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BASF Gets PMRA Registration for Broflanilide

Staff - October 19, 2020

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First Successful Trial of True Potato Seed Shows Great Potential

Staff - October 19, 2020

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Facing the Future with Family

Shel Zolkewich - October 19, 2020

Potato Growth Regulators and Sprout Inhibitors

Consumers Driving an Inevitable (But Positive?) Shift to Sustainability

Bill Orr - October 19, 2020

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Three AAF Research Programs Transferred to University of Lethbridge

Staff - October 15, 2020

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Maritime Drought Drops Canadian Potato Production

Staff - October 15, 2020 0

After drought struck the Maritime provinces Canada's potato crop is expected to be 98.8 million cwt, down 7.7 million cwt from 2019, the Oct. 14...

Crop Production

Manitoba Potato Harvest Done

Staff - October 14, 2020 0

All potato crops in Manitoba have been harvested with the last few fields being dug earlier this week, the Oct. 14 provincial potato report...

Ontario Government, Feds, Commit $11.6 to Stop On Farm COVID Spread

Industry October 13, 2020

Alberta Tapping Into Federal Irrigation Money

Irrigation October 13, 2020

P.E.I. Potato Yields Variable Across Province

Crop Production October 13, 2020

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Eye On The Nation October 13, 2020

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

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Potato Growth Regulators and Sprout Inhibitors

Consumers Driving an Inevitable (But Positive?) Shift to Sustainability

Bill Orr - October 19, 2020 0

Quick quiz, in the last week, how many times have you heard or read ‘sustainability’ in relation to agriculture or food? Five years ago,...

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...

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BASF Gets PMRA Registration for Broflanilide

Product Staff - October 19, 2020 0

Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has granted registration approval for BASF's products Teraxxa F4 and Cimegra, which contain Broflanilide, BASF says in a...

Ontario Government, Feds, Commit $11.6 to Stop On Farm COVID Spread

Industry Staff - October 13, 2020 0

The governments of Canada and Ontario will invest $11.6 million to help Ontario farmers stop the spread of COVID-19 on their farms, the Ontario...

Manitoba Potato Harvest Done

Crop Production Staff - October 14, 2020 0

All potato crops in Manitoba have been harvested with the last few fields being dug earlier this week, the Oct. 14 provincial potato report...

Alberta Tapping Into Federal Irrigation Money

Irrigation Staff - October 13, 2020 0

Alberta is investing $815 million into modernizing irrigation infrastructure, with $407.5 million of it to come from Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), the provincial government...