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Today, McDonald’s Canada and McCain Foods Limited announce a new partnership to create the ‘Future of Potato Farming Fund‘ by investing $1M in education, demonstration, and cost-sharing grants to support potato farmer adoption of regenerative practices ...

According to the department, this decision was made due to the diseases detected in the seeds.From August 15, Rosselkhoznadzor prohibits the supply of seed material from French, German, Dutch and Canadian nurseries ...

Estimate of 2022 potato acreage revealed. STATISTICS Canada has released its first estimate of potato acreage in Canada based on data obtained from a survey of potato growers in the country.  The ...

As reports for The Globe and Mail, after potato wart was detected in two Prince Edward Island fields last fall, Canada quickly shut down most shipments of the province’s potatoes to the U.S., in ...

New Brunswick agricultural technology company, Picketa Systems, closed their CAD 300,000 pre-seed investment round to deploy their innovative plant nutrient analysis and decision support system to the Atlantic Canadian potato industry. Growers ...

United Potato Growers of Canada has hired a new General Manager, Victoria Stamper, of Mascouche, Quebec, a community just north of Montreal. Victoria will join United in this senior role, effective Monday, ...

Cavendish Farms Corporation is recalling Cavendish Farms brand Classic Hash Brown Patties and no-name brand Potato Patties from the marketplace because they contain wheat which is not declared on the label. The ...

The Manitoba provincial government is proposing a major revamping of the business model for potatoes and root crops. As the Manitoba Co-operator staff reports in this news story, a press release issued Mar. 3, ...

As part of an effort to distribute cultivars left sitting in Prince Edward Island (PEI) warehouses because of the 10-week ban on exports to the United States (US), truckloads of PEI potatoes ...

Canadian potato company Québec Parmentier announced the acquisition of Ferme G. G. & A. Montminy, a renowned and large-scale seed potato producer located in the Péribonka region of Quebec. Being located in a ‘Protected ...

The World Potato Congress is very pleased to present its second 2022 webinar on February 25 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard time (USA/Canada). Presentation OutlinePotato is often considered synonymous with Ireland due to the great ...

The Government of Canada is committed to restoring market access for PEI fresh potatoes to the United States and supporting PEI farmers impacted by trade disruptions. To that end, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture ...

Canada suspended P.E.I. potato exports to the U.S. last fall after fungus was detected in 2 fields Canadian and U.S. officials are scheduled to meet this week to see if progress can ...

In 2004, Steve and Bonnie Mackenzie-Grieve thought they were ready to slow down a little. Their two southern Alberta businesses – a potato storage insulation company and a fish farm wholesale business ...

With Alberta’s irrigation infrastructure undergoing an almost billion-dollar upgrade and Saskatchewan expanding its own system, water is aplenty in the West.

US exports of fresh potatoes, including both table-stock and potatoes for processing, were up 16% during the July-September 2021 quarter compared to 2020, due to a 31% increase to Canada, the largest ...

The United Potato Growers of Canada report on the 2021 Harvest as it is in its final stages. Most provinces (with the exception of British Columbia) have enjoyed excellent harvest conditions without cool ...

After a couple of difficult seasons, this year’s potato crop on Canada’s Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) is being called one of the best in decades, reports Nancy Russell for CBC News. But an industry analyst says potato ...

Given that most potato areas will not see harvest reach full capacity until the third week of September, the Canadian growers hope that any potential early frosts hold off and allow the ...

As far as growing seasons go, the P.E.I. Potato Board says this summer is one of the best they’ve seen in years. The CBC’s Cody MacKay reports that it’s largely the result of prime ...

An independent Manitoba-based, Indigenous-owned brand of potato chips will soon be on shelves across Canada. Tomahawk Chips is the brainchild of Alfred Lea, who began the Native Canadian Chip Corporation in 2015. ...

Canada’s potato crop should be larger this year following the pandemic drop

Two years ago, a team of potato scientists and researchers from across Canada launched a comprehensive study aimed at reducing the impact of Potato Early Dying (PED) disease — a long-established yield ...

This year is looking good for the region’s potato growers, but the recent scorching temperatures are “bad for man, crop and beast,” says the head of the provincial association. “It’s hard on ...

Walmart Canada announced it would offer a brand new line of South Asian snack flavors in partnership with Frito-Lay Canada. According to the company, they are the first to bring these “Flavors ...