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Animation
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Magali Hunot (AM) et Philippe-Antoine Taillon (PM)
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8:00
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Welcom coffee |
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9:10
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Opening words from the president
Jean-Christophe Beauparlant, Ferme Réjean Beauparlant inc.
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9:20
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How to manage your human resources in 2019?
Martin Méthot, B.Sc., consultant owner of Momentum Agricole inc.
A skill management facet that became essential in 2019 to face the challenges of maintaining and developing your farming business: human resources management!
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9:50
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Presentation of scientific posters
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10:15
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Morning break
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11:00
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Can we make " THE " difference?
Maria Labrecque Duchesneau, psychosocial worker graduated from UQAM, Honorary Doctorate from McGill University, founder of the organization Au coeur des familles agricoles
Our agriculture is changing, the workload is increasing. On farms, joys, sorrows and difficulties live at maximum intensity. The impact does not reach one person, if affects a family and a group of workers. How to evaluate your stress level and how to make it a surplus value for all the seasonal obligations in agriculture.
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11:45
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Lunch
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13:45
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Tillage and potato cultivation : how to minimize the impact of farming operations?
Vincent Lamarre, agronomist, engineer, professor-researcher ITA - Campus La Pocatière
Tillage is ubiquitous in potato production. How to achieve tillage objectives while limiting agri-environmental impacts? Can soils, in terms of their physical and agronomic properties, be able to allow cultural operations that limit the impact on resources?
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14:15
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Keeping up with changes in the late blight pathogen
Rick D. Peters, Ph.D., research scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
New strains of the pathogen causing late blight are being found in Canada. These strains are quite different from older strains and require new strategies for best management of late blight.
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14:45
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Technical presentation on potato storage (title to confirm)
Pierre-André Guay, engineer, director, Technical Development and Innovation , Soteck inc.
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15:10
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Meeting the challenges of controlling pink rot
Rick D. Peters, Ph.D., research scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Strains of the pink rot pathogen with resistance to Ridomil are increasing in frequency in Canada. New tools are available to successfully manage these resistant strains and reduce disease severity, but the treatments must be applied correctrly.
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15:40
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Announcements
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15:45
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End of the Congress |