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Manitoba Storage Potato Harvest in Full Swing

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The Manitoba potato harvest for storage is in full swing with about a third of potatoes having been harvested, the Sept. 15 provincial potato report...
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North American Potato Research Bulletin: PAA Meeting Highlights

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A highlight reel of the latest potato research projects presented at the 2023 PAA annual meeting. Potato researchers across North America are working every day...
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Solynta Names Peter Poortinga as New CEO

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What Ignoring Your Stored Spuds Until the End of Harvest Could...

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Benedikt Cramer Named New Managing Director for Restrain

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New Network of UK Post-harvest Research Facilities Established

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Potato Growth Regulators and Sprout Inhibitors

What Ignoring Your Stored Spuds Until the End of Harvest Could...

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Do you have bin management plan to support your potatoes from load-in through suberization? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve asked various producers...
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The Key to High-Quality Crops: Proactive Soil Sampling

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When talking to growers, I firmly advocate for a proactive approach to optimizing potato crop nutrition. Understanding the soil and specific nutrient requirements of...

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Keeping Spuds Healthy with a Wide Rotation

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We started focusing on expanding our potato crop rotation about five years ago. We had been attending a lot of agronomy meetings, and at...

Keeping the Soil in Place for the Next Generation

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I’m the fourth generation growing potatoes on Anderson Farms in Beechwood, N.B. My great grandfather, grandpa and father have spent decades toiling over our...

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New Bayer Fungicides Receive Canadian Registration

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Emesto Complete fungicide and insecticide seed-piece treatment and Velum Rise fungicide/nematicide have received registration in Canada, a Sept. 19 news release from Bayer Crop Science...

B.C. Funds Planning, Prep Work for Ag Emergencies

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The British Columbia government is providing $20 million for the Food Security Emergency Planning and Preparedness Fund that will support the agriculture community to prepare and respond to emergencies, a Sept. 18 news release said.

Agronomy

New Fully Remote Irrigation Controller Available

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The fully remote Edge Controller from T-L Irrigation Co. allows irrigators the power to monitor and control pivot operations any time, any place, a...

Ontario Storage Potato Harvest Well Underway

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The harvest of the storage potato crop is in full swing near Alliston, Ont., a Sept. 21 email update from Eugenia Banks said. "The area was...

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Bayer Announces New Team and Organization to Benefit Farmers in Eastern...

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Bayer Crop Science Canada has announced it’s launching a new commercial go-to-market organization and expanding its Eastern Canadian team this month, according to a...
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Solynta Names Peter Poortinga as New CEO

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Dutch hybrid potato breeder Solynta has announced Peter Poortinga will join the company as CEO as of Sept. 15, a Sept. 14 news release...

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