Potato Day

Southern Rocky Mountain 

Agricultural and Trade Fair

February 11, 2009 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*all information listed here is subject to change.

7:00 Breakfast. 

Sponsored by the SLV Rural Electric Cooperative

 

Sustainable Potato Management Seminar

8:00 Opening Comments

8:10 Screening Potato Germplasm for Powdery Scab Resistance

8:50 New Cultivars Improve Sustainability & Enhance Profits

9:25 Preventing Physiological Disorders in Potato Storage

10:00 Refreshment Break

Sponsored by Great Salt Lakes Mineral Corp.

10:30 Fresh Demand Working Group

11:00 Potato Rotations for Sustainable Production

12:00 Lunch and Visit Trade Fair

Sponsored by First Southwest Bank

1:30 Alternative Potato Crop Management for Sustainable Tuber Yield and Quality

2:20 Rish Management to Improve Sustainability and Profitability in Potato Production

3:00 Refreshment Break

3:20 New Directions in Potato Certification

3:50 Economics of Potato Production 

 

4:30 Social Hour

Sponsored by: A & L Coors,  Alamosa, CO.


*information listed here is subject to change.

Last updated 1/26/2009