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Moderator:
Scott Keirstead,
Past President, ACEA
8:30 a.m.
Welcome
James Dwyer, Crops Specialist, UMCE
9:00 a.m.
Late Blight Control Chemistries and Practices
Dr. Steven B. Johnson, Crops Specialist, UMCE
9:20 a.m.
Introduction of Activities and Future Work
George McLaughlin, Agricultural Engineer, MPB
9:40 a.m.
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Dr. Steven B. Johnson, Crops Specialist, UMCE
10:00 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Legislation and Changes in Federal Agricultural Policy
Ken Gustin, Acting State Director, FSA
10:50 a.m.
Pressing Issues Facing Potato Growers: Update from the
MPB
Tim Hobbs and Don Flannery,
MPB
11:10 a.m.
Making Efficient Use of Fertilizer
Dr.
Peter Sexton, Crops Specialist, UMCE
11:30 a.m.
Potato Jeopardy – An Interactive and Participatory Game
Dr. Steven B. Johnson, Crops Specialist, UMCE
11:50 a.m.
Adjourn for Lunch - ON YOUR OWN
Moderator:
Dr. Jim Dill, Pest Management Specialist,
UMCE
1:20 p.m.
Risk Analysis for Corn Grain Production
Dr.
Peter Sexton, Crops Specialist, UMCE
1:40 p.m.
Farming the Wind – Benefits to Wind Energy on Your Land
Edward Wright, Project
Developer, Horizon Wind Energy
2:00 p.m.
Pest
Issues with Rotation Crops
Dr. Dave Lambert, Assoc. Professor of
Plant Pathology, UM
2:20 p.m.
Break
2:50 p.m.
Effect of Rotation Crops on Soil Fertility
Dr.
Peter Sexton, Crops Specialist, UMCE
Verna Zacharias, District Mgr, AgWorld
3:30 p.m.
Ozone for Disease Control in Storage - Test Results
Steve Belyea, Storage Engineer, PMIF, MDAF&RR
3:50 p.m.
Wrap up
4:00 p.m.
Adjourn
THURSDAY
22 January 2009
Moderator:
Grant Clark, President, CAYF
8:30 a.m.
Welcome
James Dwyer, Crops Specialist, UMCE
9:00 a.m.
Antioxidant Content of Potatoes
Dr. John Jemison, Water
Quality and Soils Specialist, UMCE
9:20 a.m.
Cover Crop and Nitrogen Influence on Kennebec Yield and Quality
Dr.
John Jemison, Water Quality and Soils Specialist,
UMCE
9:40 a.m.
Cost of Potato Production in Maine
Don Flannery, Executive Director, MPB
10:00 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Issues Associated with Controlling Colorado Potato Beetle
with Neonicotinoids
James Dwyer,
Crops Specialist, UMCE
Dr. Andrei Alyokhin, Professor of Applied Entomology, MAFES
11:10 a.m.
Economic Benchmark Study of Maine Potato Production
Scott Kenney, Regional Manager, Farm Credit of
Maine
11:30 a.m.
Identifying and Reducing Constraints to Potato Productivity
Dr.
Wayne Honeycutt, Research Leader and Soil
Scientist, USDA-ARS, NEPS&WL
11:50 a.m.
Adjourn for Lunch - ON YOUR OWN
Moderator:
Randy Smith, Superintendent, Aroostook Farm
1:00 p.m.
Wood Ash, A Potential Liming and Nutrient Source for Potato
Production Systems
Dr. Gregory Porter, Professor of Agronomy, UM
1:20 p.m.
Sprayer Technology and Potato Plant Coverage
George McLaughlin, Agricultural Engineer, MPB
1:40 p.m.
Phosphorous Acid for Late Blight Control
Dr. Steven B. Johnson, Crops Specialist, UMCE
2:00 p.m.
The Potential for Manufacturing Potato-Based Plastics in Maine
Andrew Files, Coordinator, Sustainable Bioplastics
2:20 p.m.
Potato Breeding Program and Variety Development Update
Dr. Gregory Porter, Professor of Agronomy, UM
2:50 p.m.
Update from the Porter Farm
Dr. Vikram Bisht,
Porter Farm Program Manager,
MDAF&RR
3:10 p.m.
2008 Florida Test Results
Bob Batteese, Director of Plant Industry, MDAF&RR
3:30 p.m.
Wrap up
3:40 p.m.
Adjourn
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