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Disease Management vs. Sustainability — Does it Have to be a Choice?
The push for sustainability in agriculture today has garnered mainstream attention. We’re shifting towards seeing and valuing regenerative, soil-health promoting practices, and that’s good...
Soil Fumigation Treatment Zones — What You Don’t Know Could be Stealing from Your Investment
When growers apply Strike soil fumigant under their carefully managed field conditions, they get impressive results — top-notch control of rhizoctonia, black dot, common...
Are You Throwing Money Away on Your Soil Fumigation?
You’ve seen the research study results that show soil fumigation with chloropicrin, aka Strike, can effectively subdue rhizoctonia, black dot, common scab, and early...
What Patates Dolbec Learned About Soil Fumigation Could Make You Money
Each year, scab steals a costly percentage of the potatoes produced at Patates Dolbec, one of Quebec’s largest farms. Philippe Parent, Patates Dolbec’s director...
Potato School Snapshot — Can Fumigation and Sustainability Align?
As an agronomist and potato scientist, I’m always fascinated to hear the latest research from potato experts around the world. That’s why the TriCal...
Tackling Early Die Complex — a Sneak Peek from Potato School
If potato producers could snap their fingers to solve the most costly and frustrating production challenge they face, almost all would snap away early...
What’s Biting into Your Farm’s Economic and Environmental Sustainability?
Up to 58 per cent of all the food produced in Canada is lost or wasted each year. Think about that: nearly two of...
Tired Soils Aren’t an Inevitable, Unwinnable Battle
I receive countless calls from frustrated potato growers who tell me they are throwing costly inputs at their fields, yet not seeing the yields...
Managing the Good and the Bad of Soil Microorganisms
If you’ve farmed for several decades, you’ve seen firsthand the shift from broad spectrum to targeted pest management. Partially, the change has occurred because...
Sustainability = Environmental Stewardship, But Economic Success Too
Sustainability is one of the more commonly misunderstood concepts in agriculture today. At times agricultural success, especially higher productivity, is put at odds with...
Disease Management vs. Sustainability — Does it Have to be a Choice?
The push for sustainability in agriculture today has garnered mainstream attention. We’re shifting towards seeing and valuing regenerative, soil-health promoting practices, and that’s good...
Soil Fumigation Treatment Zones — What You Don’t Know Could be Stealing from Your Investment
When growers apply Strike soil fumigant under their carefully managed field conditions, they get impressive results — top-notch control of rhizoctonia, black dot, common...
Are You Throwing Money Away on Your Soil Fumigation?
You’ve seen the research study results that show soil fumigation with chloropicrin, aka Strike, can effectively subdue rhizoctonia, black dot, common scab, and early...
What Patates Dolbec Learned About Soil Fumigation Could Make You Money
Each year, scab steals a costly percentage of the potatoes produced at Patates Dolbec, one of Quebec’s largest farms. Philippe Parent, Patates Dolbec’s director...
Potato School Snapshot — Can Fumigation and Sustainability Align?
As an agronomist and potato scientist, I’m always fascinated to hear the latest research from potato experts around the world. That’s why the TriCal...
Tackling Early Die Complex — a Sneak Peek from Potato School
If potato producers could snap their fingers to solve the most costly and frustrating production challenge they face, almost all would snap away early...
What’s Biting into Your Farm’s Economic and Environmental Sustainability?
Up to 58 per cent of all the food produced in Canada is lost or wasted each year. Think about that: nearly two of...
Tired Soils Aren’t an Inevitable, Unwinnable Battle
I receive countless calls from frustrated potato growers who tell me they are throwing costly inputs at their fields, yet not seeing the yields...
Managing the Good and the Bad of Soil Microorganisms
If you’ve farmed for several decades, you’ve seen firsthand the shift from broad spectrum to targeted pest management. Partially, the change has occurred because...
Sustainability = Environmental Stewardship, But Economic Success Too
Sustainability is one of the more commonly misunderstood concepts in agriculture today. At times agricultural success, especially higher productivity, is put at odds with...
