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This is how potato harvest should look, but not so for Manitoba potato growers who are now dealing with two bad harvest years in a row.
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Frost ends Manitoba potato harvest

'Two bad years in a row hurts,' says potato growers association manager

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Frost last week ended Manitoba’s potato harvest, leaving thousands of acres undug. It’s the second year wet soils prevented potato farmers from getting all the crop off before heavy frost ruined it. And while the final figures aren’t in, an estimated 12,000 acres of potatoes worth more than $50 million, didn’t get dug, says Dan
The highlighted spot in this 2017 aerial photo shows the area of expansion at McCain’s potato processing plant at Florenceville, N.B. (CNW Group/McCain Foods)
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McCain to dial up fry production in New Brunswick

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The company behind about a quarter of the world’s frozen French fries plans to ramp up demand from New Brunswick potato growers with a line capacity upgrade at its recently expanded plant there. McCain Foods announced Aug. 27 it will put up another $12 million to add capacity to its Florenceville, N.B. plant’s French fry
Blooming rapeseed field at sunset
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More debate yet to come on neonics

Health Canada has satisfied its concern with three neonicotinoid insecticides and pollinator risk, but a decision to protect aquatic insects may yet take those chemistries off the table

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Health Canada’s April decisions on three neonicotinoid insecticides won’t change much for growers this year — but it also won’t be the last word on the subject. Producers will still have access to most imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam uses following the April 11 ruling. In 2016, the federal government announced plans to phase out imidacloprid
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McCain Foods buys stake in Brazilian potato processor Serya

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Sao Paulo | Reuters — McCain Foods, the world’s largest producer of frozen fries, has agreed to buy 70 per cent of Brazilian firm Serya for an undisclosed amount, in a deal that will allow the Canadian company to expand its footprint in Latin America’s largest market. The remaining shares of Serya are held by
Producers may be reluctant at losing a productive year for the sake of a green manure.
Crops

Pass the mustard?

Mustard green manures might be the next tool in the tool box against disease and soil degradation in potatoes

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It might be time to add a little spice to the potato rotation. Researchers from Washington State University have been planting mustard green manures in the year preceding a potato crop, a strategy some Manitoba agronomists believe might protect the crop and improve soil health. Many of the arguments for green manures will sound familiar
Manitoba potato growers say a wet and cold fall is causing issues with storages this winter.
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Spud growers battling storage woes

A wet and cold fall saw some potatoes dug and stored at less than optimal conditions

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A tough harvest is translating into a challenging storage season for Manitoba potato growers. It’s especially frustrating because growers were looking at a bumper crop, forecast to be the third-largest harvest on record. But they were denied that by rains that delayed harvest and hard frosts that hit in mid-October causing ground to freeze as
Darin Gibson, research agronomist and president of Gaia Consulting, is among those calling for potato producers to share how they use mancozeb as the government looks to ban it for potato use.
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Mancozeb fight calls potato growers to share on-farm use

Spud growers urged to share info on mancozeb

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Mancozeb is on the regulatory chopping block. Now Manitoba potato producers are being urged to share how they use the chemical as their industry attempts to preserve it as an aerial fungicide, and they have just days to do it. Why it matters: Health Canada has proposed a ban on mancozeb for potatoes and other

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