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Manitoba Storage Potato Harvest in Full Swing

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The Manitoba potato harvest for storage is in full swing with about a third of potatoes having been harvested, the Sept. 15 provincial potato report...

North American Potato Research Bulletin: PAA Meeting Highlights

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A highlight reel of the latest potato research projects presented at the 2023 PAA annual meeting. Potato researchers across North America are working every day...

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What Ignoring Your Stored Spuds Until the End of Harvest Could...

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Do you have bin management plan to support your potatoes from load-in through suberization? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve asked various producers...

The Key to High-Quality Crops: Proactive Soil Sampling

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When talking to growers, I firmly advocate for a proactive approach to optimizing potato crop nutrition. Understanding the soil and specific nutrient requirements of...

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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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New Bayer Fungicides Receive Canadian Registration

Emesto Complete fungicide and insecticide seed-piece treatment and Velum Rise fungicide/nematicide have received registration in Canada, a Sept. 19 news release from Bayer Crop Science...

B.C. Funds Planning, Prep Work for Ag Emergencies

The British Columbia government is providing $20 million for the Food Security Emergency Planning and Preparedness Fund that will support the agriculture community to prepare and respond to emergencies, a Sept. 18 news release said.

Agronomy

New Fully Remote Irrigation Controller Available

The fully remote Edge Controller from T-L Irrigation Co. allows irrigators the power to monitor and control pivot operations any time, any place, a...

Ontario Storage Potato Harvest Well Underway

The harvest of the storage potato crop is in full swing near Alliston, Ont., a Sept. 21 email update from Eugenia Banks said. "The area was...

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Bayer Announces New Team and Organization to Benefit Farmers in Eastern...

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Bayer Crop Science Canada has announced it’s launching a new commercial go-to-market organization and expanding its Eastern Canadian team this month, according to a...

Solynta Names Peter Poortinga as New CEO

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Dutch hybrid potato breeder Solynta has announced Peter Poortinga will join the company as CEO as of Sept. 15, a Sept. 14 news release...

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