Join us Thursday, July 11th, from 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm at the Hancock Agricultural Research Station for our 2023 HARS Field Day. Event coordinated by Troy Fishler, HARS Superintendent. View the event schedule below, or download as a PDF.
Potato Research Field Day Agenda
Thursday July 11, 2024 1:00PM – 4:15 PM
Kick-off & Introductions (HARS Grounds) 1:00-1:20pm
1:00 – 1:15 Guolong Liang & Natasha Paris (UW-Extension Specialists) – ‘Welcome & Introductions’ – Introduction to Steven Hall (New UW-Madison Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist)
1:15 – 1:20 Amber Walker (UW Storage Research Facility Manager) ‘Storage Research Facility Update’
Field Wagon Tours & Potato Research Updates 1:20pm-3:40pm
MC: Guolong Liang (UW-Extension)
C20 South End of Field
1:30 – 1:45 Yi Wang – ‘Using Precision Agriculture Techniques in Vegetable Crop Production’
C30 South End of Field
1:50 – 2:05 Monica Schauer – ‘Preliminary results from the Nitrogen Optimization Pilot Program’
C28 South End of Field
2:05 – 2:20 Maria Caraza-Harter – ‘Potato Breeding Update’
K25 East End of Field
2:25 – 2:40 Russ Groves – ‘Insect Management in Potato and Processing Vegetables’
K26 East End of Field
2:40 – 2:55 Francisco Arriaga & Carl Betz – ‘Challenges and Opportunities for Measuring Neonicotinoid and Nitrate Load Losses from Potato Production in Sandy Soil’
S2/S3 North End of Field
3:00 – 3:15 Jed Colquhoun – ‘Water Quality and Weed Management Research Updates’
S6/S7 North End of Field
3:15 – 3:30 Amanda Gevens – ‘Disease and Research Updates in Potato and Vegetable Pathology’
Field Day Wrap-up and Announcements (building grounds near outdoor pavilion) – 3:40-4:15 pm
Social Hour will begin immediately after wrap-up around our outdoor pavilion. A grilled chicken dinner w/sweet corn, potato salad and refreshments will be provided compliments of the WPVGA’s Associate Division!
Self-guided tours of the UW Potato & Vegetable Storage Research Facility and A.R. Albert & Villetta Albert-Hawley Horticultural Garden will be available throughout the day.
