b'CONTENTS SPRING 2020FEATURES04CHANGING WITH THE TIMES38 THIS ARTIST HAS AN EYE Innovative new products are helpingFOR POTATOESgrowers adapt to changing market andA Manitoba-based artist gets afield conditions. spud-tacular response to her10NEW VARIETIES ROUNDUPpotato-inspired ceramics.The latest and most innovative potato39SEEDING CHECKLIST varieties available across Canada As you prepare your potato seed which may just put your old favourites outto plant this spring, here are a few to pasture. things to keep in mind.12 SHRINKING TOOLBOX 48 GROWER SPOTLIGHT With fewer pesticides available to controlManitoba potato farmer nearinginsects and disease, potato growers in40 years in the biz.Canada need to find new options for protecting their crops.14KEEPING UP WITH CHANGE Recent re-evaluations by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency mean potato producers should take extra care to read the label when applying pesticides like chlorothalonil this year.18 TIMING CAN BE EVERYTHINGSuccessful weed control with using a combination of tank mix chemistry and timing of applications.24 POTATO DISEASE AND PEST OUTLOOK FOR 2020 While growers across Canada will have a number of pests and diseases targeting potatoes in their specific regions, they all may face one common foePED.28 ASSESSING SOIL HEALTH DEPARTMENTSCanadian researchers are part of a North American-wide initiative aimed at standardizing the way soil health is02FROM OUR DESKmeasured in farmers fields. 22INSIDERS32ROUNDTABLE40EYE ON THE NATIONThe latest practices for the use of liquid42MARKET NEWSand dry fertilizers. 44INDUSTRY NEWS36 SMALLER CHIPS47WORLD REVIEW Shifting consumer habits have potato chip companies making smaller bags, requiring smaller chips and therefore smaller potatoes.SpudSmartON THE COVER@SpudSmartMagMancozeb being applied aerially to a potatospudsmart.comfield in Manitoba. Photo: JONAIR LTD. SPRING 2020 SPUDSMART.COM 1'