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Handling

Crop Production

USDA clears new GMO potato variety

Staff -
A new potato variety that’s genetically modified to withstand bruising has been cleared for commercialization without undergoing USDA’s deregulatory process for biotech crops. The agency...
Crop Production

Sorting the rocks from the spuds

Staff -
Up until this fall, Alex Docherty, chairman of the PEI Potato Board and a potato farmer in Elmwood, P.E.I., would do what most potato farmers...
Facilities

Protecting Your Investment

Julie Deering and Mark Halsall -
Knowing the specific storage needs of the different types and varieties of potatoes they grow is one way potato producers can ensure they get...
Fall 2012

New Tools for Bruise-Free Storage

Lukie Pieterse -
Three new products offer anti-bruising help for next year’s harvest. This season, growers are steeling themselves for challenging storage conditions, following wet weather in many...
Agronomy

Damage Control

Kari Belanger -
Four growers from across Canada discuss how they minimize bruise damage on the farm. Gary Linkletter is chairman of the Prince Edward Island Potato Board...
Handling

Harvest Heads-Up: Bruise Management

Kari Belanger -
Varietal differences—and their effects on harvest-related damage—can leave growers cruisin’ for a bruisin’. It’s all about appearance these days, says Shawn Brenn, president of Brenn-B...
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Crop Production

USDA clears new GMO potato variety

Staff -
A new potato variety that’s genetically modified to withstand bruising has been cleared for commercialization without undergoing USDA’s deregulatory process for biotech crops. The agency...
Crop Production

Sorting the rocks from the spuds

Staff -
Up until this fall, Alex Docherty, chairman of the PEI Potato Board and a potato farmer in Elmwood, P.E.I., would do what most potato farmers...
Facilities

Protecting Your Investment

Julie Deering and Mark Halsall -
Knowing the specific storage needs of the different types and varieties of potatoes they grow is one way potato producers can ensure they get...
Fall 2012

New Tools for Bruise-Free Storage

Lukie Pieterse -
Three new products offer anti-bruising help for next year’s harvest. This season, growers are steeling themselves for challenging storage conditions, following wet weather in many...
Agronomy

Damage Control

Kari Belanger -
Four growers from across Canada discuss how they minimize bruise damage on the farm. Gary Linkletter is chairman of the Prince Edward Island Potato Board...
Handling

Harvest Heads-Up: Bruise Management

Kari Belanger -
Varietal differences—and their effects on harvest-related damage—can leave growers cruisin’ for a bruisin’. It’s all about appearance these days, says Shawn Brenn, president of Brenn-B...
123Page 3 of 3
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