Soil

Ireland: Potatoes Stop Growing in Parched Earth

David Rodgers, the second generation of his family growing potatoes in Ballyboughal, and his father have never experienced anything like it. So parched is the...

Multi-Species Cover Crop Blend for Rotation in the Canadian Potato Provinces

Soil organic matter has become a popular topic of discussion in the past year. In Ontario, a report from late 2016 indicated soil organic...

Do Some Potato Growing Soils Suppress Powdery Scab?

A research project in New Zealand is determining if different field soils affect development of powdery scab on potatoes, and whether soil physical, chemical...

Boosting soil carbon, boosting potato yields

A soil carbon scientist is teaming up with other researchers in the Maritimes to work on practical ways to revitalize soil health and increase...

Solving Eastern Canada’s Yield Woes

Researchers strive to jump-start Maritime Canada’s sluggish yield gains. As a large-scale soil rejuvenation study in New Brunswick draws to a close, lead researcher and...

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...

Ireland: Potatoes Stop Growing in Parched Earth

David Rodgers, the second generation of his family growing potatoes in Ballyboughal, and his father have never experienced anything like it. So parched is the...

Multi-Species Cover Crop Blend for Rotation in the Canadian Potato Provinces

Soil organic matter has become a popular topic of discussion in the past year. In Ontario, a report from late 2016 indicated soil organic...

Do Some Potato Growing Soils Suppress Powdery Scab?

A research project in New Zealand is determining if different field soils affect development of powdery scab on potatoes, and whether soil physical, chemical...

Boosting soil carbon, boosting potato yields

A soil carbon scientist is teaming up with other researchers in the Maritimes to work on practical ways to revitalize soil health and increase...

Solving Eastern Canada’s Yield Woes

Researchers strive to jump-start Maritime Canada’s sluggish yield gains. As a large-scale soil rejuvenation study in New Brunswick draws to a close, lead researcher and...

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...