Calhoun County will host the 2018 Winter Sweet Potato Production Meeting Friday, Feb. 23 at the Calhoun County Extension Office in Pittsboro.
Sweet Potato Specialist Stephen Meyers said an informative program is planned and invited all to attend.
The program, which is subject to change, is as follows:
8:30 A.M. Registration and refreshments.
Stephen Myers
9:00 A.M. Welcome and opening remarks.
9:15 A.M. An Overview of Sweetpotato Research and Extension Efforts in 2017.
Stephen Meyers, Asst. Extension/Research Professor, MSU-NMREC/PSS
9:45 A.M. Impact of Sweetpotato Variety Selection and Insecticide Thresholds on Yield and
Insect Damage.
Fred Musser, Professor, MSU-Entomology
10:00 A.M. Mississippi Foundation Sweetpotato Program.
Jeff Main, Research Assoc., MSU-Pontotoc Experiment Station
Mark Shankle, Research Professor, MSU-NMREC/Plant & Soil Sciences
Bennie Keith, Director, Mississippi Crop Improvement Association
10:30 A.M. Louisiana Foundation Sweetpotato Program.
Chris Clark, Professor, LSU-Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology
11:00 A.M. North Carolina Foundation Sweetpotato Program.
Christie Almeyda, Interim Director, NCSU-Micropropagation & Repository Unit
11:30 A.M. California Foundation Sweetpotato Program.
Sue Sim, Staff Research Associate, UC-Davis- Foundation Plant Services
12:00 noon Reminders from USDA-FSA.
Pamela Rhoades, Calhoun Co. Executive Director, USDA-FSA
12:05 P.M. Lunch Sponsored by Industrial Ventilation, Inc.