b'INDUSTRYNEWSPEOPLE NEWS been involved in its establishment, operationalization, strategy development and McCain Foods Announces 2018 Top Potato Growers at Manitobaresource mobilization.Awards Banquet Over the last twenty years Kaguoungo has worked with agricultural-based McCain Foods (Canada) announced A&M Farm Ventures Ltd. as the 2018 Crop Yearorganizations in impact assessment, monitoring and evaluation of research and Champion Potato Grower for Manitoba at the annual McCain Manitoba Growersdevelopment projects. He has conducted research and development projects on Appreciation Banquet held last December, an annual tradition made even morelivelihood, policy, farming systems, trade-offs analysis, value chain analysis and special during the 40th anniversary of the Portage la Prairie facility in 2019.agricultural marketing in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Ethiopia and Malawi.Approximately 150 guests, including executives from McCain Foods, gathered to celebrate the top Manitoba growers. Representatives from A&M Farm Ventures (Tom, Lisa, John and Shawna Adriaansen) accepted the Champion Grower award, marking their first win of this prestigious recognition and exceptional partnership with McCain.P.E.I. Potato Board Elects New Executive for 2019/20The Top Innovator Variety Grower in Manitoba this year was S.B. VegetableThe Prince Edward Island Potato Board has a new executive as a result of its board Growers. The team from Portage la Prairie has achieved standings nine times inof directors meeting last November. The board is pleased to announce that Jason the Top 10 Growers Awards, and this is their first time as Champion InnovatorHayden will continue in the role of chairman. Hayden has been on the potato board Grower. Both partners expressed a hearty thank you for the recognition of their workfor five years serving as the tablestock director for the Charlottetown District. He providing top-quality potatoes despite the challenging conditions in one of thefarms with his family in Pownal, where they grow and pack fresh potatoes. Hayden most difficult growing seasons the region has faced. served as chair in 2018/19 and vice-chair in 2017/18.The new vice-chairman of the board is Wayne Townshend of Fortune Bridge. Townshend and his family own and operate Townspud Inc. Townshend represents the seed sector for the Montague/Souris District.Potato Growers Select 2020 NPC Leadership John Hogg from Summerside will continue in the role of secretary-treasur-At the National Potato Councils (NPC) 2020 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Britter. Hogg and his family own and operate Klondike Farms. Hogg represents the Raybould of Rexburg, Idaho, was elected to serve as NPCs 2020 president andprocessing sector for the Summerside District. The board is also pleased to to lead the councils executive committee. NPC delegates also approved: Dominicwelcome three new directors: John Griffin of W.P. Griffin Inc., representing the LaJoie of Van Buren, Maine, as first vice president; R.J. Andrus of Idaho Falls, Ida- tablestock sector for the West Prince District; Donald Stavert of Stavert Farms Ltd., ho, as vice president of the Legislative Affairs Committee; Jared Balcom of Pasco,representing the seed sector for the Summerside District; and Becky Townshend of Wash., as vice president of the Trade Affairs Committee; Bob Mattive of MonteTownshend Potato Co. Ltd., representing the processing sector for the Montague/Vista, Colo., as vice president of the Finance and Office Procedures Committee; andSouris District.Ted Tschirky of Pasco, Wash., as vice president of the Grower Outreach and Industry Research Committee.BUSINESS NEWSKey Technology Acquires Herbert SolutionsScott Rodger Appointed as LEMKENs Managing Director and SalesKey Technology, a leading global designer and manufacturer of digital sorting, Manager inspection, conveying and other processing equipment, and a member of the Dura-LEMKEN, one of Europes leading manufacturers for soil cultivation, seeding andvant family of operating companies, has acquired Herbert Solutions, enhancing its crop care machinery, settled down in 2018 LEMKEN Canada Inc. as a fully-fledgedportfolio of potato and vegetable equipment solutions.subsidiary after two successful decades offering products and service all over theHerbert has established itself as a leader in serving the root crop and fresh country. Scott Rodger leads the subsidiary from January 2020 as managing directorproduce markets with an assortment of industry-leading sorting, washing and and sales manager. With him, LEMKEN has found a broadly-experienced andhandling solutions. They are headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The passionate ag professional. acquisition further strengthens Keys position in its core potato and vegetable market segments.The combination of Herberts expertise in handling and sorting whole products and Keys strong presence in processed potato and vegetable solutions creates a WPC Announces New International Advisor in Kenya complimentary fit between our two companies, said Louis Vintro, co-president The World Potato Congress is pleased to announce that Wachira Kaguongo hasat Key Technology. It will enable us to offer an even broader set of integrated accepted the position of the World Potato Congress Inc.s (WPC) newest Inter- solutions that will benefit our customers product quality, production efficiency and national Advisor. Kaguongo is an agricultural economist currently working withoverall yield.the National Potato Council of Kenya (NPCK). He joined NPCK in 2011 and has DISEASE CONTROL FROM TOP TO BOTTOMDouble Nickel works on both soil-borne & foliar diseases,forming a barrier to infection.52 SPUDSMART.COM WINTER 2020WWW.UAP.CA'