2024 Winter Potato Conference - Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center

The 2024 Michigan Winter Potato Conference was held Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center in East Lansing, Michigan. The event featured a number of educational breakout sessions and updates. You can download slideshow presentations of the sessions below.

• Advancing the Michigan Potato Industry through Potato Variety Commercialization - Chris Long, Potato Outreach Program
• Biostimulants, Microbials, and Biological Nitrogen Fixation - Dr. John Squire, Azotic North America
• The Economic Contribution of the Michigan Potato Sector - Dr. William Knudson, Michigan State University
• Economic Outlook: Michigan and National - Dr. Paul Isely, Grand Valley State University
• Field Management Solutions to Improve Storage Quality - Dr. Paul Bethke, USDA ARS/University of Wisconsin
• Heat Stress Resilience in Potato: Field and Storage Assessment - Dr. Dave Douches, Michigan State University
• Implications of Potato Seed Physiological Age - Dr. Paul Bethke, USDA ARS/University of Wisconsin
• Managing Quality in Storage: Can DMN Help? - Nathan Gelles, 1,4GROUP
• MRLs are like Potatoes - Michelle Sharpe, BASF
• National Potato Council Update - Mike Wenkel, National Potato Council
• On-Farm Solar Energy Production - Allen Bonthuis, Harvest Solar
• Potato Skin: The Best Defense Against Storage Loss - Dr. Paul Bethke, USDA ARS/University of Wisconsin
• Practical Methods for Evaluating the Ecological Activity of Soil - RJ Rant, Nutrilink Biosystems and Terraform Ag
• Telling Your Sustainability Story with the Potato Sustainability Alliance (PSA) - Natalie Nesburg, PSA