IssuesSpring 2019

Spring 2019

Grower Spotlight

Champion Potato Grower has Roots in Holland

Mark Halsall -
ALBERTA POTATO PRODUCER Laus Stiekema was in his early 40s when he decided to leave the Netherlands with his wife and four kids to...
Business

Promoting Potatoes

Mark Halsall -
Potato marketers in Canada have stepped up their efforts to convince consumers to eat more spuds. Thanks to innovative media campaigns by P.E.I. Potatoes...
Business

What Consumers Want and Farmers Need

Treena Hein -
Results from consumer studies will help industry stakeholders market potatoes. Gathering good information is important for any sector in meeting current and future market demands,...
Business

Potato Breeding: A European Approach, Part III

Marcel Bruins -
Marcel Bruins, editor of European Seed, discusses the challenges and opportunities of breeding new potato varieties with the leaders of Europe's major potato breeding...
Business

Innate Outlook

Mark Halsall -
The U.S. company behind the biotech potato says when it comes to Innate adoption in Canada, it will continue to be "patiently persistent." INNATE POTATOES,...
Agronomy

What’s Old is New Again: Practical CPB Insecticide Resistance Management

Kari Belanger -
  As growers head into another production season, some are concerned about Colorado potato beetle populations and rising neonic insecticide resistance.  Ian MacRae, a professor and...
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Grower Spotlight

Champion Potato Grower has Roots in Holland

Mark Halsall -
ALBERTA POTATO PRODUCER Laus Stiekema was in his early 40s when he decided to leave the Netherlands with his wife and four kids to...
Business

Promoting Potatoes

Mark Halsall -
Potato marketers in Canada have stepped up their efforts to convince consumers to eat more spuds. Thanks to innovative media campaigns by P.E.I. Potatoes...
Business

What Consumers Want and Farmers Need

Treena Hein -
Results from consumer studies will help industry stakeholders market potatoes. Gathering good information is important for any sector in meeting current and future market demands,...
Business

Potato Breeding: A European Approach, Part III

Marcel Bruins -
Marcel Bruins, editor of European Seed, discusses the challenges and opportunities of breeding new potato varieties with the leaders of Europe's major potato breeding...
Business

Innate Outlook

Mark Halsall -
The U.S. company behind the biotech potato says when it comes to Innate adoption in Canada, it will continue to be "patiently persistent." INNATE POTATOES,...
Agronomy

What’s Old is New Again: Practical CPB Insecticide Resistance Management

Kari Belanger -
  As growers head into another production season, some are concerned about Colorado potato beetle populations and rising neonic insecticide resistance.  Ian MacRae, a professor and...
12Page 1 of 2
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