J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 9 POTATO GROWER 17 9:00-9:30 AM United Potato Growers Outlook Mark Klompien, CEO 9:30-10:00 National Potato Council Update John Keeling, Executive VP and CEO 10:00-10:30 B R E A K 10:30-11:10 Powering Performance with Potatoes Blair Richardson, Potatoes USA President and CEO 11:10-11:25 Update on Potato Crop Insurance Policies Shelia Schenk, USDA Risk Management Agency 11:25-11:50 Potato Sustainability Initiative: Continuous Improvement in Sustainable Potato Production Kristie Ste en, Cavendish Farms 11:50-12:00 New Products and Product Update from Syngenta Brett Miller, Syngenta International Crop Expo Alerus Center Grand Forks, North Dakota Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Thursday, February 21, 2019 9:00-9:10 AM Minnesota Certi ed Seed Report Je Miller, MN Department of Agriculture 9:10-9:20 North Dakota Certi ed Seed Report Kent Sather, ND State Seed Department 9:20-9:50 The Future of Trucking Shaun Bruggeman & Shane Evert, C.H. Robinson 9:50-10:15 Recognitizing Herbicide Injury Dr. Andy Robinson, NDSU/UMN Extension Potato Agronomist 10:15-10:30 B R E A K 10:30-11:00 Disease Management in Storage Dr. Nora Olsen, Univ. of Idaho 11:00-11:30 42 Years of Potato Pathology Research Dr. Neil Gudmestad, NDSU 11:30-12:00 Tuber Quality Following Cold Injury Dr. Nora Olsen, Univ. of Idaho