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Chancellor Mnookin visits Hancock Agricultural Research Station

April 7, 2025 |

On March 31, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin visited Hancock Agricultural Research Station during a trip to central Wisconsin. Mnookin and Dean Glenda Gillaspy, who also attended, heard from CALS faculty members Jed Colquhoun and Yi Wang, both from the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences. Colquhoun, professor and extension specialist, discussed his work that supports keeping water clean and healthy. Wang, associate professor and extension specialist, talked about using AI and robotics for assessing field health. In an Instagram post, Mnookin said that what impressed her most “was the amazing and deep collaboration among our researchers, Wisconsin potato farmers and industry –– truly the Wisconsin Idea.”

Photos by Andy Manis for UW–Madison Office of Strategic Communication

Chancellor Mnookin talks with Tom Prasalowicz, farm manager of Hartland Farms, at Hancock Agricultural Research Station.
Chancellor Mnookin and Dean Gillaspy listen as Amber Walker, right, UW potato and vegetable storage research manager, talks about the research on storage.
Troy Fishler, superintendent of the Hancock facility, talks about about a new variety of potatoes being researched.
Yi Wang, associate professor and extension specialist in the Department of Plant and Agroecyosystem Sciences, demonstrates a robotic used in agriculture fields.
Jamie Boyd, storage research facility technician, assesses glucose and sucrose concentration of stored potatoes.
Chancellor Mnookin talks with famers and UW researchers.
The group poses for a photo at Hancock Agricultural Research Station.
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