About this Event

Join this free 60-minute online webinar to learn about the new digital tools impacting pesticide usage across the potato production sector.

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Date: Tuesday 16^th February 2021 

Time: 12pm-1pm 

WHO?

If you are a UK potato grower, an agronomist or are involved/interested in the potato growing sector, you are invited to participate in a free 60-minute online webinar.

WHAT?

In this webinar, you will learn about:

1. The risk of disease for the UK potato industry in 2021;
2. How government funding is supporting UK potato growers;
3. How CHAP's CropMonitor Pro can streamline pesticide costs next year.

SPEAKERS

Join us as we hear from Faye Richie (Associate Director – Disease & Pest Management) from ADAS who will provide an overview of the challenges facing the potato industry and the rise of pesticide resistance.

This will be followed by Chris Delf (CHAP Business Development Manager and our in-house agronomy expert) who will showcase CropMonitor Pro – a field-level enhancement to DEFRA’s Crop Monitor.

We will then hear from Mark Taplin, Agronomist at Harvest Agronomy Ltd who will share his own experience and explain how CropMonitor Pro can benefit the industry.

PROGRAMME

12.00pm Welcome and Introduction

12.05pm Managing pesticide resistance in potato crops by Faye Richie, ADAS

12.25pm CropMonitor Pro overview by Chris Delf, CHAP

12.40pm Case study: Impact of CMP in agribusiness by Mark Taplin, Harvest Agronomy Ltd

12.50pm Live Q&A

1.00pm  End of the Webinar

Feel free to share the event link to anyone you feel this event may be of interest to. For any questions, please get in touch with CHAP's Events Manager Sandy Sevenne by emailing sandy.sevenne@chap-solutions.co.uk