Agronomy

Agronomy

Canada Produces Largest Potato Crop on Record for 2023

Canadian potato growers produced the largest potato crop on record for the 2023 growing season, new statistics from Statistics Canada show. There were 128,115,000 hundredweight...

Reducing the Colorado Potato Beetle Threat for Potatoes

New research may help fight back against Colorado potato beetle resistance to protect potato crops. Experts Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for length and...

Pulp Mill Waste Could Be Used As Organic Fertilizer

A new study from the University of Alberta (U of A) is showing how pulp mill waste destined for the landfill could instead be used as organic fertilizer to help reduce the environmental impact of using conventional fertilizers while improving soil and tree growth, a Dec. 4 news release said.

Rubbery Rot Found in Canadian Potato Storages

A year after rubbery rot made headlines in the U.S., it has been found in Canada. If there’s one thing Vikram Bisht can remember from...

Canada to Produce Largest Potato Crop on Record

Based on harvest weather in October for Easter Canada, along with acres taken out of production in the west, production will be down from...

McCain Foods Launches Digital Tech Company Presia Ag Insights

McCain Foods is launching Presia Ag Insights, a newly formed business unit wholly owned by McCain, a Nov. 28 news release. Presia will allow...

Canada Produces Largest Potato Crop on Record for 2023

Canadian potato growers produced the largest potato crop on record for the 2023 growing season, new statistics from Statistics Canada show. There were 128,115,000 hundredweight...

Reducing the Colorado Potato Beetle Threat for Potatoes

New research may help fight back against Colorado potato beetle resistance to protect potato crops. Experts Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for length and...

Pulp Mill Waste Could Be Used As Organic Fertilizer

A new study from the University of Alberta (U of A) is showing how pulp mill waste destined for the landfill could instead be used as organic fertilizer to help reduce the environmental impact of using conventional fertilizers while improving soil and tree growth, a Dec. 4 news release said.

Rubbery Rot Found in Canadian Potato Storages

A year after rubbery rot made headlines in the U.S., it has been found in Canada. If there’s one thing Vikram Bisht can remember from...

Canada to Produce Largest Potato Crop on Record

Based on harvest weather in October for Easter Canada, along with acres taken out of production in the west, production will be down from...

McCain Foods Launches Digital Tech Company Presia Ag Insights

McCain Foods is launching Presia Ag Insights, a newly formed business unit wholly owned by McCain, a Nov. 28 news release. Presia will allow...