Seth Olson, conservation agronomist at Alsum Farms, oversees 2,700 acres in Arena and roughly 1,000 acres in Grand Marsh. Right now, he’s scouting the field for the Colorado Potato Beetle and potato blight. He also manages sustainability initiatives on the farm to prevent erosion with all the rainfall we’ve been getting and to meet the standards of the Wisconsin Healthy Grown Potato program. Olson gives us a crop progress report from the potato field. He says 80 percent of the crop looks great.

Seth Olson, conservation agronomist at Alsum Farms, oversees 2,700 acres in Arena and roughly 1,000 acres in Grand Marsh. Right now, he’s scouting the field for the Colorado Potato Beetle and potato blight. He also manages sustainability initiatives on the farm to prevent erosion with all the rainfall we’ve been getting and to meet the standards of the Wisconsin Healthy Grown Potato program. Olson gives us a crop progress report from the potato field. He says 80 percent of the crop looks great.

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