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New Brunswick Potato Conference
To be held on February 11, 2010 at the E.P. Sénéchal Centre,
Grand Falls, NB.
 This key event has become the biggest and best gathering of
NB potato growers and interested stakeholders. Our Potato
Conference attracts over
200 people.
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.
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