About this event
The demand for increasing potato yield keeps going up in all classifications of potatoes from seed to fresh, processing and chippers. Often in our zeal to increase yield, quality parameters such as specific gravity, internal disorders, skin set and others often unnecessarily take a back seat and often do decline. Proper crop nutrition, taking into consideration the critical demand timings of the essential nutrients and proper application mechanics, can help to ensure the high yielding high quality potatoes that growers are looking for and the high quality that processors and consumers are demanding. This webinar will offer physiologically based suggestions on the best crop nutrition applications for the best potato crop. This webinar will be moderated by Spudman managing editor Zeke Jennings and is sponsored by YARA North America. Webinar participants will be eligible for 1 CCA CEU in Nutrient Management.
About the presenters
Jimmy Ridgway
Current Position: Regional Sales Manager, Intermountain West, Yara North America
Education: B.S. Plant Protection, University of Idaho College of Agriculture, 1984
Experience:
Jimmy Ridgway has worked in the crop nutrition business in retail, wholesale and manufacturer representation since 1984. His career has taken him throughout North America, as well as internationally developing foliar nutrition and integrated fertility management programs.Rob Mikkelsen
Rob Mikkelsen has joined Yara in early 2021 as the new Director of Agronomy. Prior to Yara, Rob was the Director of the African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI). Rob holds numerous scholarly and professional honors, the latest being the Leadership Award from the 2021 Western Nutrient Management Conference, as well as many publications within the fertilizer industry. His experience is extensive within the industry and includes years with International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), Potash & Phosphate Institute and North Carolina State University. Rob holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy/Soils and a PhD in Soil Science.
