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Climate Change and What it Means for Potatoes - A Spud Smart Retail Roundtable Webinar

Jan 17, 2022

Video: Climate Change and What it Means for Potatoes - A Spud Smart Retail Roundtable Webinar


Seed World Group - About The Webinar - Climate change is in the headlines with parts of Canada receiving record heat, cold, drought and moisture over the past few years. While we are firsthand seeing climate change on potato farms across Canada, there is still questions about how it’s going to affect potato production long term. In this webinar we’ll take a closer look at the effect climate change is having on potato production and what can be done to adapt and continue to grow spuds. During this webinar, you will learn: -Climate change impacts on potato production-Reasons why adaptation have been reactive rather than proactive-How to use projected climate data to plan adaptation actions for the industry-The role remote sensing technologies can play in adaptation (ex: precision irrigation)