Troy Fishler, Superintendent, UW-Hancock Agricultural Research Station, N3909 County Highway V, Hancock, WI 54943, email: troy.fishler@wisc.edu, work mobile: 715-935-0088, office: 715-249-5961.
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Hancock Agricultural Research Station Annual Potato Field Day Agenda
Thursday July 10, 2025 1:00PM – 4:00 PM
Kick-off & Introductions (HARS Grounds) 1:00-1:15pm
1:00–1:15—Welcome from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and Senator Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Senate District 19, Invited)
Field Wagon Tours & Potato Research Updates 1:25pm-3:55pm
MC: Guolong Liang
C26 East End of Field
1:25 – 1:40 Matt Ruark – ‘Nitrogen Optimization Update’
C31 South End of Field
1:45 – 2:00 Jeff Endelman – ‘Potato Breeding Program Update’
K1 East End of Field
2:10 – 2:25 Russ Groves – ‘Insect Management in Potato and Processing Vegetables’
K2 East End of Field
2:30 – 2:45 Francisco Arriaga/Evan Freed – ‘Measuring Neonicotinoid and Nitrate Load Losses from Potato Production in Sandy Soil’
K7 East End of Field
2:50 – 3:15 Jed Colquhoun/Steven Hall/AJ Jeninga – ‘Water Quality and Weed Management Research Updates’
S14 North End of Field
3:20 – 3:35 Amanda Gevens – ‘Potato Disease Research Update’
Front of Historic Barn
3:45 – 3:55 Yi Wang – ‘Using Precision Agriculture Technologies in Vegetable Crop Production’
3:55 – 4:00 Field Day Wrap-up
**Social Hour will begin immediately after wrap-up around our outdoor pavilion.
A grilled chicken dinner w/sweet corn, baked potato, 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.
