The Winter Meeting of the Potato Sub-committee was held at SCRI (now part of the James Hutton Institute), Invergowrie on Tuesday 10 February 2009.
The programme was as follows:
- PDF file: Changes in market pressures and directions, new varieties for new demands (436 KB)
Chris Marshall, Head of Agriculture, QV Foods - PDF file: Potato Production: EU changes and proposed withdrawal of agrochemicals and consequences (142 KB)
Lorna Spicer, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Syngenta - The role of precision farming in Potato Production
Roy Watson, Soil Essentials - Potato breeding for tomorrow’s world
John Bradshaw, SCRI.
Also at the meeting SSCR members presented a cheque to SCRI potato expert Dr John Bradshaw ahead of his retirement in the spring to mark his significant contribution to the potato industry.
