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Mark Phillips is Working to Connect with Consumers to Create Trust...

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Through his Nuffield Scholar studies, Mark Phillips was able to learn how to better work with consumers to build trust in ag. When Mark Phillips...

Three Island Potato Industry Leaders Receive National Agriculture Recognition

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On Wednesday, March 6, three individuals from the Prince Edward Island were acknowledged on the national agriculture platform. The annual meetings of the Fruit...

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To Get Healthy Potato Plants, We Have to Feed the Soil

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Soil is not inert. Given the proper conditions, it is a vibrant ecosystem – full of life. In nature, soil is kept healthy by the...

It Takes Both Faith and Science to Grow a Potato

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A colleague and I were talking recently, and she mentioned how much hope and faith goes into potato farming. Faith can have different definitions,...

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Keeping Spuds Healthy with a Wide Rotation

We started focusing on expanding our potato crop rotation about five years ago. We had been attending a lot of agronomy meetings, and at...

Keeping the Soil in Place for the Next Generation

I’m the fourth generation growing potatoes on Anderson Farms in Beechwood, N.B. My great grandfather, grandpa and father have spent decades toiling over our...

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Islanders Collect Free Potatoes at “Fill Your Boots” Event

Islanders turned out to collect thousands of pounds of free potatoes during this year's "Fill Your Boots" gathering. G Visser and Sons, Monaghan Farms,...

FCC Report: Canada’s Farmland Values Continued To Climb In 2023

The average value of Canadian farmland continued its steady climb in 2023, increasing by 11.5 per cent, slightly less than the 12.8 per cent...

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Stopping Late Blight in Potatoes Naturally

AAFC researchers have discovered selenium can help stop late blight, paving the way for a new organic friendly prevention method. Late blight can wreak havoc...

Potato Production in the United States and Canada up 8 Per Cent From 2022

A report released from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Feb. 12 contained compiled statistics from the Servicio de Información Agroalimentaria y...

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Spud History: Irrigation

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Exploring the history of various aspects of the potato industry throughout the years. ORIGIN: Irrigation is believed to have been created in Egypt and Mesopotamia....

NPC Releases Potato Export Report

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The National Potato Council (NPC) recently released their report The Current & Potential Impact of Expanded Potato Exports. The report looks at Canadian exports, as...

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