The potato industry is supporting a new grant that aims to bolster potato research at UW-Madison. The Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association gave funds to Extension Specialist and Soil Science Professor Matt Ruark, making him the first-ever BCS Chair. BCS is an acronym that honors past researchers at the university: Larry Binning, David Curwen and John Schoenemann. Ruark will get $85,000 per year over the next five years to support potato research. His plans for those dollars will amp up research across the state that looks to make growing potatoes more economically and environmentally viable.

The potato industry is supporting a new grant that aims to bolster potato research at UW-Madison. The Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association gave funds to Extension Specialist and Soil Science Professor Matt Ruark, making him the first-ever BCS Chair. BCS is an acronym that honors past researchers at the university: Larry Binning, David Curwen and John Schoenemann. Ruark will get $85,000 per year over the next five years to support potato research. His plans for those dollars will amp up research across the state that looks to make growing potatoes more economically and environmentally viable.

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