The Winter Meeting of the Potato Sub-committee was held at SCRI, 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.