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Hutton’s Potato Expert to Lead the European Association for Potato Research

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Professor Ian Toth, Director of the National Potato Innovation Centre (NPIC) and Scotland’s Plant Health Centre at The James Hutton Institute, has been appointed...

Agricultural Science Done Right Resolves Social Science Intentions

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At the end of June, I had the opportunity to present on ‘functional sustainability’ at the World Potato Conference in Adelaide, Australia… and what...

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It’s Go Time! Here’s Your Playbook as Potatoes Enter Storage

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It’s my favourite time of year: harvesters are rolling in fields and we’re starting to see the results of a whole growing season’s efforts...

Perfect Your Variety Mix for Storage and Market Success

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I had the opportunity to visit field trials in Washington and Idaho with our breeder last week. As we traveled to various plots, we were...

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Protect Your Soil with KWS Cover+™

I live in sunny Lethbridge, Alberta where I’ve enjoyed working with seed producers and farmers for the past two decades.  The bounty of sunlight...

Data Driven Harvesting: Finally Available for Potatoes Too

IN 1849, a man by the name of Pieter Vansteenkiste founded a forge in Roeselare, Belgium, where he and his family manufactured agricultural and...

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New Storage Organization Shining the Light on Potatoes’ “Second Season”

The North American Potato Storage Organization wants to draw more attention – and more research dollars – to what it says is an overlooked...

Ten Tips For A Tip-Top Harvest

The potato person who said many years ago “A Potato Storage Is Not A Hospital” was absolutely right. Diseased or bruised tubers do not get...

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Ten Tips For A Tip-Top Harvest

The potato person who said many years ago “A Potato Storage Is Not A Hospital” was absolutely right. Diseased or bruised tubers do not get...

New Technology Dramatically Improves Long-Range Weather Prediction

An oceanographer and his engineer sons fundamentally change the game for sub-seasonal weather forecasting, outperforming the most respected global long-range weather forecasts. Despite advanced technology...

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What is Canada’s Potato Gene Bank?

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) established a national potato gene bank at its Fredericton, N.B. research facility in 1992. As private sector breeding programs have...

IN PHOTOS: PAA’s 108th Annual Conference is on this week in...

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The Potato Association of America (PAA) on Monday officially welcomed about 250 potato researchers, agronomists, processors, growers and more to Portland, Oregon for PAA’s...

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