b'INDUSTRY NEWS BUSINESS NEWS field data and satellite imagery to assess more accurately the status PSA Partners with Syngenta to Access Sustainabilityof a potato crop. The Resson team joined McCain in June 2022 and Tracking Support over the past year Resson evolved to become Presia.Syngenta Canada is partnering with the Potato SustainabilityLaunching Presia advances McCain\'s innovative agriculture Alliance (PSA) to give the group access to Syngentas Sustainableagenda, providing an opportunity to build off the expertise we have Outcomes for Agriculture (SOA) standard and Cropwisedeveloped in potatoes to offer leading capabilities to other food Sustainability mobile application, a news release said. businesses and farmers, Peter Dawe, chief growth and strategy Following a rigorous review by the PSA program design team andofficer at McCain Foods, said in the release. It is driving data staff, the PSA board of directors chose the Cropwise Sustainabilityintelligence that is helping us change the way we grow a potato.app as its on-farm self-assessment tool for the PSA Program. TheThe release noted while the focus is currently on potatoes, Presias release noted the app will allow the PSA to collect and communicatedata and models could be expanded to other crops in the future. sustainability progress to its 550 potato growers across North America. "Our standard is applicable to all crops and farming systems, but every crop has different requirements," Liz Hunt, head of sustainableGOVERNMENT NEWSand responsible business at Syngenta, said in the release. "WorkingFeds Provide Update for P.E.I. Potato Growers After closely with the PSA team allowed us to customize specific questionsPotato Wart Casesand reports to make Cropwise Sustainability the tool of choice forThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is working with the potato growers." Prince Edward Island potato industry to make significant progress The partnership will allow Syngenta and PSA to accomplish theto help contain, control and prevent the spread of potato wart in following: P.E.I., a news release said. Both organizations will be positioned to support a diverse set ofFollowing extensive engagement with the potato sector toplayers at scale and accelerate sustainable progress more quickly date, the CFIA is obtaining feedback on three Risk Management Provide PSAs members with insights backed by the SOADocuments. These documents outline options related to biosecurity, standard, which is benchmarked at the Gold Level Equivalentseed potato production, and the categorization of fields associated to the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platforms Farmwith potato wart detections, the release said.Sustainability Assessment v.3.0 A tool has also been designed to help P.E.I. potato growers quicklyThrough Cropwise Sustainability, participating PSA memberssee where land restrictions are in place, helping them make timelyand growers now have a standardized approach to collect andand important business decisions. A guide for industry has been assess their progress, enabling seamless communication withdeveloped to communicate movement requirements and highlight stakeholders across the potato value chain biosecurity best practices to encourage preparedness and resilience.Combined, these actions should help P.E.I. potato growers make timely and important business decisions for the upcoming growing season. They also demonstrate the CFIAs continuing commitment McCain Foods Food Launches Digital Tech Companyto help contain, control, and prevent the spread of potato wart, the Presia Ag Insights release said.McCain Foods is launching Presia Ag Insights, a newly formedThe release noted that throughout the fall, the CFIA continued business unit wholly owned by McCain, a news release. Presia willwith its third annual national potato wart survey. Collection of soil allow farmers and crop-sourcing partners to better evaluate andin seed potato production fields in provinces that are not regulated predict crop yields, optimize harvest timing and enhance on-farmfor potato wart, in addition to the collection of soil in unrestricted sustainability practices. fields in P.E.I. were included. Results of the survey will be available Specializing in satellite-based, data-driven intelligence that canin the spring of 2024, but the results for P.E.I. are known with no transform the way we understand crop growth, Presia will acceleratenew findings of potato wart on the Island.the future of farming and foster the monitoring and adoption of regenerative agricultural practices by stakeholders across the agriculture sector, the release said.Presia is the evolution of McCain\'s acquisition of the predictivePRODUCT NEWScrop portfolio from Resson in 2022, the release noted. The portfolioNew Bayer Fungicides Receive Canadian Registrationincluded vision-intelligence-based technologies that better leverageEmesto Complete fungicide and insecticide seed-piece treatment AZteriod FC 390BUILT WITHALLOSPERSE TECHNOLOGYAllosperse Delivery Technology is precision chemistry for real results. 56SPUDSMART.COMWinter 2024 WWW.UAP.CA'