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PEI POTATO FARMERS OBSERVE WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAY

The inaugural World Food Safety Day is June 7, 2019 and that gives the PEI Potato Farmers reason to be proud, as we are...

Combatting Common Scab

Three Canadian potato experts share their views on the best ways to tackle the disease. COMMON SCAB, a bacterial disease that doesn’t affect yields but...

New WPC Webinar with Dr. Gary Secor on BMPs for Seed Potato Handling

World Potato Congress Inc. offers its third webinar with Dr. Gary Secor presenting “Best Management Practices for Seed Potato Handling from Storage to Planting.” The...

Research Underway to Discover Causes of Senescent Sweetening in Potato Storage

Researchers at the James Hutton Institute and partner organizations are working to understand the mechanisms behind senescent sweetening, a problem responsible for considerable losses...

Ivan Noonan Recognized for his Efforts in P.E.I’s Potato Industry

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Ivan Noonan has experienced plenty of high-stakes situations, but he confessed he was far more nervous addressing a room of people last...

Cavendish Farms Developing Seeds to Withstand Dry P.E.I. Summers

Cavendish Farms is working to develop potato seeds that can thrive in dry growing conditions on P.E.I., says the company’s president Robert Irving. Irving was...

PEI POTATO FARMERS OBSERVE WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAY

The inaugural World Food Safety Day is June 7, 2019 and that gives the PEI Potato Farmers reason to be proud, as we are...

Combatting Common Scab

Three Canadian potato experts share their views on the best ways to tackle the disease. COMMON SCAB, a bacterial disease that doesn’t affect yields but...

New WPC Webinar with Dr. Gary Secor on BMPs for Seed Potato Handling

World Potato Congress Inc. offers its third webinar with Dr. Gary Secor presenting “Best Management Practices for Seed Potato Handling from Storage to Planting.” The...

Research Underway to Discover Causes of Senescent Sweetening in Potato Storage

Researchers at the James Hutton Institute and partner organizations are working to understand the mechanisms behind senescent sweetening, a problem responsible for considerable losses...

Ivan Noonan Recognized for his Efforts in P.E.I’s Potato Industry

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Ivan Noonan has experienced plenty of high-stakes situations, but he confessed he was far more nervous addressing a room of people last...

Cavendish Farms Developing Seeds to Withstand Dry P.E.I. Summers

Cavendish Farms is working to develop potato seeds that can thrive in dry growing conditions on P.E.I., says the company’s president Robert Irving. Irving was...