Most Recent

Insects

Monitoring Aphids

Eugenia Banks - 0
Aphids are small (one to four millimetres), soft-bodied sucking insects. Their life cycle is complex and includes both winged and wingless forms. Wingless aphids...
Irrigation

Alberta, Feds Funding Dam Safety Review

Staff - 0
The Eastern Irrigation District will receive up to $100,000 in funding from the federal and Alberta provincial governments through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP),...

Government invests $58.6 Million to Protect Temporary Foreign Workers

Industry
Potato field in sunset

Canadian Potato Crop Update

Crop Production

Our Precarious Food Chain

From our Desk
Second Growth-Heat Sprouts

Hot Manitoba Temperatures Stressing Potato Crops

Crop Production

Watch Now

INSIDERS

INSIDERS

Chasing Harvesters

Anne Taylor - 0
I have run beside many planters and maybe even more harvesters, jumping over dirt clumps and getting a face full of dust – all...
Unwashed raw fresh potatoes
INSIDERS

How to save a crop you didn’t plan to still be...

Bill Orr - 0
Phew. After incredible market upheaval from March through much of May, processing potatoes are finally moving again as fry processors restart their lines. COVID-19...

News

Healthy Fries?

Product Ashley Robinson - 0
A group in Holland have created a low carb french fry which is healthier than a traditional fry. Leon de Winter wasn’t impressed when his...
Read more

Government invests $58.6 Million to Protect Temporary Foreign Workers

Industry Staff - 0
The Canadian government is investing $58.6 million into making further investments to safeguard the health and safety of Canada and temporary foreign workers (TWFs)...
Read more

Agronomy

United Irrigation District Receives $262,000 from Alberta Government

Irrigation Staff - 0
The government of Alberta is giving more than $262,000 to the United Irrigation District, the provincial government says in a news release on Aug....
Read more

Alberta Gives $1.1 Million for Lethbridge Irrigation Maintenance

Irrigation Staff - 0
The government of Alberta is giving almost $1.1 million to the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District, the provincial government says in a news release on...
Read more

Business

French fries
Markets & Pricing

Potato Acreage Cut May Cause French Fry Shortage

Staff - 0
Reductions to processing contract volumes in North America due to the pandemic demand drop may cause a french fry shortage, the Aug. 5 issue...
Potato Field
Markets & Pricing

Manitoba, Alberta Potato Acre Boost Could Help Offset U.S. Drop

Staff - 0
With Manitoba and Alberta potato growers increasing acres, the extra processing supplies should help alleviate a supply shortfall in the United States but it...

Viewpoints

Our Precarious Food Chain

From our Desk Staff - 0
As we watched the world as we know it disappear while the global pandemic unfolded, I found myself dumbfounded. I grew up on a...
Read more

Eye on the Nation

Eye On The Nation Staff - 0
Manitoba By: Dan Sawatzky, general manager of the Keystone Potato Producers Association Risk is a word growers in Manitoba know all too well. Weather remains a...
Read more

Improving the Family Farm

Grower Spotlight Staff - 0
The pandemic may have caused problems in the potato industry, but the Perry family are looking at the bright side as their family works...
Read more

Manitoba Potato Farmer Nearing 40 Years in the Biz

Grower Spotlight Mark Halsall - 0
Rick Davison, a successful potato producer in Carberry, Man., didn’t shy away from making some big decisions as a young farmer. Davison was only 18...
Read more

New Girl on the Block (or Page Actually)

From our Desk Ashley Robinson - 1
You might notice it’s a different name and picture on this page… well, let me take this as my cue to introduce myself. My...
Read more

Technology

Spud Smart Magazine Logo

Agronomy | Business | Tech | News | Viewpoints | Magazine | INSIDERS | Videos | Buyer’s Guide | Subscribe
About • Advertise • Contact Us

© 2020 Spud Smart – Privacy Policy