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Pink rot can mean significant storage losses, and a key control product is under threat from resistance.
Crops, News

Canadian potato growers may lose Ridomil for pink rot

Phosphites offer growers a strong alternative control option for pink rot

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Canadian potato growers may be destined to lose the use of Ridomil to control pink rot. The issue is most serious in Prince Edward Island, where observers say the active ingredient metalaxyl is on the verge of being rendered ineffective. To some degree it is a looming problem across the country, according to a recent
potato crop
Crops, Local news

Manitoba potato acreage seen steady in 2015

Demand for processing potatoes is stable to up slightly in North America

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It’s too early to make definitive statements about potato acreage in Manitoba in 2015, but Keystone Potato Producers Association manager Dan Sawatzky expects that if anything, it may go up slightly. “I think we’re pretty confident that we can say that,” he says. In 2014, Manitoba acreage totalled 63,340 acres, of which 45,000 were processing,
Crops, News

Farm accident results in $50,000 fine

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A Carberry-area potato farm has been fined nearly $50,000 following an investigation into a serious farm accident on Sept. 18, 2010. The 15-year-old girl, a seasonal worker at ShellMark Farms Ltd., had attempted to straddle a moving conveyor belt by placing her foot on the north-side lip of the conveyor when she lost her balance.
Crops

Potatoes — Variable Results In 2010 Underlined Grower Challenges

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When the books closed on Manitoba’s potato industry for 2010 it went down as the year of the good, the bad and sometimes the ugly. There were bumper crops for some growers with good drainage and the chance to max out yields with irrigation. For others, especially those on heavier soils with poor drainage, it
Crops

Late Blight In Manitoba Potatoes Under Control

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“It was going to be devastating if we had not talked about it (late blight) earlier.” – VIKRAM BISHT What could have been a late blight disaster this summer was averted by early detection and quick action on the part of potato farmers, a plant pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture and Food Initiatives says. Late blight
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Growers Seed Without Contracts

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Afrustrating year lies ahead for Manitoba potato farmers as they face severe price cutbacks for a crop off to its best start in years. Growers of processing potatoes were still without 2010 production contracts from the province’s two largest processors as of early this week. Over 80 producers last week rejected a contract offer from
Crops

Dark French Fries And Salinity Go Hand In Hand

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“It dictates that you just can’t grow potatoes in those soils.” – BLAIR GEISEL, GAIA CONSULTING You know there’s something wrong with a potato if the tip of a french fry turns dark when it hits the oil. It’s a phenomenon potato processors hate: a disorder called “sugar-end defect.” The sugar caramelizes, leaving the tip
Crops

Manitoba Potato Farmers Face Steep Contract Cuts

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“People just aren’t eating out as often as they used to.” – CALLA FARN, MCCAIN FOODS A sharp downturn in exports has Manitoba’s processing potato growers bracing for major cuts in contracted acres this year. McCain Foods Inc., the province’s largest potato processor, will cut potato contracts by 15 to 20 per cent this year,
Opinion

Consolidation Helps Potato Industry Grow

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The potato industry, similar to most other businesses is constantly changing and contracting in numbers as aggressive, more efficient operations purchase some of the smaller operations. This same situation has happened to many of the industry suppliers – the chemical companies, fertilizer companies, farm machinery companies – the same phenomena that happens in the city
Hogs, News

“Managing Supply” An Option For Battered Hog Farmers

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“The nice thing about managing supply is it actually gives producers the tools to get it (returns) from the marketplace and we don’t keep going back to government with our hands out.” – IAN WISHART Canadian hog farmers should consider managing supplies, as American potato growers do, to avoid excess production and depressed prices, says

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