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The good news about adopting biologicals is they don’t require drastic changes to conventional practices.
Crops, National Potato Guide 2024

Is the picture of biologicals clearing?

Understanding what the industry offers is a big part of finding an answer

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The interest in biologicals is growing quickly, including in the potato sector.  For the National Potato Guide, we asked representatives of two companies involved in the sector, Can Grow Crop Solutions and Vive Crop Protection (with Pro Farm), for their perspectives on where the potato sector is heading with biologicals.  The biologicals sector can be
Mustard has been registered as biofumigant to help with verticillium wilt control in potatoes.
Crops, National Potato Guide 2024

Potato growers have another option against verticillium wilt

Registration of a new mustard hybrid could also help combat nematodes

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In the past few years, growers in the horticulture sector have had to cope with government deregistration of several active ingredients, leaving many to try different measures and concepts to deal with challenges of diseases and insect pests. Now comes word of a return to yesterday, of sorts, employing a newly registered male sterile mustard
Supplemental irrigation (SI) was a production aspect of potato production examined by through the Living Lab – Atlantic project.
Crops, National Potato Guide 2024

First Living Lab focused on potatoes

Federal funding program helped look at cover crop effects and reducing tillage in potatoes

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The first Living Lab – Atlantic program was heavily focused on potato research and has led to an increase in the integration of cover crops into potato growing areas in Prince Edward Island.  The Living Lab was led by the East Prince Agri-Environment Association (EPAA), with the involvement of the Prince Edward Island (PEI) Potato
Dr. Bourlaye Fofana from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) believes the SIGS concept holds tremendous potential in combating diseases in potatoes.
Crops, National Potato Guide 2024

Revolutionary technology shows promise in potatoes

The potential for spray-induced gene silencing seems extraordinary, but it could help with disease control in potatoes

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In February 2022, an email was circulated by Dr. Eugenia Banks of the Ontario Potato Board, about a new method for control of late blight in potatoes, called spray-induced gene silencing (SIGS). The technology has its origins in research by Dr. Aline Koch and a team of German researchers for the control of Fusarium head blight
Martina Strömvik and her research team assembled the genome sequences of nearly 300 varieties of potatoes and their wild relatives.
Crops, National Potato Guide 2024

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
Oat starch for less food waste
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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,
Consumers at the wheel of potato market
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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
Lower crop insurance premiums ahead
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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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