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World Potato Congress Inc. Webinar – November 11, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time with Netafim’s Yechiam Gets, Crop Model Agronomist Presenting “Basics of irrigation for processing potatoes and irrigation scheduling” The World Potato Congress is very pleased to announce the resumption of its webinar series and its first Fall webinar with Yechiam Gets,…

The call for abstract submission for WPC 2022 is open and authors are encouraged to submit their abstract online for consideration. Authors can submit for oral and poster presentations. Please however note, that only a limited number of submissions will be selected for oral presentations. All other suitable abstracts will be offered a poster presentation.…

The World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC) is very pleased to announce The Little Potato Company as its newest Silver Sustaining Partner. President & CEO Romain Cools stated: “The World Potato Congress Board of Directors is extremely pleased to welcome The Little Potato Company to our Sustaining Partner family. They are a family-owned, family-values based company…

The World Potato Congress Inc.’s (WPC) Board of Directors is very pleased to announce Mr. Willie Jacobs as its newest International Advisor from South Africa. President & CEO Romain Cools stated: “We are very pleased to welcome Willie Jacobs to the World Potato Congress Inc.’s International Advisor group. Mr. Jacobs will be a great asset…

The World Potato Congress Inc.’s (WPC) Board of Directors is very pleased to announce Easyfresh as its newest Silver Sustaining Partner. President & CEO Romain Cools stated: “We extend a warm welcome to Easyfresh as a new member of our family of Sustaining Partners. Their engagement towards World Potato Congress Inc. is illustrating that our…

The World Potato Congress Inc.’s (WPC) Board of Directors is very pleased to announce Netafim as its newest Platinum Sustaining Partner. President & CEO Romain Cools stated: “Getting Netafim on board as a new member of our family of Sustaining Partners is illustrating the steps forward continuously taken by the global potato value chain towards…

World Potato Congress Inc. Webinar March 31, 2021 at 09:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time – “Late Blight: 175 years of experience. What have we learned? An update.” presented by Albert Schirring, Bayer AG The World Potato Congress is very pleased to present its next webinar on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 with Albert Schirring, Strategy Lead…

Franz Grimme, honorary citizen of Damme (Germany) and owner of the GRIMME Group, turns 75 on 3 March this year. In 1970, at the age of 24, he joined GRIMME after successfully completing his studies in mechanical engineering and business administration in Cologne and Pforzheim. Together with his father of the same name, he managed…

The World Potato Congress Inc.’s (WPC) Board of Directors is very pleased to announce TriCal Group as its newest Platinum Sustaining Partner. President & CEO Romain Cools stated:”TriCal Group is a wonderful addition to our family of Sustaining Partners. Welcome TriCal Group!” “We are ecstatic to be a Platinum Sustaining Partner and part of the…

Willie Jacobs took over the leadership of Potatoes South Africa (PSA) as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) after Dr. André Jooste, who as part of his career planning, left the organization after 9 years. Initiatives established by Dr. Jooste are highly regarded and supported by industry. Under Dr. Jooste’s leadership, valuable research was done not only…