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SUMMARY:Maine Agricultural Trades Show
DESCRIPTION:2025 Show News\n\nConference Schedule – Added 10/23/2024\n Participant Directory – Added 10/16/2024\nApplications Open to Participate in Upcoming Show\nPlease check back often and subscribe to show news for updates and special announcements.\nAre you someone who typically attends the show? What resources does your farm or agricultural business need for success? What would be most useful to have at the show? Share your ideas for future shows.\n\n2025 Dates and Times: \n\nJanuary 14\, Tuesday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM\nJanuary 15\, Wednesday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM\nJanuary 16\, Thursday 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM\n\nShow Location:?The Augusta Civic Center address is Community Drive\, Augusta\, ME 04330. Exit 112 off Interstate 95. Follow the signs for Augusta Civic Center. Public parking is available at the venue. Augusta is approximately 60 minutes north of Portland\, and 90 minutes south of Bangor. \nAttending: There is no admission fee to attend the show. Please check the conference listings for any pre-registration and course fee requirements.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mafes/event/maine-agricultural-trades-show/
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SUMMARY:Maine Potato Summit
DESCRIPTION:The Maine Potato Summit will be held on January 15\, 2025 at the Smith Wellness Center at Northern Maine Community College located at 33 Edgemont Drive\, Presque Isle\, ME 04769.  This is our 3rd year taking this conference over and we are going to try a different format this year to see if it will work better for everyone’s busy schedule. \n**6 Pesticide Recertification Credits available for the day** \nWe have a great day planned with new innovation talks as well as local crop product updates. Also\, don’t miss our social event to wrap up the day with a free cocktails and food!  The reception will be a great opportunity to connect with our great group of vendors to speak more on their products as well as other industry representatives and fellow growers. \nRegister here \nAs always\, the event is free for Maine growers and their staff! \n2025 Schedule: \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime\nGeneral Session\n\n\n8:00 AM\nRegistration\n\n\n8:00 am – 8:30 am\nBreakfast sponsored by CaroVail/Carolina Eastern\n\n\n8:30 – 9:30 am\nSteve Li- Auburn University\, UAV spraying- Steve will discuss the basics of crop spraying using UAVs.\n\n\n9:30 – 10:00 am\nAndrei Alyokhin- University of Maine\, Potato entomology. Andrei will discuss economic impact levels of different insects on potatoes and the amount of damage potato plants can incur before yield impacts are observed\n\n\n10:00 – 10:30 am\nMorning Break\n\n\n10:30 – 11:30 am\nBryan Hammis- Michigan Operator\, UAV Potato Spraying. Bryan will discuss spraying with UAVs specifically on potatoes.\n\n\n11:30 – 12 pm\nHan Tan- University of Maine\, UAVs for pest detection. Han will speak on research he is helping conduct on utilizing UAVs to determine disease and insect presence in potatoes.\n\n\n12 – 1 pm\nLunch sponsored by Bluefield Seeding Solutions\n\n\n1 – 1:30 pm\nPanel (Hammis\, Li\, Active Intelligence\, MBPC)- The panel will discuss and answer questions on the use of UAVs for pesticide applications in potatoes.\n\n\n1:30 – 2pm\nMario Andrade- University of Maine\, Potato Breeding Update. Mario will discuss the latest breeding efforts from UMaine.\n\n\n2 – 2:20 pm\nMike Wenkel- National Potato Council\, National Potato Industry Update.\n\n\n2:20 – 2:50 pm\nAfternoon Break\n\n\n2:50 – 3:10 pm\nSyngenta Update- Latest insecticide product and update\n\n\n3:10 – 3:30 pm\nTechmark Update- Latest storage technology for disease management.\n\n\n3:30 – 3:50 pm\nBioSafe Systems Update- Latest product updates.\n\n\n3:50 – 4:10 pm\nAgri-Cal Update- Latest product updates.\n\n\n4:15 pm – 6 pm\nReception sponsored by Farm Credit East
URL:https://umaine.edu/mafes/event/maine-potato-summit/
LOCATION:Smith Wellness Center\, 33 Edgemont Dr\, Presque Isle\, ME\, 04769\, United States
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