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It’s the perfect food. A travel size, vitamin-rich serving of potassium, protein, and natural sugars, easily digestible, low in fat, and grown worldwide from Asia and Africa to Central and South America. The banana.  Arguably one of the world’s most popular fruits, and with more than 95 million tons produced annually, second only to the tomato. To put it mildly, it would seem the world has gone bananas, for bananas.

It can be quiet in Wisconsin’s farm country, with July’s mid-day sun forcing every living creature to shade and shelter,  and only the occasional buzzing fly or swish of a tail to cut the silence. But when Wisconsin’s Farm Technology Days came to Outagamie County in July of 2012 things were far from quiet. In […]

Even before a seed is planted, farmers invest a great deal of time and effort to ensure it develops into a healthy crop. Equipment must be purchased. Land must be secured. The ground must be tilled. Weather must be correctly predicted.  Once planted, the seed must be meticulously cared for and nourished for months until […]