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Protecting Your Stored Investment

Managing storage temperature is an enormous step to ensuring top quality product. The vast majority of potato producers have a good to excellent understanding of...

Late blight found in Ontario spore traps

Late blight was found yesterday (July 19) in the Delhi area, in a field with two spore traps.  There were only a few plants...

National Potato Psyllid Monitoring Program

In 2016, the National Potato Psyllid Monitoring Program placed, picked up and examined 380 sampling cards in southern Alberta, with about 140 in the...

Potato Pests Outlook 2017

Insect, disease outlook varied across the country. By all accounts, the potato industry in Canada is a healthy one, and things are certainly looking up...

Developing wireless sensor technologies to fight potato rot in storage facilities

In Idaho, potatoes are both a humble stereotype and a half-billion dollar crop. According to the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, every spring farmers plant...

Dickeya dianthicola found in Western Australia

Western Australia (WA) potato growers have been hit by a fresh disease scare, with the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development warning farmers...

Protecting Your Stored Investment

Managing storage temperature is an enormous step to ensuring top quality product. The vast majority of potato producers have a good to excellent understanding of...

Late blight found in Ontario spore traps

Late blight was found yesterday (July 19) in the Delhi area, in a field with two spore traps.  There were only a few plants...

National Potato Psyllid Monitoring Program

In 2016, the National Potato Psyllid Monitoring Program placed, picked up and examined 380 sampling cards in southern Alberta, with about 140 in the...

Potato Pests Outlook 2017

Insect, disease outlook varied across the country. By all accounts, the potato industry in Canada is a healthy one, and things are certainly looking up...

Developing wireless sensor technologies to fight potato rot in storage facilities

In Idaho, potatoes are both a humble stereotype and a half-billion dollar crop. According to the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, every spring farmers plant...

Dickeya dianthicola found in Western Australia

Western Australia (WA) potato growers have been hit by a fresh disease scare, with the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development warning farmers...