IssuesSpring 2013

Spring 2013

Business

Staying Sharp

Kari Belanger -
Canadian seed potato producers are keeping their edge and staying in the game amidst tough competition, volatile markets and consolidation. Canada’s natural advantages for growing...
Business

Adventures in Flavour

Julienne Isaacs -
Fingerling potatoes offer an exciting “little” twist on Canada’s favourite staple vegetable. Canadian consumers are used to choosing from a few standard types of potatoes—reds,...
Plant Breeding & Variety Development

AAFC’s New Varieties for 2013

Staff -
Fresh market potatoes dominate this year’s list of new offerings from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s accelerated release selections program. Potatoes are the third most important...
Agronomy

Stopping the Spread of Late Blight

Shannon Schindle -
With new aggressive strains of late blight on the move in Canada, producers and industry specialists are looking at ways to improving on-farm management...
Agronomy

The Path of Least Resistance

Julienne Isaacs -
While neonicotinoids are currently controlling most insect populations affecting potato production in Canada, experts say pest resistance is only a matter of time. Twenty years...
From our Desk

Planning the Best Pest Response

Staff -
That smiling visage to the left belongs to me, the new editor of Spud Smart. It is my pleasure to contribute the From Our...
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Business

Staying Sharp

Kari Belanger -
Canadian seed potato producers are keeping their edge and staying in the game amidst tough competition, volatile markets and consolidation. Canada’s natural advantages for growing...
Business

Adventures in Flavour

Julienne Isaacs -
Fingerling potatoes offer an exciting “little” twist on Canada’s favourite staple vegetable. Canadian consumers are used to choosing from a few standard types of potatoes—reds,...
Plant Breeding & Variety Development

AAFC’s New Varieties for 2013

Staff -
Fresh market potatoes dominate this year’s list of new offerings from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s accelerated release selections program. Potatoes are the third most important...
Agronomy

Stopping the Spread of Late Blight

Shannon Schindle -
With new aggressive strains of late blight on the move in Canada, producers and industry specialists are looking at ways to improving on-farm management...
Agronomy

The Path of Least Resistance

Julienne Isaacs -
While neonicotinoids are currently controlling most insect populations affecting potato production in Canada, experts say pest resistance is only a matter of time. Twenty years...
From our Desk

Planning the Best Pest Response

Staff -
That smiling visage to the left belongs to me, the new editor of Spud Smart. It is my pleasure to contribute the From Our...
12Page 2 of 2
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