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Pest Pros Inc.

Potatoes
Company Description

Pest Pros, a division of Allied Cooperative based in Plainfield, Wisconsin, offers comprehensive crop consulting and plant disease diagnostic services to growers.

Since 1984, the division has specialized in managing crop challenges through services such as nematode testing, potato early dying assays, free soybean cyst nematode screening, disease diagnostics, soil and tissue analysis, and crop scouting.

Pest Pros also publishes weekly crop status updates and provides crop status insights to help farmers make timely management decisions. The division supports risk evaluation and treatment planning using tools like proprietary nematode risk matrices and STORECAST disease indexing for potato storage. 

Accredited by Certified Crop Advisors and affiliated with the Wisconsin Association of Professional Agricultural Consultants and the Potato Association of America, Pest Pros blends technical expertise with quality lab testing for effective crop risk management.

Early 2012, Pest Pros Inc was acquired by Wisconsin River Co-op, which merged in April of 2013 with Farmers’ Co-op Supply & Shipping Association of West Salem. The new cooperative has been named “Allied Cooperative”.

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Randy Van Haren
March 08, 2023
Randy Van Haren Enters WPVGA Hall of Fame
Pest Management Specialist Randy Van Haren, who established Pest Pros, Inc. of Plainfield, in 1984, was inducted into the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) Hall of Fame at the industry’s Annual Awards Banquet held February 8, 2023, in Stevens Point.
From left to right: Dan Kakes, Charlie Mattek, Bill Guenthner, Rod Gumz, John Bustamante, Alex Okray, Wes Meddaugh and Mike Carter (Courtesy: WPVGA)
February 15, 2021
Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association elect new president
Bill Guenthner of Guenthner Farms was elected WPVGA Board President for 2021. The WPVGA Associate Division Board of Directors elected Chris Brooks of Central Door Solutions to be its President for 2021. The WSPIA Board of Directors elected J.D. Schroeder of Schroeder Bros. Farms, President for 2021.
April 18, 2012
Pest Pros Inc acquired by Wisconsin River Co-op
Wisconsin River Co-op recently announced that it has purchased Pest Pros Inc., an independent crop consulting firm and plant disease diagnostic laboratory located in Plainfield, Wisconsin. Pest Pros provides a range of crop management services to assi...
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August 31, 2011
Pest Pros to test STORECAST potato storage disease prediction system in Canada
A recent agreement between Pest Pros Inc and Soil Food Web Atlantic Canada will test the use of  STORECAST, “Storage Potato Disease Risk Indexing” in Prince Edward Island (PEI) Canada this storage season. Mr. Daryl Lingley of Soil Food Web Atlantic C...
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