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Crop Production

Building a better potato farm, one decision at a time

Ontario potato farmers, Kate and Peter Vander Zaag have spent almost three decades investing mentally and financially in improving their crop quality In every business,...

WA potato farmers prepare to leave industry because of tomato potato psyllid outbreak

A Western Australia seed potato grower will know in the next six weeks whether his lifelong career will continue. " is something that we've done...

Webcast: Practical Management of Powdery Scab

Powdery scab is a potato disease that is difficult to manage, and under certain environmental conditions, powdery scab can be potentially devastating to susceptible...

Sorghum-Sudangrass as Rotation Crop

Already grown by some potato farmers in P.E.I., the use of this multi-benefit crop may increase in years to come. The ideal potato rotation crop...

Conservation Measures Outperform Conventional Yields

Yields and other benefits are there under conservation potato production practices; the challenge is to reduce the cost of compost. Conventional potato production appears ultimately...

Convincing the Unconvinced on Precision Agriculture

An Alberta agronomic consultant hopes his “data driven agriculture” proves an easier-to-adopt twist on precision agriculture. Precision agriculture is cutting edge, high-tech and full of...

Building a better potato farm, one decision at a time

Ontario potato farmers, Kate and Peter Vander Zaag have spent almost three decades investing mentally and financially in improving their crop quality In every business,...

WA potato farmers prepare to leave industry because of tomato potato psyllid outbreak

A Western Australia seed potato grower will know in the next six weeks whether his lifelong career will continue. " is something that we've done...

Webcast: Practical Management of Powdery Scab

Powdery scab is a potato disease that is difficult to manage, and under certain environmental conditions, powdery scab can be potentially devastating to susceptible...

Sorghum-Sudangrass as Rotation Crop

Already grown by some potato farmers in P.E.I., the use of this multi-benefit crop may increase in years to come. The ideal potato rotation crop...

Conservation Measures Outperform Conventional Yields

Yields and other benefits are there under conservation potato production practices; the challenge is to reduce the cost of compost. Conventional potato production appears ultimately...

Convincing the Unconvinced on Precision Agriculture

An Alberta agronomic consultant hopes his “data driven agriculture” proves an easier-to-adopt twist on precision agriculture. Precision agriculture is cutting edge, high-tech and full of...