Technology

Fresh market potatoes dominate this year’s list of new offerings from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s accelerated release selections program. Potatoes are the third most important...

While neonicotinoids are currently controlling most insect populations affecting potato production in Canada, experts say pest resistance is only a matter of time. Twenty years...

Crop Protection Syngenta, a global crop protection company, is offering Cruiser Maxx D Potato, a new liquid potato seed piece treatment aimed at enhancing potato...

Four growers from across Canada discuss their investments in new equipment and technology. Rob Van Roessel, chairman of the Potato Growers of Alberta, and owner...

Limited acceptance has meant genetically modified potatoes aren’t gaining much ground in the marketplace, but research continues into the possible benefits of their use...

 Canadian and international researchers are working together to improve the potato’s potential to help alleviate hunger in the developing world. In March of 2012, McGill...