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Businesses and residents in Kensington, P.E.I., are already starting to feel the effects of the U.S. border being closed to fresh Island potatoes. Kensington, P.E.I., located in the heart of a big ...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed recently that the US border is now closed to Prince Edward Island (PEI) seed potatoes after potato wart was again found in two PEI fields, ...

Rural Canada needs more people. Towns need support workers at the seniors’ home, a parts manager for the Case IH dealership, a shift leader at the Dairy Queen, truck drivers for the ...

By using frozen food technology, the brothers opened the first McCain Foods production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, in 1957, producing frozen french fries, which have become a signature product, not ...

Russ Van Boom and Keith and Kevin Goutbeck of Sturgeon County’s Northbank Potato Farms will receive a 2020 Farm Family Award Nov. 12 as part of Farmfair International. They and 15 other families were ...

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 ...

The first seven months of 2021 A-INSIGHTS’ frozen potato aggregated statistics show that the global trade volumes stabilize at above pre-COVID levels, while prices remain pressured, with a 4.7% downwards trend. According ...

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BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions has received registration from Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) for Veltyma™ Fungicide. Veltyma contains the unique active ingredient Revysol® which is the first and only Isopropanol-Azole, a unique ...

Modern Plant-Based Foods Inc., an award-winning plant-based food company, is pleased to announce that it will be listing its plant-based snacks, Snacks from the Sun’s, “Popped Potato Crisps” with Germany’s largest grocery chain, ALDI. The ...

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 ...

In the latest report “Together, towards planet-friendly food” summary published on McCain’s website, the integrator shared the progress towards its Global Sustainability Strategy and commitments. The document highlights a specific leadership key ...

Dr Judith Nyiraneza is a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Charlottetown Research and Development Centre on Prince Edward Island. She and a team of colleagues conducted a two-year research study to evaluate the effects of ...

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. ...

Farmers are becoming increasingly dependent on data and software. This has its downsides, such as the discussion about the right to repair.

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

The Colorado potato beetle is a major pest in North America that can reduce potato yields by 30-50% if unchecked. Control has historically relied heavily upon the use of pesticides, but failure ...

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 ...

Over her years working in the P.E.I. potato industry, Mary Kay Sonier has become everyone’s go-to person.

A potato processing plant will be opened in the Tula region. On May 31, a symbolic stone laying was held in the Uzlovaya SEZ in honor of the start of construction of ...

A group of researchers in Canada are using precision agriculture to map field management zones.

Pieper Farms has spent 75 years forging one of the strongest reputations for high-quality seed in the world.

The Canadian government is providing up to $21.4 million to cover about 2,000 youth jobs in agriculture, the federal government says in a news release on May 5. The funding is being ...

Potato breeders in Europe are working hard to innovate and create new potato varieties.

Four potato growers from Prince Edward Island were honoured in March for their contributions to the industry over the years through the Potato Industry Recognition Awards, the P.E.I. Potato Board says in ...