Potato Growth Regulators and Sprout Inhibitors

Spud Smart Editor Ashley Robinson, and I recently sat down for a quick Q&A about storing potatoes. Here’s a summary version of our conversation. You...

What do cassette tapes, ‘Spacewar’ (the first ever computer video game), Wonderbras, hand-held calculators, ARPA Net (the precursor to the Internet), the Ford Mustang,...

If you could make a big step towards improving sustainability – both environmental sustainability and your farm business’ financial viability – what would make...

For the last month, I’ve been receiving calls from growers scrambling with piles that are already sprouting. I’m not talking about one or two...

As potatoes come out of the ground across the country, I want to take a moment to applaud producers on the big improvements they’re...

On a field tour this summer, I had a long conversation over lunch with a potato producer from Manitoba. A chatty guy who was...

Each time I see a newspaper headline about new environmental and sustainability-based government regulations and corporate requirements being pushed down onto already over-burdened farmers,...

I’m very happy to see increasing understanding of sustainability and important steps being made to support environmentally responsible agriculture through the potato growing season....

Though farmers are used to dealing with uncertainty, the start of this year’s growing season is testing the patience and stress levels of even...

Agriculture accounts for about 12 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. As an industry, we can either wait for emissions reduction...