b'CONTENTS WINTER 2021FEATURES04CANADIAN SPUD CONGRESS52THE FUTURE OF POTATO Spud Smart, in partnership withBREEDINGthe provincial and national potatoKey takeaways about potato breeding associations, are honoured to bringand the future of it from HZPCs you the most exciting Canadian potatoPotato Days Live.industry trade and educational event of the year. 55THE GROCERY STORE 20HOPE FOR WIREWORMREVOLUTIONCONTROLOnline grocery shopping will be here A new wireworm control product fromto stay following the pandemic, but BASF, Cimegra, is giving growers hopethe food supply industry will need following years of products beingto get creative when marketing phased out. products.26 EXPANDING TOOLBOX 58UNLOCKING SOIL A number of fungicides have had theirSECRETS IN YOUR labels expanded in Canada to offerFIELDS control for various potato diseases. SWAT MAPS are a digital map which 28 PROBING THE POTENTIAL OFcharts soil, water COVER CROPS and topography in A PhD student in Manitoba is surveyingfields in order to growers about a relatively new crop onhelp growers better the Canadian Prairiescover crops. understand their fields35 THE BUZZ ON DIPLOID76 WORKING ON THE POTATOES NEXT GENERATION What are diploid potatoes and why areEugene Antworth is working with breeders and processors so interetsed inhis two sons to transfer the familys them? potato farm to the next generation36 A FLU SHOT FOR POTATOESPotato researchers across the country are trying to develop a strategy to fight lateDEPARTMENTSblight.40 REDUCING TILAGE BUT NOT02FROM OUR DESKQUALITY 18IN THE FIELDA farmer in Manitoba, who experimented56INSIDERSwith direct seeding and minimal tillage62 TATER TALESin a potato field, harvested a crop statistically on-par with his conventionally64 MARKET NEWSplanted fields 66 EYE ON THE NATION44IRISH POTATO FAMINE STILL70 INDUSTRY NEWSLURKS IN CANADA 74 WORLD REVIEWResearch and education are key to keeping potato plants safe from disease transfer by tomatoes.50THE WORLD IS MY POTATOSpudSmartExuberant agronomist shines on federal@SpudSmartMagyouth ag council and with masters research. spudsmart.comWINTER 2021 SPUDSMART.COM 1'