Fry Farmers Need Good Disease Control

“It can be healthy one day, you’ll come back a couple days later and it’s completely dead.” – NEIL GUDMESTAD Colour is quality in a french fry processor’s eyes. Their customers want an attractive, golden-yellow fry without any mottling, and most importantly, no sugar ends. A sugar end refers to a fry that has a

Manage For Chemical Resistance, Crop Rotations

One of the major crop protection tools for Manitoba potato growers in recent years has been the strobilurinbased fungicides. They’ve been a key defence in the fight against fungal infections such as late and early blight – and some growers say they’re observing a “plant health” effect that boosts yield by keeping plants safe from



Towards A Sustainable Future

It is purely coincidental, but it seems somehow fitting that this year’s Manitoba North Dakota Zero-Tillage Farmers Association annual workshop is taking place in Brandon during Manitoba’s first-ever Organic Week. At first glance, it would seem these two production systems are polar opposites. One aims to reduce or eliminate tillage, usually replacing it with chemical


High-moisture corn has advantages, disadvantages

“If you were planning to use the corn as livestock feed, highmoisture storage may be an option worth checking out.” High-moisture corn offers many advantages for producers who feed beef or dairy cattle, according to a North Dakota State University livestock expert. “However, successfully using high-moisture corn requires attention to storage conditions, feeding management and