IssuesSummer 2017

Summer 2017

Grower Spotlight

Potato Farming Family Finds Room to Grow

Mark Halsall -
As a kid growing up in the Netherlands, JP Claassen knew he wanted to be a potato farmer just like his dad. The problem was...
Industry

Industry News

Staff -
BUSINESS NEWS U.S. Importing More Potatoes U.S. volume of imports of dehydrated, fresh, frozen, chips and seed potatoes are up seven per cent from July 2016...
International

World Review

Janet Kanters -
KENYA Infestation of potatoes by the Potato cyst nematode (PCN), discovered in Kenya two years ago, has reached alarming levels. A survey done in 20 counties...
Eye On The Nation

Eye on the Nation

Staff -
MANITOBA By Dan Sawatzky, General Manager, Keystone Potato Producers Association Growers in Manitoba experienced an excellent start to the season, seeing good potential in the crop...
From our Desk

Fries Get Bum Rap

Janet Kanters -
It happens constantly: news writers get all hot and sweaty whenever “bad food” news releases are dropped on their desks. Red meat is bad...
Agronomy

Managing Soil Health in Potatoes

Mark Halsall -
Soil health can be seen as the continued capacity of the soil to function as a vital, living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals and...
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Grower Spotlight

Potato Farming Family Finds Room to Grow

Mark Halsall -
As a kid growing up in the Netherlands, JP Claassen knew he wanted to be a potato farmer just like his dad. The problem was...
Industry

Industry News

Staff -
BUSINESS NEWS U.S. Importing More Potatoes U.S. volume of imports of dehydrated, fresh, frozen, chips and seed potatoes are up seven per cent from July 2016...
International

World Review

Janet Kanters -
KENYA Infestation of potatoes by the Potato cyst nematode (PCN), discovered in Kenya two years ago, has reached alarming levels. A survey done in 20 counties...
Eye On The Nation

Eye on the Nation

Staff -
MANITOBA By Dan Sawatzky, General Manager, Keystone Potato Producers Association Growers in Manitoba experienced an excellent start to the season, seeing good potential in the crop...
From our Desk

Fries Get Bum Rap

Janet Kanters -
It happens constantly: news writers get all hot and sweaty whenever “bad food” news releases are dropped on their desks. Red meat is bad...
Agronomy

Managing Soil Health in Potatoes

Mark Halsall -
Soil health can be seen as the continued capacity of the soil to function as a vital, living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals and...
123Page 1 of 3
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