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There is more to the long-term storage of potatoes than sprout suppressants. Here we examine five main considerations

#PotatoProduction, #SustainableFarming, #CoverCrops, #SoilHealth, #WaterRetention, #EnvironmentalImpact, #Crop The PEI Potato Board has taken a significant step towards optimizing potato production by doubling the acreage dedicated to cover crops. This strategic move aims ...

#UnitedPotatoGrowersofCanada#UPGC#potatoindustry#agriculture#farmers#agronomists#agriculturalengineers#farmowners#sustainability#marketanalysis#collaboation The UPGC is a non-profit organization that aims to promote the sustainable growth of the Canadian potato industry by providing data-driven market analysis, production forecasts, and crop inventory reports to its ...

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) scientists in Canada have been studying late blight for many years to ensure that Canada doesn’t fall victim to the destruction that late blight had in Europe ...

The PEI potato industry welcomed the final report of an International Advisory Panel (IAP) on Potato Wart that was presented to industry and government on January 16, 2023. The panel was convened by ...

The Long Term Management Plan to address potato wart on Canada’s Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) was “modernized” recently, according to a statement from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to the U.S. ...

Potato stocks in Canada are 0.4 percent lower than last year. However, inventories as of early January are 5.8 percent higher than the multi-year average. The total supply of potatoes in all ...

Statistics Canada has estimated Canadian Potato Production in 2022 to be 122,970,000 hundred weight, up 0.8% over 2021. Despite a very cold and wet spring delaying planting and very hot, dry weather ...

There are two things we know for sure, writes Ian Petrie in a news story published by Island Farmer. He goes on to say that Prince Edward Island (PEI) potato growers in Canada “want to ...

The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI) wants to be able to restrict the cultivation of red fruits in areas where the warty disease has been found in potatoes.To this end, ...

The USDA has published a draft report for public consultation assessing pathways of introduction for potato wart from Canada into the United States. This report evaluates the likelihood of introduction of potato wart ...

Among the 11,082 samples processed from Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) fields between July 1, 2022, and the end of September 30, 2022, inspectors from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) discovered yet ...

Potato harvest is in the final stages across Canada, reports Victoria Stamper, General Manager of the United Potato Growers of Canada (UPGC) in the final Crop Update for the season. Most provinces have reportedly ...

Hurricane Fiona couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI) potato farmers who were about to begin harvesting. Lifting is progressing for those with ...

As a national wireworm research project wraps, growers have more ways to control the pest. When Christine Noronha first started researching wireworms more than a decade ago, there wasn’t much known about ...

The potato harvest is underway in Canada and yields could be decent in 2022, but some in the industry are concerned about a shortfall of potatoes in Canada and the U.S. As Robert ...

‘Weed hunters’? No, it’s not a joke. It’s a real concept that aims to tackle a serious and costly problem for farmers and their crops – herbicide resistance in weeds. The technique ...

Purslane has provided scientists with important clues on how to create drought-tolerant crops in a world suffering from climate change. Yale scientists report that the widely distributed and considered weed plant Portulaca ...

Due to significant rises in input costs, fertilizer, and fuel predominantly, but also because of rainfall lack that’s becoming a growing issue, European countries, the US, and Canada are facing serious reductions ...

World Potato Congress Inc (WPC), based on Prince Edward Island in Canada, announced the past week that it has appointed two new Directors to its Board, and added five new International Advisors. Dr. ...

From left to right: John Griffin, Romain Cools, Peter VanderZaag Following 16 years of dedicated service to the World Potato Congress Inc.’s Board of Directors, and the past four years as President, ...

AAFC scientist, Dr. Christine Noronha has been named one of seven 2022 Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture by Annex Business Media. Dr. Noronha has had many mentors and influences that has shaped ...

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 ...

Diversity not always key when it comes to cover crops When it comes to cover crops, the claims of what they can do for your fields are wide and varied. However, those ...