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Growing Better Potatoes Workshop

  • Red Lion Hotel 217-229 Main Road Ballarat, VIC, 3350 Australia (map)

Andy Robinson (NDSU and U of M)

Date: Thursday 2 February 2023

Time: 4 pm - 6:30 pm (with the opportunity to mingle after the event)

Location: Red Lion Hotel, Ballarat Victoria, 217-229 Main Road, Ballarat 3350

Registration: Click here to register

Join USA potato experts and the PotatoLink team for a workshop on growing better potatoes. Topics will include:

Chad Hutchinson (Trical)

  • Andy Robinson Associate professor at North Dakota State University and the University of Minnesota discussing maturity, seed cutting and seed spacing, herbicides and weed management

  • Chad Hutchinson, Global Director of Potato Research and Market Support at TriCal Group, presenting on soil health

  • Len Tesoriero, senior plant pathologist and Spud GP, covering black dot and Verticillium wilt diseases.

  • Jenny Ekman, postharvest specialist at Applied Horticultural Research, reviewing seed storage.

Light refreshments will be provided. There will be an opportunity to network after the workshop concludes.

View the agenda below. There will be an associated field walk with this event. Click here to register for the field walk.

Len Tesoriero (Plant Pathologist and Spud GP)

Jenny Ekman (AHR)

AGENDA

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