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Martina Strömvik and her research team assembled the genome sequences of nearly 300 varieties of potatoes and their wild relatives.
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A blueprint for a better potato

Scientists have created a super pangenome that can be used to help breed more nutritious, disease-resistant and “climate-smart” potatoes

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Scientists from McGill University in Montreal have created a super pangenome of potato, which plant breeders can use to produce potatoes that are more nutritious, disease-free and climate resilient.  Martina Strömvik, an associate professor and chair of the plant science department at McGill, led the research, which was published in Proceedings of the National Academy
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Oat starch for less food waste

One researcher hopes a protective coating made of oat starch can be used to extend fruit and veggie shelf life

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Glacier FarmMedia — Fruit and vegetables make up a lot of the food that Canadians throw away. Of all household food items that end up in the trash, vegetables represent 30 per cent of total food waste by weight, while fruits come in at 15 per cent, according to anti-food waste website LoveFoodHateWaste.ca. The site,
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Consumers at the wheel of potato market

With the rise of the budget-conscious consumer and increasing influence of Gen Z, where does the potato fit?

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Circana food industry analyst Vince Sgabellone visibly brightens when he recalls the childhood Sundays when his family wandered the Ottawa Valley hunting for the best chip wagon. “Those days before social media, my parents would follow a tip they heard from somebody at work or one of the neighbours about a food truck parked on
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Lower crop insurance premiums ahead

Crop insurance changes were announced at Manitoba Ag Days on Jan. 16

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Manitoba producers can expect lower crop insurance premiums on most products, attendees of Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn’s Manitoba Ag Days address heard Jan. 16. Average premiums for annual crops under AgriInsurance are expected to hit $16.21 per acre in 2024, down from $19.21 in 2023. It’s a good news-bad news scenario for producers. Speaking
Manitoba Ag Minister Ron Kostyshyn.
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Insurance pilot dished up for small veggie farms

Program to ease burden from minimum acreage requirements

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More of Manitoba’s small vegetable farmers will have access to AgriInsurance this year. Growers that previously did not meet minimum acreage requirements under the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) will be able to bundle their crops to make up that gap, Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced at Manitoba Ag Days Jan. 16. Why it
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Canadian potato output rises in 2023 

Alberta vaults to first place in provincial potato production

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At 32.063 million hundredweight of potatoes this year, Alberta vaulted from third to first place as it improved on the previous year’s crop of 26.813 million. Manitoba moved into second spot from third with its harvest of 29.760 million cwt. following last year’s 26.139 million. Prince Edward Island saw its output reduced in 2023 to 25.813 million cwt. from 27.789 million. In 2023, the trio combined for 68 per cent of Canada’s total potato harvest of 128,801 million cwt. 
Processors are demanding it, but how does an underground crop adopt a movement that prioritizes low soil disturbance?
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Making regenerative ag work in potato production

Colorado regen potato grower shares lessons for Manitoba

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A trait of regenerative agriculture is that no two farms are the same, but there are five basics behind the philosophy: grazing animals, crop diversity, living roots in the soil, avoidance of bare ground and low soil disturbance. That last one is a challenge for potato production, since producers need to get under the soil

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