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37th Annual Western Washington Potato Workshop

37th Annual Western Washington Potato Workshop Agenda

February 22 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

9:00 Light Refreshments

9:20 Opening Remarks Don McMoran
9:35 Washington State Potato Commission Matt Harris

10:00 Break

10:15 Yellow Nutsedge Dr. Steven Seefeldt
10:45 Storage Problems Dr. Ken Frost
11:05 New WSU Potato Disease Publications Babette Gundersen
11:15 What might climate change mean for Western Washington ag? Chad Kruger
11:50 Potato Variety and Seed Lot Research Results Dr. Mark Pavek

12:00 LUNCH

1:00 2018 Cover Crop trial Don McMoran
1:20 Potato Pathology Dr. Lydia Tymon
1:55 Skagit Potato Pest Monitoring Talea Price & Charlie Coslor
2:15 Fusarium in Potatoes (Please bring samples to the workshop) Dr. Kasia Duellman
2:30 WSU WISE Kate Seymour
3:00 Meet the New WSU NWREC Soil Scientists Deirdre Griffin and Gabe LaHue
3:15 National Speaker TBD TBD
4:00 Evaluation and Networking

An application will be submitted for 4 WSDA Re-certification Course Credits