Combating Potato Wart: Canada’s New National Response Plan for 2025
A new and rigorous National Potato Wart Response Plan will be implemented in Canada starting with the 2025 potato crop. ...
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Tidal Grow AgriScience Introduces Regenerative Agricultural Solutions to Canada
Tidal Grow® AgriScience, a division of Tidal Vision Products Inc., has expanded into the Canadian market with four innovative products ...
Navigating the 2024 North American Potato Production Decline: Insights and Implications
In 2024, the combined potato production of the United States and Canada was estimated at approximately 27.6 million tons, marking ...
Protecting Canada’s Potato Industry: The New National Potato Wart Response Plan
Potato wart, caused by the Synchytrium endobioticum fungus, is one of the most serious diseases affecting potato crops globally. In ...
The Potato’s Historical Role: From Nutritional Staple to Currency During Canada’s Gold Rush
This article explores the historical significance of the potato during Canada’s Gold Rush, highlighting its role as both a critical ...
Revolutionary Agricultural Milestone for Canadian Potato Farming
Broderick, Saskatchewan – June 22, 2024 - Tuberosum Technologies is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking achievement in Canadian agriculture: the ...
Booming U.S. Potato Exports: An Overview of the Latest Data and Trends
#U.S.potatoexportspotato#industry#agriculture#frozenpotatoes#freshpotatoes#exportmarkets#Mexico#Canada#Japan#SouthKorea#Taiwan#USDA#cropyields#demand According to recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the value of U.S. potato exports increased for ...
Canada: Antioxidants, a booster shot for late blight prevention in potatoes
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) scientists in Canada have been studying late blight for many years to ensure that Canada ...
Canada: Upgraded Manitoba facility will allow for innovative potato storage research
The governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing $98,970 through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership to upgrade the University of Manitoba’s ...
Canada reports slight reduction in potato stocks
Potato stocks in Canada are 0.4 percent lower than last year. However, inventories as of early January are 5.8 percent ...
Canada: Potato project focuses on sustainability, bedding practices for potato crops
Traditionally potato producers in Canada use the late fall to prepare their potato beds for the following spring. The long-established ...
UPGC report: Canada brings in another record potato crop in 2022, despite adverse weather and regional variability
Statistics Canada has estimated Canadian Potato Production in 2022 to be 122,970,000 hundred weight, up 0.8% over 2021. Despite a ...
Canadian legislation against the spread of warts
The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI) wants to be able to restrict the cultivation of red fruits in ...
A ‘Star Trek’ for potatoes: Can McCain’s hi-tech farm in Canada save french fries from the climate crisis?
Researchers are reportedly flocking to Canada’s New Brunswick province to test both cutting-edge and bygone methods of spud cultivation to ...
Supporting regenerative practices: McDonald’s Canada and McCain Foods partner to launch ‘Future of Potato Farming Fund’
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, ...
Reduced seeded area in Canada
Estimate of 2022 potato acreage revealed. STATISTICS Canada has released its first estimate of potato acreage in Canada based on ...
Canada: The heart of PEI’s economy, potato farmers now face financial chaos and an identity crisis
As reports for The Globe and Mail, after potato wart was detected in two Prince Edward Island fields last fall, Canada quickly ...
Canada: Proposed bill would allow Manitoba potato, root growers unlimited acres, ability to sell to any buyer
The Manitoba provincial government is proposing a major revamping of the business model for potatoes and root crops. As the ...
Truckloads of PEI Potatoes Arrived at Food Banks Across Canada
As part of an effort to distribute cultivars left sitting in Prince Edward Island (PEI) warehouses because of the 10-week ...
Government Canada establishes committee to restore market access for PEI fresh potatoes to the United States
The Government of Canada is committed to restoring market access for PEI fresh potatoes to the United States and supporting PEI farmers impacted by ...
P.E.I. processing potatoes heading to Alberta french fry plant
A P.E.I. company has brokered a deal to send as many as 700 tractor trailer loads of surplus P.E.I processing ...
Canada, U.S. officials to meet in bid to resolve P.E.I. potato dispute
Canada suspended P.E.I. potato exports to the U.S. last fall after fungus was detected in 2 fields Canadian and U.S. ...
Sharing potatoes in good times and even in bad
Two potato producers in neighbouring provinces experienced very different years in 2021 but shared a similar desire to help others ...
Western Canada – irrigation boom happening
With Alberta’s irrigation infrastructure undergoing an almost billion-dollar upgrade and Saskatchewan expanding its own system, water is aplenty in the ...
Testing potato varieties for growers from coast to coast
The Canadian Potato Council runs a program with groups across the country to test potato varieties locally. Potato growers in ...
