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Hort show covers buds to spuds
The horticulture short
course, now in its 61st year, remains the backbone of the
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Pacific Agriculture Show. Originally devoted almost entirely to berries, the short course now includes sessions on agricultural water management, agroforestry, direct farm marketing, farm business management, field vegetables, floriculture, greenhouse production, hazelnuts, hops, organic production and potatoes. Registration fees are the same as last year: $90 for the first person from a farm and $80 for each additional person for registrations received by
January 8. Registration fees include access to all seminars as well as the trade show. After January 8, the
registration fee jumps to $120 a person. Online registration forms are available at [
www.agricultureshow.net].
Farm business management Two years ago, the Risk
Doctor, David Hillson of England, told Pacific Agriculture Show attendees how to turn risks into opportunities. His keynote presentation was very well received. Two years later, with the future as uncertain as ever, he’s returning to Abbotsford for a keynote address on handling emergent risk. He will be speaking in the
Terralink Room from 11 am till noon on Friday, explaining how to identify the conditions that lead to emergent risk and
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how to develop robust responses to whatever might arise. This promises to be an engaging and informative talk as Hillson has received world- wide recognition for his work in developing risk management strategies. Subtitled “Strategies to Succeed in an Age of Uncertainty,” the Friday morning farm business management session also includes presentations by Rita Kim of Vancouver’s Partners for Growth Advisory Services and Fabio Santeramo of the University of Foggia, Italy. Kim will detail the risk management strategies financial institutions use to analyze an organization’s potential for success while Santeramo will discuss techniques and strategies to cope with trade and other political uncertainties and risks.
Berries All three days offer sessions
for berry growers. Thursday’s sessions will take place in the Evergro Room and focus on raspberry and strawberry production. Friday afternoon and all day Saturday, the sessions will move into the Terralink Room. Friday’s sessions will be of interest to all berry growers while Saturday’s are aimed at blueberry growers. There will be updates on
the berry breeding programs in BC, Washington and Oregon both Thursday and Saturday.
On Thursday, Kevin Schooley from the Ontario Berry Growers Association will suggest ways strawberry growers can work with retailers. A rep from a Fraser Valley processor will provide a raspberry market outlook.
Saturday, blueberry
growers can expect a blueberry market outlook from John Shelford, always a popular speaker at the PAS, and an update from the US Highbush Blueberry Council. There will be numerous sessions on the control of various pests and diseases impacting berry growers. Speakers include Eric Gerbrandt of Sky Blue Horticulture; Arlan Benn of ES Cropconsult; Tom Peerbolt and Julie Pond of Peerbolt Crop Management; Doug Ransome of the BC Institute of Technology, Dave Bryla of the US Department of Agriculture; Lisa Wasko DeVetter and Tim Miller of Washington State University; and Bernadine Strik of Oregon State University. Most speakers are frequent and well-respected presenters at the short course. Thursday, Abbotsford
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grower David Mutz will report on some innovative strawberry production systems he saw recently in the Netherlands. Saturday afternoon, a trio of growers will discuss their experiences machine harvesting blueberries for the fresh market. Friday afternoon’s topics include an overview of the BC haskap industry, updates on new pesticides and those being phased out, a primer on food safety requirements for 2019 and using drones to monitor growth and irrigation. Many sessions carry pesticide recertification credits.
Direct farm marketing Many farmers are looking at
ways to diversify their operations through agritourism and/or value- added processing. But are they good fits for your farm? Agritourism and processing usually require different skill sets than production agriculture.
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