Wisconsin Cranberry Growers celebrate 125 years

Day 2 of the Brownfield Wisconsin Agribusiness Tour took us to Central Wisconsin; our first stop was in Wisconsin Rapids to visit with the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association and Executive Director Tom Lochner. It was 125 years ago this week that a group of about 30 cranberry growers met to go over the bylaws and articles of incorporation of the association. Lochner says a lot of those early growers were very progressive and believed in working together. “There wasn’t a lot of

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