2024 Big Idaho® Potato Harvest Meeting Set For Nov. 13

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The 2024 Big Idaho® Potato Harvest Meeting is on Nov. 13. The potato industry will hear from leaders in Ag and special guests.

Schedule

7:30 am

Doors Open – Open Registration

8:30 am

EVENT STARTS

Robert Spendlove, Senior Economist, Zions Bank
“Idaho’s Economic Frontier: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead”

Kim Breshears, CMO, Potatoes USA
“The Changing Marketplace: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities”

Kam Quarrels, CEO, National Potato Council
“Advancing Priorities for the Potato Industry in a Chaotic Washington DC”

Chanel Tewalt, Executive Director, Idaho Department of Agriculture
“Idaho Agricultural Affairs Update”

10:15 am

BREAK

Shawn Boyle, President, Idaho Growers and Shippers Association
“Supporting Success: How the Idaho Grower Shippers Association Serves the Idaho Potato Industry”

Bob Warnock, VP Produce, Performance Foodservice
“Performance Food, Group: Distributing Potatoes for Foodservice”

Jeramiah Dickey, Director of Athletics, Boise State University
“College Athletics Today”

Jamey Higham, President/CEO, Idaho Potato Commission
“FY24-25 IPC Business Update”

12:00 PM

LUNCH


When: November 13, 2024:

  • 7:30 a.m. Check In and Networking
  • 8:30 a.m., Event Starts
  • Lunch Served After

Where: Idaho State University ICCU Bengal Alumni Center

Registration: Idaho Potato Commission

Hotel Room Block: Marriott Courtyard Pocatello

Everyone in the Idaho potato industry is invited to attend, especially growers.