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Potato Growth Regulators and Sprout Inhibitors
How to Win the Storage Battle
This morning, I spoke with a grower from the Maritimes who described his storage bin as his “battleground.” He wasn’t exaggerating.
A rollercoaster growing season,...
What Could We Learn From Europe About Storing Spuds?
Spud Smart wishes you happy holidays. And while you’re having a great time with your families and friends over the holidays, there may be...
Codex Approval is Huge News for the Potato Industry
One of the biggest pieces of news in potato storage — something we’ve worked for and waited for more than four years — was...
Clean Heat, Clear Conscience
The biggest buzzword in agriculture today is sustainability. It’s a goal with pursuing, for sure, but it can also feel very daunting when it...
Is Your Storage Strategy About Waiting… or Winning?
I was talking to a potato producer last week about how he’d attacked the growing season challenges and harvest headaches he faced this year,...
NAPSO Launches to Lead the Next Big Leap in the Potato Industry
At this year’s Potato Association of America annual meeting in Portland, a big event in the potato industry quietly took place just down the...
Lessons From Life: How to Prevent Seed Tubers from Becoming Ticking Time Bombs
I was supposed to go for beer with a buddy of mine last week when he called me sheepishly to postpone. The issue was...
Are You Giving Your Spuds a 1-Star or 4-Star Experience?
We’re rolling our way towards the end of harvest. Across the country, potato growers are heaving a sigh of well-earned relief as great looking...
It’s Go Time! Here’s Your Playbook as Potatoes Enter Storage
It’s my favourite time of year: harvesters are rolling in fields and we’re starting to see the results of a whole growing season’s efforts...
Bin Prep Now
When I’m sharing a coffee or a beer with producers at events through December, January, February, we’re all full of plans for the season...
