Spring 2013

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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