Program

  • 6:30 TO 9:00 PM - ICE BREAKER

    Ag Center Courtyard

    (between Canada Room and Show Ring)

           Join us for appetizers and beverages courtesy of Burbank Express

Free Fries at the Canteen

Wednesday: 10:00 -11:30 & 1:30 - 3:30

Thursday: 10:00 - 11:30

  • 8:00am - Breakfast Is On - In the Canada Room

  • 9:00am - Tracy Shinners-Carnelley - Peak of the Market - Pesticide Update/Consequences of Review

  • 9:30am - Julie Pasche – NDSU - Recognizing the Differences and Implications of Common and Powdery Scab

  • 10:00am - Mike Thornton – U of Idaho - How Heat Impacts Potatoes

  • 10:30 - Pam Kolochuk - Peak of the Market - Intro to Potato Week

  • 10:35am - Coffee Break -Enjoy a 'Potato Snack" courtesy of Peak of the Market

  • 11:20am - Welcome and Congratulations - Patti Rothenburger ADM - Manitoba Agriculture

  • 11:30am - Keynote - David Zaruk (The Risk-Monger) – The Sustainable Potato: Getting the Right Message on the Table

    David is an environmental-health risk governance analyst specialised in EU policy debates. A pioneer in science communications and science and society issues for more than two decades, David sits on various research ethics panels and frequently serves as a chair, expert, rapporteur, ethics adviser or evaluator for European-funded research projects. He writes a blog under the pseudonym: The Risk-Monger, assessing the European use of evidence in environmental-health policy management.

  • 12:15 to 1:30 - Buffet Lunch - in the Canad Room

  • 1:30 pm - Haider Abbas - Manitoba Ag - Track of Nitrogen Dynamics within Potato Rootzone

  • 2:00pm - Mario Tenuta – U of Manitoba - Let’s Talk N2Ohhhh (Nitrous Oxide)

  • 2:40pm - Emma Bedlington – Stratos - From Farm to Fork to Boardroom: Current ESG Trendand Influence in Agriculture

  • 3:20pm - Coffee Break

  • 4:15pm - Julie Pasche - NDSU - Update on Fungicide Resistance in Leaf Spot Pathogens

  • 4:45pm - Demo - Barn 2

    Demo 1: Sprinkler Inefficiencies and Solutions to Remedy- Aaron Sauser, Lindsay Mfg


    Demo 2: Managing Disease Transmission: Determining the Propensity of Pectobacterium species Spread in Seed Cutters - Zack Frederick, MHPEC

  • 6:00 pm - Spuds & Suds Trivia Night - Join us for good food and fun times

  • 8:00am - Breakfast Is On - In the Canada Room

  • 9:05 - Zack Frederick - MHPEC Inc. - Managing Vericillium Wilt in Potatoes with Mustard Biofumigation

  • 9:30am - Mike Thornton – U of Idaho - Impact of Wildfire Smoke on Potatoes

  • 10:30am - Coffee Break

  • 10:35am - Demo - Barn 2

    Demo 1: Managing Disease Transmission: Determining the Propensity of Pectobacterium species Spread in Seed Cutters - Zack Frederick, MHPEC

    Demo 2: Sprinkler Inefficiencies and Solutions to Remedy- Aaron Sauser, Lindsay Mfg

  • 11:25am - Carl Rosen - U of Minnesota - A Realistic View of Soil Health in Potato Cropping Systems

  • 11:55am - Manphool Fageria - McCain - Regenerative Agriculture Practices Implemented on the McCain Farm of the Future and Key Learning’s

  • 12:30pm - Luncheon -  Adam Bighill – Anything is Possible

    Adam started his career in the CFL in 2011, coming directly from Central Washington University. He spent 2011-2016 with the BC Lions winning the Grey Cup his rookie year. He then made his way to the NFL in 2017 to play for the New Orleans Saints. Following the NFL, Adam arrived in Winnipeg in 2018 and has been with the Bombers ever since. Adam has now won 3 Grey Cups, 2 most recently back-to-back with our Bombers. He also has been named the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player 3x (2015,2018,2021). Adam is also a 6x CFL All-Star. Adam is currently 7th all time in tackles in CFL history and is climbing the ranks. Aside from his life on the football field, Adam is also a financial advisor with Wellington-Altus Private Wealth. His wife Kristina and he have been married since 2014 and have 3 kids, AJ who is 7, Leah who is 5, and Beau who is 3.

Enjoy a Potato Snack courtesy of Peak of the Market

Wednesday Coffee Break in the Concourse: 10:30AM

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