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Crop Production

Correctly Used Neonics Do Not Adversely Affect Honeybee Colonies, New Research Finds

The three most widely used neonicotinoid pesticides for flowering crops pose no risk to honeybee colonies when used correctly as seed treatments, according to...

U.S. Fall Potato Production 2017 Down Two Per Cent

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimates the United States fall potato potato production for 2017 at 399 million cwt, down two per cent...

Improving Soil, Improving Potatoes

Planting cover crops offers many benefits. Innovative growers and an agronomist recently teamed up to look at ways to improve the potato crop and the...

McCain Foods Recognizes Fiskel Farms as Champion Grower

Fiskel Farms of Carberry, Man. was named the McCain 2016 crop year champion potato grower for the McCain Manitoba plants during the annual Growers’...

Potato growers benefit from not planting potatoes

There are plenty of complex topics potato growers need to understand to run a profitable business, but when it comes to outputs there are...

The bitter battle over the world’s most popular insecticides

Bee populations are declining in many parts of the globe, a worrying sign for the crops and wild plants that rely on these pollinators...

Correctly Used Neonics Do Not Adversely Affect Honeybee Colonies, New Research Finds

The three most widely used neonicotinoid pesticides for flowering crops pose no risk to honeybee colonies when used correctly as seed treatments, according to...

U.S. Fall Potato Production 2017 Down Two Per Cent

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimates the United States fall potato potato production for 2017 at 399 million cwt, down two per cent...

Improving Soil, Improving Potatoes

Planting cover crops offers many benefits. Innovative growers and an agronomist recently teamed up to look at ways to improve the potato crop and the...

McCain Foods Recognizes Fiskel Farms as Champion Grower

Fiskel Farms of Carberry, Man. was named the McCain 2016 crop year champion potato grower for the McCain Manitoba plants during the annual Growers’...

Potato growers benefit from not planting potatoes

There are plenty of complex topics potato growers need to understand to run a profitable business, but when it comes to outputs there are...

The bitter battle over the world’s most popular insecticides

Bee populations are declining in many parts of the globe, a worrying sign for the crops and wild plants that rely on these pollinators...