IssuesWinter 2022

Winter 2022

Is Phosphite Resistance to Blame for Falling Potato Protection?

Phosphite resistance might not be to blame if potato protection is starting to lack. One question Jeff Miller has been getting a lot recently is...

Testing Potato Products for the Canadian Industry

Independent research companies like Gaia Consulting are an important part of getting new products approved for the potato industry. When a company makes a new...

Rising Production Costs Equal Falling European Potato Acres

Coming off of a hard growing season and with increasing production costs, European potato acreage may fall in 2022. It’s been a challenging few years...

Winter 2022 Cross Canada Check in with Potato Associations

Here is your provincial potato association updates from across Canada for the winter 2022 issue of Spud Smart. Alberta By: Terence Hochstein, executive director of the...

Brent Bydevaate is Running the Family Farm

Brent Bydevaate has taken over the family potato farm and is now running it himself. Growing up Brent Bydevaate always knew what he wanted to...

Editorial — When Reporting the News is Heartbreaking

I didn’t really expect that big of an announcement when the federal government stated they were putting in place a Ministerial Order suspending all...

Is Phosphite Resistance to Blame for Falling Potato Protection?

Phosphite resistance might not be to blame if potato protection is starting to lack. One question Jeff Miller has been getting a lot recently is...

Testing Potato Products for the Canadian Industry

Independent research companies like Gaia Consulting are an important part of getting new products approved for the potato industry. When a company makes a new...

Rising Production Costs Equal Falling European Potato Acres

Coming off of a hard growing season and with increasing production costs, European potato acreage may fall in 2022. It’s been a challenging few years...

Winter 2022 Cross Canada Check in with Potato Associations

Here is your provincial potato association updates from across Canada for the winter 2022 issue of Spud Smart. Alberta By: Terence Hochstein, executive director of the...

Brent Bydevaate is Running the Family Farm

Brent Bydevaate has taken over the family potato farm and is now running it himself. Growing up Brent Bydevaate always knew what he wanted to...

Editorial — When Reporting the News is Heartbreaking

I didn’t really expect that big of an announcement when the federal government stated they were putting in place a Ministerial Order suspending all...