The World Potato Congress Inc. is presenting another webinar in its continuing webinar series. Set for June 25 at 9:00 a.m. EST, Burkhard Kuhlmann, with GRIMME, will present “Mechanization Levels for the Global Potato Industry”.
As a globally-recognized German machinery company, GRIMME specializes in providing mechanization solutions for potato, beet and vegetable farmers. As the core on which the 150 year old business was founded, GRIMME provides a full line of potato machinery, from soil preparation, planting and maintenance, right through to harvest and storage.
Description of the presentation:
- Role of the potato in the global challenge of feeding the world
- Steps of mechanization
- Comparison mechanization levels from around the world
Burkhard Kuhlmann is the Team Leader, Product Specialist Potato Equipment worldwide with GRIMME Landmaschinenfabrik. Burkhard joined GRIMME in 2001 in the service department as an electronic specialist and training organisation. After eight years, he moved into product management for trailed harvesters and since 2018 he is the Product Specialist Potato Equipment. Burkhard has visited potato farmers worldwide including Africa, China, India, Russia and all over Europe.
The host for this webinar will be WPC Director, Dr. Nora Olsen (norao@uidaho.edu).
To register in advance for this webinar, use this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/
Previous WPC webinars can be found here: www.potatocongress.org
