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Crop Inputs

Miravis Duo Now Registered for Potato Use

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Syngenta's product Miravis Duo is now registered for use on potatoes to protect against early blight and several other diseases, the company says in a...
Wireworms
Crop Inputs

Hope for Wireworm Control

Madeleine Baerg - 0
A new wireworm control product from BASF, Cimegra, is giving growers hope following years of products being phased out. Potato growers fearing a shrinking toolbox...
Potato harvest

Maritimes Drag Down Canadian Seed Potato Production

Markets & Pricing
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Canada Seed Potato Area Down 2.3 Per Cent from 2019

Markets & Pricing
Windrower placing potatoes

Reducing Tillage but Not Quality

Crop Production
VACS Mobile and Mobile TANK

What a Long, Long Way We’ve Come

Potato Equipment

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Potato Growth Regulators and Sprout Inhibitors

Care About Sustainability? Make Yourself Heard

Bill Orr - 0
Canada is growing into a global player in the processed potato market, thanks to a rapid expansion in processing capacity in this country. However,...
VACS Mobile and Mobile TANK
Potato Equipment

What a Long, Long Way We’ve Come

Karl Abrahamson - 0
When TJ Lockwood built the potato industry’s first ever potato grader way back in 1930, his innovation was greeted with huge enthusiasm by farmers...

News

The World is My Potato

People Trevor Bacque -
Exuberant agronomist shines on federal youth ag council and with master’s research. Many people are content to attend post-secondary school, find a job, settle in...

Feds, Ontario Government Invests $3.5 Million for Online Ag Businesses

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The Ontario and federal governments are investing more than $3.5 million to help more than 700 businesses in the Ontario agri-food sector establish or...

Agronomy

BASF’s Fungicide Serifel Expanded for Potato Use

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BASF has received approval from Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency to expand the label for the fungicide Serifel to include numerous fruiting, leafy,...

Miravis Duo Now Registered for Potato Use

Crop Inputs Staff -
Syngenta's product Miravis Duo is now registered for use on potatoes to protect against early blight and several other diseases, the company says in a...

Business

Crinkle cut french fries
Markets & Pricing

World French Fry Trade Down 7.7 Per Cent

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Global trade of french fries fell 7.7 per cent as of Oct. 31, 2020 with the pandemic having caused an uneven impact throughout the...
Grocery store potatoes
Marketing & Promotion

The Grocery Store Revolution

Ashley Robinson - 0
Online grocery shopping will be here to stay following the pandemic, but the food supply industry will need to get creative when marketing products. As...

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