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The 54th annual Idaho Potato Conference and Eastern Idaho Ag Expo presented by the University of Idaho and Spectra Productions will be live and in-person January 19 and 20 in Pocatello, ID.
Attend your choice of educational presentations and workshops from three concurrent sessions over the one and half-day conference and take some time to visit the adjoining trade show that features over 70 booths and displays highlighting agricultural products and services.
2022 Highlights of the Idaho Potato Conference:
- There will be several seminars and workshops on the impact of the 2021 season including effect of the weather on soil fertility, heat impact on potatoes, soil health, storage losses, and irrigation efficiency.
- Invited speaker Dr. Carrie Wohleb from Washington State University will present on the Impacts of Wildfire Smoke on Potatoes.
- Current outlooks on water, economics, labor and sustainability from industry leaders will bring us up to date on major topics for the potato industry.
- Special guests from the National Potato Council, Potatoes USA, Idaho Potato Commission will provide industry updates.
- Multiple pest protection presentations and workshops including tank mixing considerations, rotational crops and herbicide carryover issues, pollinators and potatoes, Fusarium dry rot aggressiveness, managing Rhizoctonia, diagnosing crop injury, pesticide resistance management, alternatives to fumigation, rotation and potato cyst nematode control, and comprehensive disease and weed management workshops.
- Economists will present a workshop on the profitability implications of fertilizer cost increases in addition to a discussion on the seasonality of retail rejections. The latter discussion will dovetail with a one-hour workshop on the impact of bruise on quality.
- A workshop dedicated to ‘Everything you wanted to know about potato viruses, but were afraid to ask.’ Come with questions to ask a panel of experts on the topic of tuber necrotic diseases.
- Seminars and workshops in Spanish will be held both days and include a wide variety of topics from beneficial insect identification to farm safety discussions.
- Earn CCA (CEU) and pesticide recertification credits at seminars and workshops throughout the in-person conference.
- Select presentations will be recorded and available at the conference website after the conference. Registration for the conference will be required to gain access to the recorded presentations.
Cost for pre-registration is $40 per person ($50 at the door or after January 14). Pre-registration will close at 5 pm MT on January 14.
Additional details regarding the agenda, topics, and registration can be found at https://www.uidaho.edu/cals/potatoes/news/idaho-potato-conference.
