Potatoes NB will be hosting our Annual Potato Conference & Trade Show on Thursday February 1st, 2018 at the E. & P. Sénéchal Centre in Grand Falls, N.B. The event begins at 8:00 am with registration (coffee, muffins, etc.) and should finish around 3:30 pm.

Program Program 2018 – NB Potato Conf. & Trade Show

Our guest speaker this year is Damian Mason. Damian’s Bio can be found here: Notice 2018 – EN FR

Many door prizes for N.B. Potato Producers only will be drawn at the end of the day (your presence is required)

Note: There will be a service of simultaneous translation on site for you!

We hope to see you there!

Location of the event:

Centre E.& P. Sénéchal

Recreation, Tourism and Culture

60 Ouellette Street

Grand-Falls/Sault, New Brunswick

E3Z 1A6

 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Friday, December 1st, 2017 at 9:00 am
Kin Club of Florenceville (381 route 110, exit 153)
East Centreville, N.B.
Please plan to attend – a lunch will be served
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Guests
Hon. Andrew Harvey
Minister of Agriculture, Mines and Rural Affairs
T.J. Harvey
MP – Tobique-Mactaquac
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For a link to the agenda Click:  Agenda AGM 2017 Final FR, EN

NBPITI in collaboration with Potatoes NB is happy to invite you to a:

Soil Health Caravan

August 30^th & 31^st, 2017

Date:  August 30^th, 2017                                                               

Rain or shine!

Nick Kavanaugh’s Field

Time: 1:30pm

Location: Turn west off Ouellette Street

down Coldbrook past Jim Toner’s potato

storage, drive to field at end of road.

Date: August 31^st, 201 7

Rain or shine!

James Banks’s field

Time: 9:00am

Location: From the Florenceville Motor Inn

Go south 1.9km on Rte 130, turn right

on Hillview Farms field road

No cost, refreshments will be provided.

Questions : Contact Joe Brennan 506 392-7230, 506 278-5577 or jcbrenn@aernet.ca

FLORENCEVILLE-BRISTOL, N.B.   The 14^th Annual Gala Dinner honouring two prominent potato industry leaders who will be inducted into the New Brunswick Potato Museum’s Hall of Recognition has been set for Friday, September 8, 2017.  This will be held at the New Brunswick Potato Museum/Potato World in Florenceville-Bristol.  The evening will commence with a social hour at 6:00 p.m.  Dinner and the formal Awards Ceremony will follow.

The recipients for 2017 are:  1) Gailen Allan (respected Elite Seed Potato Grower and Potato Industry/Community Leader); 2) Carl Morris (first Plant Manager at McCain Foods and retired Senior Vice-President of Manufacturing at McCain Foods Canada).

Previous inductees into the Hall of Recognition:

2004 – Harrison McCain and Yvon Ouellette

2005 – Wallace McCain and Anton L. Pray

2006 – Joseph Toner and Reginald Gilbert

2007 – Clair Hill and Dr. Donald Young

2008 – Paul Bubar and Ronald Piper

2009 – Lionel Poitras and Melvin Barclay

2010 – Byron McGrath and Ivan Savage

2011 – Gilbert Michaud & Son (Marcel Michaud) and Jock Fraser

2012 – Gary Foster and Mogens Givskud

2013 – Hon. Frederick William Pirie, Sr.; Frederick William Pirie, Jr.; Gaylon Crain; David Frost

2014 – Harold Hatfield; Eugene Brennan, Jean-Louis Daigle

2015 – Andrew McCain, Robert McCain, and Jean-Marie Pelletier

2016 –  Sterling Lamoreau and Gilles Moreau

Eligible individuals have been or are involved in New Brunswick farming and/or farm organizations, business, agrology, or science and have made a significant contribution towards the improvement of the potato industry.   For tickets ($ 50.00 per person) and further information, please contact Potato World at 506-392-1955, Fax 506-392-1956, e-mail:  tours@potatoworld.ca

The New Brunswick Seed Potato Growers Association (NBSPGA) will be holding their annual NB Seed Potato Day  along with their AGM on Friday, Feb 10th, 2017 from 9:30am-3:00pm at the Quality Inn  Pres du Lac, 10039 Route 144, Saint André, NB. (A lunch will be provided)

Agenda: NBSPGA Seed Day Feb 10,2017