b'CONGRESS SCHEDULEPotato Markets Overview Current Status of Fungicides for the Changes to Tillage Practices Precision Ag on the As you head into the upcoming growing season, you mayManagement of Early Blight and Brown Spot in Potato RotationPotato Farmbe questioning what the market situation will look like.The ever-changing landscape of fungicide certificationIn recent years, innovative potato producers across CanadaAcross agriculture, Following a year of unprecedented market pressures fromand resistance management provides challenges forhave been experimenting with different tillage equipmenttechnology is becoming the global COVID-19 pandemic, processors and packersgrowers. This session will give an overview of theand changes in practices to reduce the amount of tillage onmore important. In the are still working to adapt. This session will provide anoptions currently available for protection against earlytheir farms. Fewer tillage passes are generally associatedpotato industry there arent overview of the supply and demand situation for fresh andblight and brown spot. with improved soil health, soil organic matter, less soilas many options available, processing markets in Canada, North American, Europecompaction, and savings in both fuel and labour. This panelbut Dutch grower Jacob discussion will feature some potato producers from acrossvan den Borne is working to and around the globe.Presenter: Julie Pasche Canada who have been experimenting with reducing theirchange that. van den Borne tillage in a variety of ways.works with precision agriculture Moderator: Ashley Robinson, editor of Spud Smart companies on his farm to develop Moderator: Ryan Barrett, research coordinator with theand test different technology. This Panelists: Cedric Porter, Dale Lathim, Kevin MacIsaac andP.E.I. Potato Board presentation will explain some of his work.Mark Klompien Digitizing Your Field RecordsAs agriculture becomes more techPanelists: Chad Berry, Michel Camps, Matt Ramsey and focused, an important part ofHomer Vander Zaag Presenter: Jacob van den Bornemoving your farm online is Use of Cover Crops in Potato digitizing your farm records. Rotations in the U.K. This session with experts This presentation will cover the findings of the soon-to- from Farm Credit Canada will be completed five-year AHDB Rotations Project, whichexplain their product AgExpert investigated the effects of cover crops and organicAccounting and Field and why amendments on potato crop performance and soilits important to digitize your conditions in the United Kingdom. potato records. Presenter: Mark StalhamPresenters: Chris Vanthuyne and Jon PaskarukRow WidthConsiderations forthe CommercialPotato Producer Seed Potato Regulatory ModernizationRow width is an important partThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is of potato planting, but how domodernizing Canadas Seed Regulations to improve changes in row width affectresponsiveness and consistency, reduce complexity, your crop? Mark Pavek has donestrengthen consumer protection for seed potato programs extensive research into this andand respond to potential avenues for modernization and will explain his findings in hisimprovement. This session will discuss the process, presentation. industry participation and explain the survey which allows growers to record their opinions, comments and Presenter: Mark Pavek suggestions.Presenters: Deb Hart and Mlanie Mecteau6 CANADIANSPUDCONGRESS.CA FEBRUARY 24-25, 2021 #SPUDCON #SPUDCONFEBRUARY 24-25, 2021WINTER 2021CANADIANSPUDCONGRESSSPUDSMART.COM.CA 7congress_TR.indd 6-7 2021-01-28 1:45 PM'