Oct 29, 2014UPGA sponsors Potato Business Summit
During the past three years the Potato Business Summit, sponsored by United Potato Growers of America (UPGA), has become one of the cornerstones of the POTATO EXPO.
The upcoming Potato Business Summit on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, promises to jump start the 2015 POTATO EXPO with an overview of domestic and global commodity markets.
It is the highest attended breakout session and is probably the most concise business summary of world and domestic potato economics that all growers, shippers and potato processors need to be able to understand how to compete in the market today,” said Jerry Wright, UPGA CEO.
This year’s summit will focus on world and domestic commodities, including potatoes, Wright said.
“Growers, shippers and producers need to understand the global market for an accurate outlook of domestic markets,” he said
The summit will feature the following speakers:
- Sterling Liddell, of Rabobank
- Romain Cools, of Belgapom
- Greg Schlaver, of Lamb Weston
- Don Ladhoff, of the U.S. Potato Board
- Jerry Wright, UPGA
See the video for more information on the summit and speakers’ presentations.
The summit begins at 8 a.m. It is open to the public, no admission fee, with free breakfast and lunch. Continental breakfast is served from 7:30 a.m.-8 a.m. Lunch is served from noon-1 p.m. Go to the UPGA website to register.
Look for a UPGA insert of Jesse Ausubel’saddress from the 2014 Potato Business Summit in the November/December issue of Spudman. Ausubel is the director of the program for human environment at The Rockefeller University.
