UW-Stout: Pondview Lavender Farm joins in professors’ research on agricultural robot

Menomonie, Wis. – Tucked right off Highway 29 near Chippewa Falls is a small family farm bursting with scent and color in June and July. Pondview Lavender Farm, owned by University of Wisconsin-Stout operations and management Lecturer Bob Sworski, welcomes folks to pick lavender during the harvest season. Recently, an agricultural robot helped to advance Pondview’s lavender harvesting process as w...