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New Brunswick Potato Conference & Trade Show
This key annual event has become the biggest and best gathering of
NB potato growers and interested stakeholders. Our annual Potato
Conference and Trade Show is a two day affair which attracts over
200 people per day.
Our 2008 Potato Conference and Trade Show will be held on February
7 and 8, at the Grand Falls Sports Complex, Grand Falls, NB.
The conference provides an excellent forum for
information exchange on the latest and greatest happenings in the
industry. Every year, the focus is on delivering useful information
that will help both individual growers and our industry as a whole.
The core of our conference is focused on topics
of interest to New Brunswick potato farmers. Our program features a
wide range of interesting topics, presented by local and guest potato
industry scientists and other experts.
These people share their expertise and present
results from their research and other industry activities. The
programs usually touches on work being done in the areas of nitrogen,
phosphorous management, disease, insect and weed management, variety
evaluations, soil and crop management, innovative technology, post
harvest testing, and greensprouting and others.
Other experts speak on timely issues of concern
to our industry such as: federal and provincial programs;
environmental issues, farm and equipment safety, phytosanitary issues,
potato statistics, marketing and trade, genomics, and farm labour
resources.
A full slate of potato industry representatives offer display booths and attend the
trade
show to give the industry the opportunity to find out what’s new and get caught up with all
the recent technologies and resources available in the potato world. |
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