulling carts. It wasquite a contrast.”

However, while most ru-ral residents were poor,they weren’t necessarilyunhappy.

“Everybody is happy

there,” he said. “No onelooks at their clock. Theynever complain. They’recontent. We can learn fromthem.”

Many Americans’ rstreaction after seeing life inTanzania is to try to helpthem, Juneau said, “butthat’s not what they want.”

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In fact, some African coun-tries have barred foreignaid.

Farming in Tanzania isquite primitive. On aver-age, dairy farmers milkabout a half-dozen cows,and they deliver their milkeach day by horse and cartor bike to a collection sta-tion, where it’s dumpedinto a bulk tank andcooled. Samples are takento test for bacteria.

Although efforts are un-der way to bring electricityto some rural areas, espe-cially those along mainroads, most farms have noelectricity or refrigeration.This can make the coolingof milk in a timely mannerchallenging, Juneau said.

There are about eightmilk collection sites scat-tered throughout the coun-try’s main farming area, lo-cated about four hoursapart, he said.

The group also touredTanga Fresh, Tanzania’slargest dairy plant, locatedin Tanga. This facility,modern but small by U.S.standards, handled about50,000 pounds of milk aday, he said.

Most of the milk is pack-aged in small plastic bagsand sold into large citiessuch as Dar es Salaam,where people can afford tobuy it.

Juneau said it will be dif-cult to build demand fordairy products when mostpeople don’t have enoughmoney to buy it.

“They have no marketfor their milk,” he said.

Corn, grass main cropsTanzania has a lot of un-

inhabitable land, includingsome desert.

“There’s so much landout there that people proba-bly have never set foot on,”Juneau said.

Farmers don’t have ac-cess to crop productiontools such as fertilizer orRoundup Ready seed.Planting and harvesting aremostly done by hand.Trees usually aren’t cutdown; crops are plantedaround them.

Corn is a major crop.This time of year, the cropis about ankle- to knee-high, Juneau said. Farmerstry to catch the rainy sea-son, which is Marchthrough June.

Grass also is plentiful.Rather than move animalslong distances to pasture,some farmers harvest grassthemselves, piling it highin carts to haul back totheir livestock every day.

This makes more senseto them, Juneau said, be-cause farms tend to beclustered together in smallvillages, a long distanceaway from anything else.

“It’s the opposite of howthey do it around here,” hesaid.

Along with the Tanzaniatrip and in-state seminarsduring their two-year com-mitment, Juneau and therest of Group XV spent aweek in Washington, D.C.,and a week in Floridalearning about tomato pro-duction and migrant labor.

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Joe Renner of Resource Recovery Systems in Hartfordran the MVP Lil’ Beaver Wood Processor through itspaces. The unit quickly cuts, splits and transportsrewood from 8-foot logs.


Scott Eier, owner ofWood Beaver Forestry andits parent company Re-source Recovery Systemsin Hartford, said the WoodBeaver line of equipmentthat he’ll feature at theWisconsin Public Service

Farm Show March 24-26in Oshkosh appeals to thefarming audience, espe-cially with the upsurge inwood heat for homes.

“(The WPS show) seemsto be a good t for ourcompany and our productline with quite a few of thefarmers,” Eier said. “A lotof them have wood-red

boilers and/or wood lotsthat they are maintaining ortreating as part of a prod-uct. They’re harvesting it.”

Eier said some of hiscustomers sell the rewoodcommercially, and othersburn it “to save a buck thatway.” He said he knowssome families that go to-gether to buy a wood pro-cessor and share it.

“They get three, four,ve people in the familyand buy the unit, and thenthey go one stop at eachperson’s farm instead ofspending the whole sum-mer and fall making wood.They can get that done in amuch faster amount oftime,” he said.

The MVP Wood BeaverWood Processors — Lil’Beaver, Model 16 and

Model 20 — will cut an 8-foot log into stove lengths,split it, and convey the

pieces to a pile, trailer,truck or shed with simplehand controls. One cus-

tomer said even his wifelikes the Lil’ Beaver thatthey use in their commer-cial rewood business be-cause it is “womanfriendly.”

Eier said the productline shines over other woodprocessors because of itsprice and the speed withwhich it can get through apile of logs.

“It’s still a commercialsplitter/processor combina-tion, but (our units) areanywhere from $9,500 fora PTO model, which a lotof farmers purchase andrun off of equipment theyalready own,” he said.

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“The model 16 and 20are more toward the com-mercial guy or somebodywho is doing between 100and 1,000 cords a year andselling it,” Eier said.

Resource Recovery Sys-tems manufactures theunits in Hartford. Thecompany offers 11 modelsof wood processors withve major options, plus aseparate log lifter, stackerand “Twister” unit forcommercial rewoodpackaging.

The company sells about125 Wood Beaver units ayear, of which 10 to 20

percent are to farmers, Ei-er said. They like the unitso much that some of themprompted him to take it tothe WPS Farm Show. Thisis the company’s rst timeat the event where all threeunits will be on displaywith at least one up andrunning.

“And (guests) are morethan welcome; they canoperate it themselves,” Ei-er said.

See the Wood Beaverequipment in action at theWPS Farm Show at boothO3205. More informationabout the Lil’ Beaver se-ries of wood processingequipment can be found atwww.woodbeaver.net

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The WPS booth will beset up at the WPS FarmShow March 24-26 at theEAA grounds in Oshkosh.

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WPS agricultural con-sultants will be on handall three days of theshow to explain the dis-plays and how thesestrategies can benetfarmers.

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Food vendors serving up something for every appetiteBy Heidi Clausen

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From buffalo burritos tocream puffs, WisconsinPublic Service Farm Showguests can satisfy almost anycraving while supportingWisconsin commoditygroups and service organiza-tions.

Among the longtime foodvendors at the show is theWisconsin Potato andVegetable Growers Associa-tion Auxiliary, which willserve up baked potatoes andWisconsin fries with all thexings.

Being at the farm show isgreat exposure for the state’spotato industry, say Cliffand Carole Gagas, who haverun the WPVGA food boothsince it opened several yearsago.

“It’s very benecial for usto be there,” Carole said.

The Gagases farm about2,000 acres east of StevensPoint. They grow about 250acres of potatoes, as well assweet corn, peas, eld corn,alfalfa and soybeans and op-erate a small beef feedlot.

The WPVGA food boothwill offer baked potatoeswith toppings including but-ter, cheese, sour cream, salsaand chili. Visitors also canorder Wisconsin fries thatcan be topped with cheese,chili and salsa.

“They seem to go oververy well with the youngercrowd,” Carole said aboutthe fries, adding that they’realso easier to eat while walk-ing through the farm show.

Fries are donated byMcCain Foods. More than660 pounds of fries typicallyare dished up during thethree-day show.

“Last year, we almost soldout,” Cliff said.

Baking potatoes are do-nated by area growers whohave some potatoes in theirpacking sheds at this time ofthe year, Carole said. Onebox of potatoes is donatedeach day of the show to theFFA silent auction.

While the Auxiliary rstoffered just fries, deep-fry-ing them on-site, Carolesaid, they later started doingbaked potatoes, as well asfries, in a convection oven.

Cooking time in the con-vection oven is a bit longer,but it’s less of a re hazardthan deep-frying, and theend result is healthier forconsumers, Cliff said.

The booth is run by volun-teers, most afliated with themore than 40-year-oldWPVGA Auxiliary.

The Auxiliary is made upof women from throughoutthe potato industry, mostlygrowers and growers’ wives

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No one should leave the WPS Farm Show hungry. Vendors and their menusare as follows:

• Wisconsin Cattleman’s Association: Hamburgers, double hamburgers,cheeseburgers, double cheeseburgers, rib-eye steak sandwiches, roast beef,jumbo hotdogs, chips, soda and water.

• Wisconsin Pork Association: Pork burgers, BBQ pulled pork, buttery porkchop sandwiches, chips, soda and water.

• Wisconsin Bison Producers Association: Single and double buffalo burgers,buffalo burritos, chips, big pickles, cookies, soda and water.

• Winnebago County Holstein Association: Grilled cheese sandwiches,Schwan’s ice sream (sandwiches, bars and drumsticks), chocolate andstrawberry sundaes, donuts, cream puffs, chocolate and white milk and coffee.

• Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association: Baked potatoeswith toppings, Wisconsin fries with additional topping choices (cheese, salsa,chili), nachos and cheese, soda and water.

• Curds of Wisconsin: Fresh beer-battered deep-fried cheese curds (plain oravored). Flavors include Ranch, Cheddar and Bacon, Sour Cream and Onion,Pizza, Onion and Garlic, Ham and Cheese and Buffalo Hot-Wing.

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Ben Koning of Janesville ipped burgers and ribeyes for the Wisconsin Cattlemen Association food stand at the 2014WPS Farm Show. The Cattlemen were one of several farm groups that served food at the show.

but also industry staff andwomen in agribusiness.Their main goal is to pro-mote naturally low-fatpotatoes as part of a bal-anced diet.

“It’s a great organizationto be in,” Carole said.

Along with the WPSFarm Show food booth, theAuxiliary runs a foodbooth at the WisconsinState Fair, offers potato-themed placemats forrestaurants and works withthe “Kids Dig WisconsinPotatoes” program.

The “Kids Dig” effort,which offers hands-on edu-cation to fourth-gradersabout growing potatoes,has grown from threeschools to more than 200schools throughout thestate, Carole said.

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nebago County HolsteinAssociation and TerraVerde Coffeehouse.

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WPS Farm Show powered by renewablesBy Nate Jackson


For the eighth straightyear, the WPS Farm Show ispowered by NatureWise,Wisconsin Public Service'srenewable-energy program.

“We power 100 percent ofthe four areas of the showwith renewable energy,”said Mike Moore, managerof the NatureWise program.“Each year we look back at

the amount of electricity weneeded during the previousyear's show, and then we tryto buffer a little bit to makesure the next show is cov-ered.”

With the NatureWise pro-gram, members pay a pre-mium for electricity gener-ated via manure digesters,wind turbines and methanerecovery at landlls, Mooresaid.

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“A percentage of cus-tomers are interested in see-

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The NatureWise programstarted in 2002. The renew-able energy used in the pro-gram is sourced from Wis-consin wind farms, manuredigesters and landlls.About half of the program'senergy is wind and half isbiogas.

“We made a consciouschoice to use renewable en-ergy produced in Wiscon-sin,” Moore said. “We areproud that we use localsources for our renewables.”

Wisconsin is No. 1 in thenation for energy productionfrom manure digesters,Moore said.

Moore said the program ispopular with businesseslooking to use renewable en-ergy and can also be used topower an event with renew-

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The 1951 John Deere AOorchard tractor wasdesigned for working in anapple orchard or orangegrove. The tractor wasrefurbished by Joe's AutoBody Tractor, Kiel, and willbe on display in theirbooth O5211 at the WPSFarm Show.


Mike Joas said the 1951John Deere AO orchardtractor that he will bebringing to the WPS FarmShow in Oshkosh wassheathed in sheet metal toprotect the working partsand operator from fallingfruit.

“This one looks like arace car,” said Joas, whooperates Joe’s Auto BodyTractor with his father, Joe,near Kiel. “It’s a weird-looking tractor.”

This is Joas’ rst yearwith a booth at the WPSFarm Show, although Joehas been there severaltimes as a visitor. Theyhope to talk to potentialcustomers and drum upsome more business fortheir antique tractorrestoration business, Mikesaid.

“I thought it would justbe something new,” Mikesaid. “I hear a lot of greatthings about the show, anda lot of farmers are there.”

When Joe started thebody shop in 1971 acrossthe road from the family’sfarm, he did auto repairsand collected a few antiquetractors to repair on theside as a hobby. In 1980 hestarted doing tractorrestoration for other collec-tors. By 1995 when Mikejoined the business, themen were moving full timeinto tractor restoration.

Mike said it takes sixweeks to a couple ofmonths to get through atractor job, depending onwhat parts are needed.

“I usually have two tothree in the shop at onetime, because you usuallyget going good on one andall the sudden you get ahiccup on another, and youjust bounce back andforth,” he said. “That wayyou can keep it going.”

In the early days of trac-tor repair, the men didn’t

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If parts are missing andno longer available fromtheir extensive network ofsuppliers, the men can fab-ricate the needed part.

“Sometimes you can ndused stuff and sometimesyou can’t, and sometimesyou’ve got to get creativeand make your ownpieces,” Mike said. “Whenyou’re in the tractorrestoration business,you’ve got to be creative.”

About 95 percent of thetractor work is done onpieces that Mike describesas being based on cus-tomers’ sentimental memo-ries.

“It’s a family tractor orit’s one like they usedwhen they were on thefarm, or (they’d say) UncleBob, or my aunt, or my un-cle used to own that trac-tor,” Mike said. “We do acouple a year for a farmerthat just wants to spiff uptheir old farm tractor andget a new look, but most ofour work is antique oldgirls.”

In addition to the JD or-chard tractor, Mike isbringing along a little cre-ative art that he said usu-ally has visitors stoppingto gawk. He pulled to-gether old pistons, a JD 2-cylinder y wheel andconnecting rod to make atable that visitors can seeat their booth O5211 at theshow.

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A & M Concrete and Construction �� T0135

Abraham Seed Group �� C5629Accelerated Genetics �� C5590ADA Enterprises Inc ��B4536ADM Grain / Crop Risk Services ��

��A3610ADS Bulk Seed Buggy ��B4590Advanced Biological Marketing ��

��T0102Advanced Comfort Technology ��

�� D6622AerWay (SAF Holland) ��A3656Ag Electrical Services LLC �� C5724Ag Systems Inc ��B4629, O4152AgrAbility of Wisconsin ��B4630Agri-King ��B4654Agri-Plastics & Silo Repair ��C5604Agri-Trac U�S� Inc� �� C5518Agri-View �� D6573Agromatic Inc ��

�� C5681, C5703, C5733Agropur Inc �� D6588AgSource Cooperative Services ��

��A3597AgVenture Spangler �� C5511AIC ��B4551AKE Safety Equipment �� C5722AL-BE Curtains LLC �� C5581Al’s Concrete Products, Inc� ��B4564Albers Dairy Equipment ��B4608Alliant Energy - Wisconsin Power

& Light �� C5595Alternative Animal Bedding �� B4626Altmann Trenching Inc �� C5514American AGCO Trading Co ��C5663American Made Sales Inc�� D6598Animal Health International Inc ��

�� C5513Animart Inc ��B4644Animat Inc �� D6568Apple Valley Corrosion Control ��

��C5501, O3300Appleton Steel Inc �� O6068Arch Electric �� D6521Arkion Life Sciences ��T0111Ashland Industries Inc �� O5070Automotive Supply Company ��

��T0109Bad Dog Tools ��T0118Badger by Valmetal ��A3623

Badger Plastic & Supply ��B4631Badgerland Financial ��A3511Bag Man LLC �� C5677Baldwin Filters ��A3569Balzer Inc / Bukowski Sales LLC ��

�� O5075Bank of Oakfield ��T0129Bayland Buildings Inc �� C5659Beaver Gunite Co Inc �� C5648BECO Dairy Automation ��T0160Belson Co / Continental Girbau

Laundry ��A3580Belson Co / UniMac Laundry

Systems ��A3578Belson Co / US Chemicals �� A3579Bergman Mfg Inc ��B4566Berlon Industries �� O3195Best Footing Concrete Grooving ��

��B4582Big Dane Dairy IBA ��A3513Big Iron/Stock Auction �� C5670Bil-Bar Farms ��B4552, O4037Bill Lorrigan Construction �� C5642Bio-Vet Inc �� D6569BioMass Sales & Consulting ��

��B4638Blue Country Ag Systems Inc ��

�� C5520BMO Harris Bank�� D6584Bobcat Plus �� C5716Bohn Implement �� C5538BouMatic �� D6619Brath Dairy & Commercial Real

Estate ��B4570Braun Electric Inc �� D6651Brickl Bros�, Inc� �� C5579Brilowski Dairy Supply Co� Inc� ��

�� D6574Brooks Tractor Inc �� O4140Bruteforce S & S Mfg �� O2110Buhler Industries / Farm King ��

�� O6027Byron Seeds, LLC ��A3586C & E Tanks and Silos �� C5639C�S�F�-Automation Plus/Ag-Cam ��

�� C5597Calf Star LLC �� D6648CalfStart LLC ��A3612Calumet Dryer Services LLC ��

��A3599Carso Inc �� C5623Casper’s Truck Equipment ��O3292CCP Industries ��B4576Central Ag Supply Inc �� D6577Central Petroleum Co (Cen-Pe-Co)

��B4599Central Supply & Service �� D6605

CHS Inc - Larsen Cooperative �� B4646

Cleary Building Corporation ��C5632Comfort Slat Mat�� O5210Commercial Laundry Sales Inc ��

�� C5653Condon Companies �� C5644Conestoga-Rovers & Associates ��

��A3559Conklin Products - Frank Reith ��

�� C5723Contree Sprayer & Equipment Co

LLC ��B4537Country Visions Cooperative ��

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�� A3519, A3549D� Buck Construcion LLC �� O3294Dairy Assets LLC / Brath Dairy

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DeLaval Inc ��A3653Demco Mfg� / Maurer Mfg� ��

�� B4538, B4540Denmark State Bank �� C5661Dick Meyer Company Inc �� C5601Didion Milling ��A3518Diesel Specialists of Green Bay, Inc�

��B4568DIGI-STAR LLC ��B4585Dion - Ag Inc ��T0137Dishno Ag Enterprises, LLC ��C5617DL Agriculture Electric Inc� �� D6593Doran Distribution Services Inc� ��

�� O4042Dr Register & Associates, Inc� ��

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DTN ��B4512DuPont Pioneer ��B4635Dyna Products / West Shore Tool

Service �� O3245Earth Sense Energy Systems Inc�

�� C5669Eastern Wisconsin Farm

Insurance Services ��T0103Easy Fix Rubber North America ��

�� C5519Edney Distributing Co�, Inc� ��B4545Elanco Animal Health - Dairy

Business Unit ��A3573Energize, LLC �� O1145Englert Enterprise ��B4527Extrutech Plastic Inc �� C5613FABCO Equipment Inc ��T0146Fairchild Equipment �� O3102Falls Silo Repair��A3560Falls Silo Service ��B4607Fantini North America ��

��T0107, O5065Farm & Industry Short Course ��

��A3517Farm Bureau �� D6571FARM Inc ��A3572Farm Safety Just 4 Kids ��B4663Farmers’ Implement ��A3635FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative ��

�� D6609Fastline Publications �� C5605Ferguson Enterprises, Inc�/Ritchie

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��A3583, O3106Focus on Energy ��A3503Footprint Distributors�com ��T0126Forage Storage Solutions LLC ��

��B4502Foremost Farms USA ��B4627Forest Construction Company ��

�� C5589Forward Farm Lines �� D6635Foundation Direct Seeds ��T0112Fox Cities Builders �� C5524Fox Structures Inc�� C5649Fox Valley Technical College ��

�� D6537Foxland Harvestore Inc & Valley

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Fritsch Equipment Corp ��B4641Frontier - Servco FS ��T0101Gallenberger Dairy Records ��C5614Garrow Oil & Propane ��A3564

GAT Supply Inc �� O1130GEA Farm Technologies �� D6554GEA Farm Technologies, Inc� -

Norbco �� D6552Gehl ��A3543Gellings Implement Inc ��

��C5535, O3370Genex Cooperative, Inc� ��A3596Gibbsville Implement, Inc� �� O4050Gold Medal Trailer Sales �� O6113Golden Calf Company LLC ��T0106Graetz Manufacturing �� C5608Grande Cheese Company ��B4622Great Lakes Commercial Laundry

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�� O1080GreenStone Farm Credit Service ��

��B4561Greentech Mfg ��A3510Greenwood Silo LLP �� C5616Growers Mineral Solutions �� C5515Gruett’s Inc �� O5105Guy Machinery Co ��C5645, O5055GVD Feed Covers LLC �� D6580Gypsoil �� C5574H & S Manufacturing Co Inc ��

��A3527, O3060Halverson Wood Products �� O6149Hansen & Young Auctioneers Inc ��

�� C5517Hanson by Valmetal ��A3624Harvest Energy Solutions �� C5741Haseman Enterprises ��A3655Hastings Air Energy Control Inc ��

�� C5516HD Supply ��T0104Heavy Equipment Specialists LLC

��B4640Highline Manufacturing Ltd �� C5558Hoard’s Dairyman ��A3567Honey Creek Seed Co ��T0125Hotsy Cleaning System Inc �� O5246Hud-Son Forest Equipment �� O4145Hydroclean Equipment Inc ��A3504I�D�ology ��B4573Immel Insurance & Financial

Services ��A3576Investors Community Bank ��A3604J ‘n J Sales LLC / Canarm Ag

Systems ��B4580J ‘n J Sales LLC / CBM Lighting ��

��B4578J & D Manufacturing ��B4505J & J Sales LLC ��B4601

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Jackson Kahl Insurance Services, LLC ��C5602

Jamesway Farm Equipment �� D6614Jay-Mar Inc ��A3551JBS United Inc �� T0134Jim’s Golf Cars ��C5729JK Trenching �� T0117JMB Logistics ��D6586Joes Auto Body Tractor ��O5211Jordan Ag Supply Inc ��D6665JR Construction ��C5594Jung Seed Genetics Inc ��B4602K & J Construction LLC ��O1110K & M Manufacturing ��D6606KBM Construction Inc ��C5624Keller, Inc� ��D6558Kelly Manufacturing ��B4535KK Lawn & Sport ��D6667, O3167Kleen Test Products ��A3588Knowles Produce & Trading Co ��

��D6530, O6060Kohlman Concrete Inc� ��C5586Komro Sales & Service Inc ��C5592Kozlovsky Dairy Equipment Inc ��

��D6575Krone Wisconsin - Fox Valley

Service & Sales ��O3285Kuhn North America Inc� ��

�� A3615, O3255Kurt Olson Concrete Construction

�� T0124L & L Sales and Service Inc �� B4529La Crosse Seed ��A3609Lakeshore Technical College ��

��A3561Land O’ Lakes Inc ��A3598Landmark Services Cooperative ��

��B4619Landoll Corporation ��

��C5553, O3115LandWood Sales LLC ��B4618Laona Machine Supply ��C5643LDS Inc Dairy Equipment Integrators

��D6658LEDWisconsin ��D6608Leedstone �� T0119Legacy Seeds Inc ��D6591Lely NA ��C5525Lemmenes Manufacturing & Sales

LLC ��O4060Lester Buildings, LLC ��A3509

LG Seeds Inc ��A3554LIRA Gold/Kauffman’s Animal

Health, Inc ��B4563Lowe Manufacturing Co�, Inc� ��

��A3552Luck/Now T�M�R� Mixers / Uebler

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��A3595McClone ��D6547McFarlane Mfg Co �� B4508, O4065MEDA / Chem-Star ��C5633Mensch Manufacturing ��D6654Metal Craft by K �� A3629, O3169Meyer Manufacturing Corp ��

�� A3627, O3160Meyer’s Pressure Cleaners Inc ��

��D6592Midland Garage Door Manufacturing

Co ��C5573Midwest General Repair &

Fabrication ��B4659Midwest Grooving ��C5631Midwest Hoof Treatment ��A3594Midwest Overhead Door LLC ��

��C5508Midwest Perma-Columns, Inc ��

��C5607Midwest Plastic Products ��B4625Midwest Sidewalls LLC ��

�� B4612, O4036Midwestern BioAg Inc �� T0122Milk Specialties �� T0128Miller Bradford & Risberg��O2135Miller St� Nazianz Inc ��C5706Mills Fleet Farm ��A3607Minnesota Pneumatic Products-

MPP ��B4650Miraco/Badger Livestock

Equipment LLC ��B4609Morton Buildings Inc ��D6602Mossy Oak Properties of

Wisconsin ��D6572Munson Hybrids��B4572Murray’s Dairy, Farm &

Refrigeration ��O3140, O4035Mustang ��A3545N & N Trailer Sales, Inc� ��O4070N T H Inc��B4555NACHURS ��D6587


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KEYHangar A = AHangar B = BHangar C = C



Napa Auto Parts �� O4025Nasco �� C5576Neptune Enterprises ��B4553NEW Energy LLC ��A3556NEW Farm Technologies �� C5569Nextire Inc �� C5619Norm’s Ag Service LLC �� C5575North Central Irrigation Inc ��C5732North Country Marketing �� D6561North Wind Renewable Energy ��

��T0105Northeast Asphalt Inc �� D6544Northeast Wisconsin Technical

College �� D6536Northern Repair & Welding �� D6522Northland Buildings �� C5690Northline Industries ��B4518Notch Mfg �� O4340Nuhn Industries ��C5691, O5103Nutra-Flo Company ��A3562O’Brien Hybrids ��A3515O’Connell Farm Drainage Plows

Inc ��B4656Oasis Irrigation �� C5577Organic Valley/Cropp Cooperative

��B4634Orion Energy Systems, Inc� �� B4588Osseo Plastics & Supply Inc ��

�� D6601Outback Guidance �� C5727Oxbo International �� O4315Oxy-Blast Water Treatment

System ��A3630Packer City International Trucks Inc

��C5737, O5175Parman Farm Supply/Fly Control ��

��B4571Partners in Production, LLC �� B4592Patz Corporation ��C5685, O5095Paul Mueller Co �� C5646Paul’s Pedicures & Equipment ��

�� C5654Penta TMR & Tillage �� O5176Pepsi Americas ��F0200Pequea Machine Corp ��A3657Performance Corp �� O4135Peterson Manufacturing Corp ��

�� O5040Phil’s Pumping & Fab Inc �� O5085Pinno Buildings, LLC �� C5640Pipping Concrete ��A3566, O4000Pipping Excavating LLC��A3590Poettinger US Inc� ��A3548Poly Dome - Polytank Inc��B4524Pravechek Farm Supplies LLC ��

��B4615, O4039Precision Manufacturing ��A3628

Preferred Welder Sales��B4577Premier Insurance Solutions LLC ��

�� D6585Prinsco, Inc �� O3200Priority IAC Inc �� D6566ProActive Solutions USA, LLC ��

��B4598Professional Dairy Service Inc ��

��B4550Progressive Publishing ��B4624Promat Inc ��T0176Pronovost �� D6550Prospect Ag Services �� O1140Puck Custom Enterprises Inc ��

�� O1100Quality Craft Tools �� C5571Quality Hydro Inc ��B4611Quality Truck Care Center �� O2030R-Equipment Co�, LLC/Trailer

Alley �� O3315Radicom Inc ��B4574Ray’s Handy Wipes �� O5170RCI Engineering ��C5588, O4125Recon Technologies LLC �� C5656Redeker Dairy Equipment ��A3654Renewable Energies LLC �� O5165Renk Seed Co �� C5611Riesterer & Schnell Inc ��

�� O4119, O4300Ripon Truck Repair and Rt Mfg ��

��D6590, O6020Rissler Companies �� D6551Roach & Associates LLC ��B4589Robert E Lee & Associates Inc ��

��T0114Roberts Brothers Painting ��A3585Roberts Irrigation Company Inc ��

��B4517Roll-O-Matic Curtains-DRI, Inc� ��

��B4513Rollin-On Trailer Sales LLC �� O4155Roof Restoration LLC �� C5557Rostech Electronics ��A3568Roth Manufacturing Co�, Inc �� B4521Roto Mix LLC ��C5689, O5045Ruma Rich/Nutrition Service Co ��

��B4604Rural Mutual Insurance �� D6570S�I� Distributing, Inc� �� D6538S�I� Feeders Div of Schoessow, Inc

��B4533Sadoff Iron & Rudoy Industries

LLP ��T0113Safe-T-Pull �� C5510Sam’s Well Drilling �� C5587Sanimax Inc ��A3589

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WPS Farm Show Exhibitors

Schaefer Ventilation Equipment �� A3614

Schenck SC ��T0121Schmidt Building and

Equipment LLC ��C5651Schraufnagel Imp Inc �D6625Schultz’s Inter-State Ag, Inc

��B4587Schwartz Manufacturing

Company �� D6597

Schweitzer Spray Coatings ��D6546

Select Sires Inc ��C5606Service Motor Company Inc

�� D6627, D6663, O6000Seymour Dairy Equipment��

��A3652Sherwood Elevator ��C5610Shivvers Mfg Inc ��D6600Show-Me Shortline Co ��

��C5711Shur-Co ��A3507Sikkema’s Equipment ��D6548Silloway Builders Inc �� B4594Simon’s Specialty Cheese ��

��D6589Soil Regeneration Unlimited

�� O3360, T0130Spiegelberg Imp Inc ��A3647Stanley Schmitz Inc ��D6576Stewart-Peterson ��C5720Stichert Interlox Roofs ��

��B4637Stor-Loc ��C5667Strawbale Farms Inc/

Portage and Main Outdoor Wood Boilers �� O4072

Summers Mfg� ��C5695Sunburst Sales LLC ��A3575Sundstrom Pit Pumping ��

�� O4150Superior Attachments Inc ��

��T0163Supervisor Systems - Feed

Truck & Hoof Supervisors ��A3603

Swiderski Equipment Inc �� A3501, O3265

T H Agri-Chemicals Inc �� A3506

T-L Irrigation Company �� B4600

T�H�E� Company ��D6612Tasch’s Custom LLC �� O6015Tech Mix LLC ��B4575Terra Verde Coffee House ��

��F0201The Country Today ��C5507The Scharine Group Inc ��

��B4661The Stankee Co� �� O6050Three Rivers Inc �� O4330Thunder Creek Equipment ��

��D6524Tilth Agronomy ��A3591Timpte Inc ��T0133Tiry Engineering Inc ��B4596Towing Products/

Convert-a-Ball ��C5627Tracy Seeds LLC ��D6610Traeder Enterprises Inc� ��

�� O3020Tralmer Enterprises ��D6534Transport Refrigeration Inc ��

��T0120Tri-State Scabbling ��B4595Trioliet Mullos USA LLC ��

��C5541Trouble Free Lighting ��C5719Udder Comfort International

��B4614UdderTech ��D6604Unverferth Mfg Co Inc ��C5529

USEMCO ��T0110UW-Extension Winnebago

County ��B4653UW-River Falls ��A3593V & H Inc� �� O6055Valley Diesel Injection ��C5622Valley View Unloader

Systems ��C5551Valmetal ��A3625, T0166Van Beek Natural Science ��

��D6545Van’s Fencing L�L�C� �� A3577Vande Yacht Pump Installing

Inc ��C5625Vanderloop Equipment Inc ��

�� D6501, D6526, O6032Vita Plus Corporation �� B4583Walco U�S�A� Inc ��C5671Walker Glove LLC ��C5523Walters Buildings ��C5636Watertown Plastic Fence ��

��A3516Waupun Equipment ��B4515WE Energies ��C5509Werner Pest & Odor Control

��T0136Westby Cooperative

Creamery ��C5641Wick Buildings ��B4633Wieser Concrete �� O6030Wil-Rich LLC �� O3170Wilbur-Ellis ��C5598Wilson Trailer Sales of

Wisconsin �� B4628, O4038Wingfield Flexible Harrows ��

��D6518Winnebago County Holstein

Association ��F0207Winnebago County Land

and Water Conservation Dept ��D6603

Wisconsin Association of FFA ��B4603

Wisconsin Bison Producers Association ��F0203

Wisconsin Cattlemen Association ��F0204

Wisconsin Corn Growers Association ��A3565

Wisconsin Crop Improvement Association ��D6647

Wisconsin Farm Technology Days ��B4621

Wisconsin Farmers Union ��T0115

Wisconsin Fastener Supply Inc ��C5615

Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board ��D6660

Wisconsin Pork Association ��F0205

Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable �� O6076

Wisconsin Potato Vegetable Growers Assoc ��F0206

Wisconsin Public Service �� A3533

Wisconsin Silos Inc ��C5582Wisconsin State Farmer ��

��C5599Wisconsin State Patrol��

��B4565Wisconsin Tubing Inc �� C5658Wishek Steel Mfg �� O3190Wood Beaver Forestry

/ Resource Recovery Systems �� O3205

Wrightstown Mfg Co�, Inc� �� O6029

YES JCB ��D6582, O6025Yetter Manufacturing �� C5666Zerk Zapper/Horizon

Products ��C5603Ziegler Ag Equipment ��

��D6511, O4325, O6065Zuidberg North America ��

��C5545

WPS Farm Show Exhibitors from page 25

KEYHangar A = AHangar B = BHangar C = C



WPSC Farm Show Exhibitor Lounge �� D6646

WPSC Farm Show Exhibitor Lounge II ��C5721

WPSC Farm Show FFA Auction Site ��B4501

WPSC Farm Show Information Booth A�� A3500

WPSC Farm Show Information Booth B��B4500

WPSC Farm Show Information Booth C��C5500

WPSC Farm Show Information Booth D�� D6500

WPSC Farm Show Mobility Rental Service�� O2015

WPSC Farm Show Pressure Washing Site�� O1020

WPSC Farm Show Seminar Room �� A3659

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WPS Foundation awards $18,800 to innovative educators

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Students in Jean Abreu’s environmental biology class at Edgar High School used chestwaders to collect stream data and learn about waterways, groundwater andwatersheds. An Innovative Educator Grant from the Wisconsin Public ServiceFoundation will allow Abreu to replace leaky 15-year-old waders with new ones forstudents to use during trips to streams.

By Karyn EckertRegional Editor | [email protected]

Twenty middle and highschools in the WPS servicearea will have new tools tohelp students learn. The In-novative Educator Grant pro-gram from the WisconsinPublic Service Foundation,now in its eighth year,awards innovative teachingprograms in the areas of sci-ence, technology, engineer-

ing and math.This year $18,800 was

awarded to the 20 projects.Educators may apply for upto $1,000 grants. Applica-tions are evaluated by an in-dependent panel of judgesfrom the energy educationeld.

Jean Abreu, a scienceteacher at Edgar PublicSchools, received one of thegrants to purchase waders forher environmental biology

class project, “Getting TheirFeet Wet.” The class visitsve local streams to collectdata and study the organismsliving there. Abreu saidwaders allow students to getinto the water and reallystudy stream quality, butsome of the school’s waderswere 15 years old and leakeddespite repairs.

“Sometimes we’re outthere in October or earlyNovember and the studentscan’t just wear shorts in thewater,” she said. “There’s nomoney (in the school budget)to purchase something likewaders.”

The grant will allow Abreuto purchase six to eight pairsof waders, which cost $100to $125 each, which she pre-dicts should last another 15years. Edgar previously re-ceived an Innovative Educa-tor Grant to purchasebiotechnology equipment.

“It’s just a wonderful pro-gram,” Abreu said.

Since the program's incep-tion, 105 projects have re-ceived more than $97,400.These projects benet multi-ple classrooms and some-times the entire school. The

WPS Foundation is fundedby corporation shareownersand not electric or natural gascustomers.

This year's recipients are:Ashwaubenon High

School — Alternative energyproject.

Bayshore CommunityAcademy, Oconto — LEGOrobotics.

Brillion High School —Airplane ight simulator.

Brillion High School —Human and water relation-ships and runoff.

Chilton Public Schools —

Wind turbine blade design.Crivitz School District —

Energy & motion in theclassroom.

Edgar Public Schools —Getting their feet wet.

Lombardi Middle School— Complete plane fromBuild a Plane Organization.

Manitowoc Lutheran HighSchool — Image'n all the O2.

Oconto Middle School —TI-84 Graphing Calculators.

Oconto High School —Document camera.

Pulaski Community Mid-dle School — Citizen science

and engineering in action.Pulaski Community

School District — RaiderProducts (CNC technology).

Rhinelander High School— First tech challenge robot-ics club.

Saint Thomas AquinasAcademy, Marinette —Geoboards and snap circuits.

Southwest High School —Lab quest for knowledge.

Tigerton School District —Mathematics department cal-culators.

Valders High School —Monitoring local surface wa-ter.

Washington MiddleSchool, Green Bay —Makey Invention and CircuitProject.

Wrightstown CommunitySchool District — Wright-stown Robotics Team.

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A knit stocking hat is this year’s collectible hat at theWisconsin Public Service Farm Show. Prots from hatsales benet the Wisconsin FFA Foundation.

For this year’s col-lectible hat, the Wiscon-sin Public Service FarmShow went on thecooler side. The 2015edition is a black knitstocking hat, perfect forfarmers to keep warmon cold days. The hatbears the WPS FarmShow logo.

“This year we decidedto change things up abit and go with a winterknit hat,” said TamaraRozmarynowski, com-munications specialistfor Integrys EnergyGroup.

This year’s hat willcost $5, with all protsbeneting the Wiscon-sin FFA Foundation.Hats will be availablefor purchase at eitherthe FFA silent auctioninside Hangar B or thefarm show ofce.

Collectible knit hats to benet FFA ‘Time to Grow’ theme ofthis year’s farm show

By Jim MasseyEditor | [email protected]

Organizers of the WPSFarm Show will attract visi-tors with a new advertisingcampaign in 2015.

“Time to Grow” is thetheme of this year’s show,scheduled for March 24-26at the EAA grounds inOshkosh. WPS developedthe new campaign in con-junction with the Madison-based Stephan & Brady ad-vertising agency, as part ofits continuing plan of updat-ing its advertising campaignevery three years.

The “Time to Grow”concept t the show since itis growing by adding a newlarge tent, said TamaraRozmarynowski, a commu-nications specialist with theIntegrys Energy Group who

helps develop the show’sadvertising plan each year.

“The theme also ts theidea that farmers come toour show to see the latestand greatest in farmingtechnology that they canuse to grow their opera-tions,” Rozmarynowskisaid.

The advertising campaigncan be executed with differ-ent messaging, and this yearorganizers decided to use acow, since the dairy industryis the largest part of Wiscon-sin’s farm revenue.

Wisconsin has 1.2 mil-lion dairy cows and the in-dustry contributes $26.5 bil-lion to the state’s economy,Rozmarynowski said.

A young boy is also fea-tured in the ads with thecow, which Roz-marynowski said could de-

pict the future of farming.Rozmarynowski said

WPS ofcials typically no-tify Stephan & Brady thatthey are looking for a newcampaign focus and the PRrm presents a few creativeconcepts to the farm showplanning team.

“They’re very good,”farm show manager RobJuneau said of the advertis-ing agency. “It was time tochange things up againfrom the light humor wehad in recent years. with acow dancing with a hulahoop. They ran a bunch ofideas past us and we votedon what we liked the best.”

Juneau said a differentphoto — one with a bigcorn cob being pulled by asemi — will be used withthe same “Time to Grow”theme next year.

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Photo by Sara Bredesen

An employee ofMeyer’sPressureCleaners inBrown Deer tookthe road dust offof a piece ofequipment to bedisplayed at theWPS FarmShow. A washstation is openfrom 7 a.m. todusk before theshow, and atleast two mobileunits travel thegrounds for on-site cleaning.

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Spudmobile to make pit stop at farm show

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After its unveiling last August, the Spudmobile will put in its rst appearance at the WPS Farm Show this year.


The Wisconsin Spud-mobile will make a three-day pit stop at this year’sWisconsin Public ServiceFarm Show.

Developed by the Wis-consin Potato andVegetable Growers As-sociation, the Spudmo-bile (think potato-pro-moting classroom onwheels) debuted last

summer at WisconsinFarm Technology Daysin Stevens Point.

“It’s all geared towardeducation,” saidWPVGA Director ofPromotions Dana Rady.“It has been a huge hitfor us. There are a lot ofrequests for it.”

Headquartered in amore than 37-foot recre-ational vehicle, theSpudmobile featureseight interactive, self-

guided exhibits aimed ateducating people aboutWisconsin’s potato in-dustry.

After purchasing theRV in February 2014,WPVGA members gut-ted it and installed theexhibits, which take visi-tors from eld to fork,explaining how farmersare good stewards of theenvironment and sharingpotato recipes familiescan toss together athome.

There’s a map showingwhere in the state pota-toes are grown and thedifferent potato varietiesproduced here, as well asgrower features, a videoon water use and irriga-tion, “fun facts” and in-formation about nutri-tion and the health bene-ts of potatoes.

The Spudmobile,which can t 15-20 peo-ple at a time, also has ahistory wall with oldpictures and price com-

parisons through theyears. Kids especiallyenjoy the interactivetouch table and games.

Rady said the Spudmo-bile’s primary mission isto get consumers think-ing about how importantthe potato industry is toWisconsin and how theycan include the veggie aspart of a healthy diet.

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is the basis for a face-to-face conversation withconsumers about wheretheir food comes from,she said, adding, “That’sbecoming increasinglyimportant.”

Rady said the Spudmo-bile will be appearing atGreen Bay Packersgames, collegiate andhigh school sportingevents and communityevents such as fairs.

“Anywhere we can en-courage the ‘buy local’message and educatepeople about the factthat potatoes are a hugepart of Wisconsin agri-culture and the econ-omy,” she said.

Many people don’tknow that Wisconsinranks third in the U.S.for potato production,she said.

It also could pull up toa school near you as partof the WPVGA’s “KidsDig Wisconsin Potatoes”program, which teachesfourth-graders how toplant and harvest pota-toes.

While the Spudmobileso far has remained withinthe state limits, Rady saidthe WPVGA has plans toeventually take it acrossthe Midwest.

“This is the beginningof a new journey forWisconsin’s potato andvegetable growers,” shesaid.

For more information,visit www.wisconsinspudmobile.com.

WPS program recycles working appliancesBy Heidi Clausen


An old joke asks, “Isyour refrigerator run-ning?”

If it’s running, but notvery efciently, there’sno need to go catch it, asthe joke goes, but itmight be time to recycleit through the WisconsinPublic Service appliancerecycling program.

Participants can earn a$40 per-unit reward forrecycling their old appli-ance and could save hun-dreds of dollars per year

in energy costs.The program offers free

pickup and recycling ofold, inefcient workingrefrigerators and freezers.Appliances are recycledin an environmentally-re-sponsible way, with eachpart broken down and al-most all of the appliancekept out of landlls.

Refrigerators built be-fore 1993 can use asmuch as three times moreenergy than newer, high-efciency models, ac-cording to WPS. (Findout how much your agedrefrigerator or freezer

might be costing you atwww.energystar.gov/in-dex.cfm?fuseaction=re-frig.calculator.)

Here’s how to partici-pate in the WPS appli-ance recycling program:

• Find out if your utilityparticipates in Focus onEnergy.

• Make sure your re-frigerator or freezer is 10to 30 cubic feet in sizeand in working condition.

• Schedule a freepickup on the WPS web-site or by calling 855-398-5226.

• Make sure the unit is

defrosted and clean of allfood and ice but stillplugged in and running.

• Make sure the unit issafely accessible with aclear removal path andthat someone over the ageof 18 will be home at thescheduled pickup time.

• Receive your rewardcheck in the mail in fourto six weeks.

Customers are limitedto two recycled appli-ances per year.

For more information

about the WPS appliancerecycling program, visitwww.wisconsinpublicservice.com/home/wi_rebates.aspx.

If your refrigerator isnot running, it can be dis-posed of through wasteand recycling haulers.For a list of appliance re-cycling contacts bycounty, visit http://dnr.wi.gov/wastemgmt/wm/wmexternal/ShellReportViewer.aspx?RID=30.

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On March 24 at 11 a.m., BrendaHeinen from USDA Rural Devel-opment will give a presentation onthe Rural Energy for America Pro-gram. This federal program pro-vides guaranteed loan nancingand grant funding to agricultural

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heating, ventilation and air condi-tioning systems, insulation, light-ing and replacing energy-inef-cient equipment.

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Elanco matches $1.5 million for Heifer InternationalBy Sara Bredesen


Elanco Animal Healthannounced earlier thismonth that it would matchdonations to Heifer Inter-national up to $1.5 millionin support of Phase II ofthe nonprot’s East AfricaDairy Development Pro-ject.

EADD’s goal is to pro-vide sustainable liveli-hoods for 1 million peoplein Uganda, Tanzania andKenya by 2018. Phase I,initiated in 2008, beganthe process through exten-sive training in dairy hus-bandry, business practicesand operations, and mar-keting of dairy productsfor farming families in theregion.

Heifer Internationalworks in 30 countriesworldwide by providinglivestock and environmen-tally sound agriculturaltraining to those whostruggle for reliablesources of food and in-come. According to the or-ganization, Phase I hassucceeded in helping

179,000 smallholder dairyfarmers in east Africa dou-ble their household in-come. Phase I also estab-lished 27 new milk collec-tion hubs and helped farm-ers earn $131 million inmilk sales through the saleof 94 million gallons ofmilk.

“Farmers receive train-ing and resources to in-crease milk productivityon their farms, as well astechnology for collecting,preserving and transport-ing milk to the market-place,” according to aHeifer International newsrelease. “The approach ad-dresses practices thatboost smallholders’ pro-ductivity while creating aninfrastructure that supportsa sustainable market forfarmers’ products.”

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Elanco has actively par-ticipated with Heifer Inter-national since 2007, in-cluding a commitment of$500,000 to the EADDPhase I last May. In all,the Indiana-based com-pany has contributed morethan $3 million to HeiferInternational, includingthe donation of product tohelp dairy farmers im-prove the health of theircows and on-site trainingin cow health by Elancoemployees.

The most recent match-ing contribution means atotal of $3 million morewill go into program sup-port.

“The matching programprovides an opportunityfor donations to deliver

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“We’re particularly ex-cited about the EADDproject because it repre-sents an evolution in sus-tainable development,”said Jeff Simmons, presi-dent of Elanco. “Movingbeyond individual gifts ofanimals to offering con-nections to technology andmarketplaces can deliversocial, economic and envi-ronmental benets thatwill build stronger com-munities throughout theentire region. Not onlywill we help provide betterdiets with access to animalprotein, but greater humanpotential will be realizedas we improve liveli-hoods.”

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New York artist Nathan Sawaya used Lego brand buildingblocks to recreate the classic art piece, "AmericanGothic." An exhibit of his Lego art runs through June 14at the Oshkosh Public Museum, 1331 Algoma Blvd.,Oshkosh.


Visitors to the WPS FarmShow may want to take a littleextra time in Oshkosh to play... or to at least see how NewYork artist Nathan Sawayahas played with the iconicLego brick and turned thou-sands of the little connectingblocks into art.

The Oshkosh Museum ofArt will feature Sawaya’s“The Art of the Brick”through June 14.

“The museum exhibition isaccessible because it engagesthe child in all of us while si-multaneously illuminating so-phisticated and complex con-cepts,” said Sawaya, whoseOshkosh exhibition is one offour touring North America,Asia and Australia. “Every-one can relate to the mediumsince it is a toy that many chil-dren have at home. But mygoal with this exhibition whenit rst debuted in 2007 was toelevate this simple playthingto a place it has never beenbefore.”

Sawaya buys the bricks“just like everyone,” he said

on his website brickartist.com.“I use the same Lego bricksthat you can buy in toystores.”

The difference might be

that Sawaya has more than2.5 million colored bricks inhis New York and Los Ange-les art studios.

“A life-size human form

sculpture typically has 15,000to 25,000 bricks,” he said.“Some sculptures take hours,some take days and some takemonths. A life-size humanform sculpture typically takestwo to three weeks, depend-ing on complexity.”

Sawaya’s work includesthree dimensional sculpturesand oversize wall art in whichhe selects colored blocks toaccurately duplicate color.Some pieces are original con-cepts and some are interpreta-tions of well-known paintingslike Van Gogh’s “StarryNight” and Grant Wood’s“American Gothic.”

Sawaya said his biggestpieces were a TyrannosaurusRex skeleton 20 feet long anda billboard 15 feet high and 53feet long, using more than500,000 Lego pieces. Heglues his work together tomake them permanent.

“I nd that museums andgalleries get grumpy when

they open up a crate expectingto nd a nished sculptureand nd a pile of loosebricks,” he said, adding with ajest that the glue is a mixtureof goat milk and elf tears.

Sawaya’s is the rst exhi-bition focusing exclusivelyon the Lego as an artmedium. He made his rstcreations as a child but put

his talent and whimsy towork professionally in 2002.In addition to his exhibitionart, Sawaya does commissionwork worldwide.

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Kiddie tractor pull isset for Wednesday

For kids of all agescoming to this Wiscon-sin Public Service FarmShow, the kiddie tractorpull may just be thehighlight of their trip.

This year’s pull isslated for Wednesday at1 p.m. just outside thefood tent. Classes willbe broken into weightdivisions, not by age.

Classes for the pullinclude: Under 35pounds; 35-40 pounds;41-50 pounds; 50-59

pounds; 60-74 pounds;75-90 pounds;91-105 pounds;106-115 pounds;116-125 pounds;126-140 pounds;151-160 pounds;161-180 pounds;181-200 pounds; andmore than 200 pounds.

Each participant willreceive a ribbon andsmall prize. First, sec-ond and third place n-ishers receive specialribbons.

Mobility assistance availableMobility assistance will

again be available to helpvisitors in need of assis-tance getting around theWisconsin Public ServiceFarm Show grounds.

Free motorized scoot-ers, manual wheelchairsand wagons will be avail-able during the show,which will be March 24-26 at the EAA grounds inOshkosh.

WPS will have a tent onsite for loaning out thescooters, wheelchairs andwagons. About 50 mobilityassistance scooters have

been available in recentyears.

The battery-poweredscooters, provided by RayLancaster of Vista MobilitySpecialists, are easy to op-erate and designed to carryone individual.

“(Scooters are available)right near the entrance andacross from the handi-capped parking,” said Ta-mara Rozmarynowski,communications specialistfor Integrys Energy Group.“Attendees do not neces-sarily need a handicapparking sticker to park

there, it’s open to anyonein need of mobility assis-tance.”

Visitors can see the en-tire show from their carts.They can take them past alloutdoor exhibits, throughdoors of the hangars andup and down the aisles. Allbuildings are connected bygravel roads or blacktop.

A person need not behandicapped to request ascooter; the service isavailable to anyone who isunable to walk the show.

To request mobility as-sistance, stop by the

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As in the past, free shut-tle service will be availablefrom the parking lot to thefront gates of the show.

Trafc will be directedthrough the grounds, andsigns will help exhibitorsand attendees navigatetheir way around the show.

Parking will be just tothe east and west of thegrounds, depending onweather. Most cars areparked within 1,000 feet ofthe grounds.

Good to grow: New tent expands showBy Karyn Eckert


Following with thetheme, "Time to Grow,"the Wisconsin Public Ser-vice Farm Show is growingthis year in indoor ex-hibitor space.

A new tent features justshy of 18,000 square feet

and will be located be-tween hangars A and C.

Farm show manager RobJuneau said the tent allowsthe show to expand insideexhibition space withoutpermanent structures.

“Seeing as they won’tbuild a building, we’ve gotto kind of build our own,"Juneau said. "The tent is

really the only way to do it,because (EAA) has to haveit down when the show isover with.”

The 90-by-200-foot tentwill include large exhibitspaces housing companiessuch as Fabco, Dion-Ag,Valmetal, M.H. Eby andPromat in the center aisle.Thirty-six standard sizebooths line the sides of thetent.

“Everybody’s scared thatnobody’s going to go in thetent and that it’s just full of10-by-10 booths, and theydon’t want to see that,”Juneau said. “I’m trying tomake people aware that it’snot just 10-by-10s. Itshould be just as good amix in there as it is insidethe building. We’ve gotpeople that are going tohave equipment insidethere.”

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More tents may be in thefuture of the WPS FarmShow as demand for ex-hibit space is outpacingavailability.

“We’ve got a number ofpeople who want to be inthe show,” Juneau said.“I’m actually thinkingabout where am I going toput the next tent for 2016.My intention is for this oneto be good and add anotherone for next year, but we’llsee.”

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Fifteen organizationscompleted the challenge.Organizations wereawarded up to $1,000 forcompleting the challengeand the top three groupsthat completed all chal-lenge tasks while savingthe most electricity wereawarded an additional$500 grant.

The top three challengeorganizations were theMidnight Trail RidersSnowmobile Club, NewFranken; the Rotary Club,Green Bay; and the NWTCEnergy and ConservationClub, Green Bay. The topthree organizations showeda cumulative energy sav-ings of more than 27 per-cent.

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Applicants for pre-scriptive incentives over$10,000 can requestpre-approval to guaran-tee incentive availabil-ity.

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