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Crop Production R & D

Promote Science to Progress Spud Innovation

What’s more compelling? Survey shows 70 per cent of Canadians say they won’t eat GMO potatoes, or, 37 per cent of Canadians say they...

Ontario Potato Research Open House Announced

The Elora Research Station in Ontario open house will be happening this year on August 11, a July 22 announcement says. Chipping, fresh market and...

Pushing to Boost Potato Production in Northern Canada

Producers and consumers in the Canadian North have unique problems when growing potatoes, showing there is no one-size-fits-all solution. The Canadian North is a vast,...

New Potato Gene Which Will Speed Up Hybrid Breeding Found

Sli (S-locus inhibitor), the self-compatibility potato gene, has been identified, cloned and characterized by researchers, Solynta says in a news release on July 6. Researchers...

First Potato Crop Planted on First McCain Farm of the Future

The first potato crop has been planted at McCain Foods Farm of the Future in Florenceville, N.B., McCain says in a news release on...

New European Potato Varieties Available

Potato breeders in Europe are working hard to innovate and create new potato varieties. Two of the latest and most innovative potato varieties in...

Promote Science to Progress Spud Innovation

What’s more compelling? Survey shows 70 per cent of Canadians say they won’t eat GMO potatoes, or, 37 per cent of Canadians say they...

Ontario Potato Research Open House Announced

The Elora Research Station in Ontario open house will be happening this year on August 11, a July 22 announcement says. Chipping, fresh market and...

Pushing to Boost Potato Production in Northern Canada

Producers and consumers in the Canadian North have unique problems when growing potatoes, showing there is no one-size-fits-all solution. The Canadian North is a vast,...

New Potato Gene Which Will Speed Up Hybrid Breeding Found

Sli (S-locus inhibitor), the self-compatibility potato gene, has been identified, cloned and characterized by researchers, Solynta says in a news release on July 6. Researchers...

First Potato Crop Planted on First McCain Farm of the Future

The first potato crop has been planted at McCain Foods Farm of the Future in Florenceville, N.B., McCain says in a news release on...

New European Potato Varieties Available

Potato breeders in Europe are working hard to innovate and create new potato varieties. Two of the latest and most innovative potato varieties in...