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Potato Growth Regulators and Sprout Inhibitors

Looking Beyond CIPC is in Your Best Interests

Bill Orr - September 28, 2020

Tater Tales

Tater Tales — An Outstanding Chipping Variety

Eugenia Banks - September 28, 2020

Crop Production

Ontario Potato Harvest Progressing Well

Staff - September 25, 2020

Diseases

Post-Harvest Treatment Found to Reduce Necrosis in Covington Sweet Potatoes

Staff - September 24, 2020

Markets & Pricing

U.S. Potato Production Drop to Affect Fries

Staff - September 24, 2020

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Diseases

New Late Blight Resistance Gene Discovered

Staff - September 22, 2020 0

Researchers have found a diploid wild potato with a high resistance to the pathogen which causes late blight in potatoes, a news release from...

Crop Production

Canadian Potato Production Outlook Mixed

Staff - September 21, 2020 0

The potato production outlook across Canada is mixed as parts of Eastern Canada recorded one of the driest growing seasons on record while growers...

Up to the Challenge

People September 21, 2020

Potato Harvest Done in Parts of Manitoba

Crop Production September 21, 2020

National Potato Council Happy With Expanded Pandemic Aid

Industry September 18, 2020

Cavendish Farms Opens New $12.5 Million Research Centre in New Annan, PEI

New Cavendish Research Centre Opens in New Annan, P.E.I.

Business September 18, 2020

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Harvest Conditions and the Problems They Can Cause for Potato Storage – A Spud Smart Roundtable Webinar & Podcast

Podcast Staff - August 28, 2020

The Importance of Pre-Harvest Sugar Sampling – A Spud Smart Roundtable Webinar & Podcast

Podcast Staff - June 2, 2020

The Latest Practices for Use of Liquid and Dry Fertilizers – A Spud Smart Webinar & Podcast

Podcast Staff - April 23, 2020

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Potato Growth Regulators and Sprout Inhibitors

Looking Beyond CIPC is in Your Best Interests

Bill Orr - September 28, 2020 0

October 8, 2020, marks the official end of the European Union’s grace period on CIPC residue, following the product’s June 2019 deregistration in that...

Potato Equipment

Top Five Tips to Keeping Your Harvester Digging This Fall

Darren Demers - September 16, 2020 0

As you roll your way through your fields this fall, will your harvester be your very best and most reliable friend, or your most...

News

Up to the Challenge

People Mark Halsall - September 21, 2020 0

Hired as the first female farm manager at AAFC’s Benton Ridge potato breeding substation last year, Rachelle Smith is helping break new ground for...

National Potato Council Happy With Expanded Pandemic Aid

Industry Staff - September 18, 2020 0

The National Potato Council (NPC) welcomes the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) expansion of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, the group says in...

Ontario Potato Harvest Progressing Well

Crop Production Staff - September 25, 2020 0

The potato harvest in Ontario is progressing well but did have to stop early some days this week due to high daily temperatures, Ontario...

Post-Harvest Treatment Found to Reduce Necrosis in Covington Sweet Potatoes

Diseases Staff - September 24, 2020 0

Researchers at North Carolina State University have found a post-harvest curing treatment greatly reduces the incidence of necrosis in the sweet potato variety Covington,...