Sustainability

Two wireworm experts have developed innovative traps that target the adult stage of wireworms, called click beetles. Two researchers have done extensive work to improve...

Rebuilding trust in food and farming a “very serious” issue. “Very serious” – that’s how United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC) general manager Kevin MacIsaac...

Though unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are just beginning to buzz over Canadian crop fields, experts agree these new ‘eyes in the sky’ are about...

Fall bedding in potato fields allows for soil preparation work to be done when growers typically have more time and labour available to them....

Cornell University's long-standing battle against a major potato pest is getting a $1.2 million boost in new New York state funding. The destructiveness of the...

Adding biochar to soil can reduce yield in potatoes – particularly if the soil is deficient in phosphorus and water. Studies have shown that adding...