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Preventing Bruise in Potatoes

From general tips to variety-specific recommendations, these experts deliver the goods on mitigating bruise. Meeting the demands of processors and buyers in terms of quality...

2019 Successful Harvest Checklist for the Storage Crop

Whoever said that “a potato storage is not a hospital” was absolutely right. Diseased or bruised tubers that are stored will not get better. Tubers...

Breaking the Fall

There’s a new way to ensure gentler handling of spuds, thanks to an innovative product invented by potato growers in P.E.I. Two years ago, Maritimer...

New and Improved Potato Scanning and Handling Systems

Recent updates on new and established scanning and handling systems including the SmartSpud, chemical imaging and an acrylamide sensor. Any technology that helps maximize profit...

Potato Producers Have Eyes On The Future

For a century at least, potatoes have been one of our province’s staple crops. More recently, they’ve become a pillar of southern Alberta’s economy. And...

Study warns of blackspot bruising potential

The accumulative impact of hot days, combined with warm evenings that fail to cool down, could result in blackspot bruising early in the harvest...

Preventing Bruise in Potatoes

From general tips to variety-specific recommendations, these experts deliver the goods on mitigating bruise. Meeting the demands of processors and buyers in terms of quality...

2019 Successful Harvest Checklist for the Storage Crop

Whoever said that “a potato storage is not a hospital” was absolutely right. Diseased or bruised tubers that are stored will not get better. Tubers...

Breaking the Fall

There’s a new way to ensure gentler handling of spuds, thanks to an innovative product invented by potato growers in P.E.I. Two years ago, Maritimer...

New and Improved Potato Scanning and Handling Systems

Recent updates on new and established scanning and handling systems including the SmartSpud, chemical imaging and an acrylamide sensor. Any technology that helps maximize profit...

Potato Producers Have Eyes On The Future

For a century at least, potatoes have been one of our province’s staple crops. More recently, they’ve become a pillar of southern Alberta’s economy. And...

Study warns of blackspot bruising potential

The accumulative impact of hot days, combined with warm evenings that fail to cool down, could result in blackspot bruising early in the harvest...