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National Survey Finds No More Potato Wart in Canada

A national survey of potato wart by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) detected no more potato wart in Canada, a Dec. 23 news...

Canadian Officials Meet With American Officials Over P.E.I. Potato Wart

The Canadian agriculture minister and Prince Edward Island premier met with American officials on Dec. 16 to discuss the current export ban of P.E.I....

P.E.I. Potato Wart Working Group Meets for First Time

The government-industry potato working group met on Wednesday, Nov. 24 for initial discussions about the Prince Edward Island potato wart discovery, a Nov. 26...

P.E.I. Potato Wart Discovery Sees All U.S. Potato Exports Halted

After potato wart was found in P.E.I. this year, all potato exports from the Island to the U.S. have been temporarily halted by the...

Canada’s Agricultural Exports Climbed 13.8 Per cent in 2020

Despite challenging times for agricultural exports, Canada reported it's highest year-over-year increase for exports at 13.8 per cent in 2020, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) says in its latest trade report released Oct. 26.

Enforcing Plant Breeders’ Rights with the Help of Satellites

Suppose one day it is possible to distinguish the most important Plant Breeders’ Rights protected potato varieties (or a variety of any other species) anywhere in the world by using remote sensing technology, and that it even is possible to distinguish seed potato fields from ware potato fields of a certain variety.

National Survey Finds No More Potato Wart in Canada

A national survey of potato wart by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) detected no more potato wart in Canada, a Dec. 23 news...

Canadian Officials Meet With American Officials Over P.E.I. Potato Wart

The Canadian agriculture minister and Prince Edward Island premier met with American officials on Dec. 16 to discuss the current export ban of P.E.I....

P.E.I. Potato Wart Working Group Meets for First Time

The government-industry potato working group met on Wednesday, Nov. 24 for initial discussions about the Prince Edward Island potato wart discovery, a Nov. 26...

P.E.I. Potato Wart Discovery Sees All U.S. Potato Exports Halted

After potato wart was found in P.E.I. this year, all potato exports from the Island to the U.S. have been temporarily halted by the...

Canada’s Agricultural Exports Climbed 13.8 Per cent in 2020

Despite challenging times for agricultural exports, Canada reported it's highest year-over-year increase for exports at 13.8 per cent in 2020, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) says in its latest trade report released Oct. 26.

Enforcing Plant Breeders’ Rights with the Help of Satellites

Suppose one day it is possible to distinguish the most important Plant Breeders’ Rights protected potato varieties (or a variety of any other species) anywhere in the world by using remote sensing technology, and that it even is possible to distinguish seed potato fields from ware potato fields of a certain variety.