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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.
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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
Potato losses could have a potentially huge financial impact for farmers this year, says the Keystone Potato Producers Association.
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Wintery fall leaves harvest losses, frozen spuds

October’s snowy start has hit at remaining crops, some more so than others

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Farmers have been celebrating a return to the field, but weeks of premature winter have left their mark. Dry regions that were already expecting lower soybean yields have taken another hit in harvest loss. Cassandra Tkachuk, production specialist with the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, says they have noted harvest losses well above the usual
Manitoba Agriculture’s Marla Riekman digs into the soil strata below the Canada-Manitoba 
Crop Diversification Centre potato site near Carberry Aug. 14.
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Tips for growing ’taters

Growing potatoes requires disturbing the soil, so how does that mesh with soil conservation efforts? According to provincial experts, it can

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Soil advocates want potato growers to bump soil management up their priority list. Marla Riekman, soil management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, pitched soil management principles to growers and agronomists at Carberry’s Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre potato tour Aug. 14. Erosion risk The root crop, by its nature, involves disturbing soil, something that soil health advocates
Dr. Neil Gudmestad, of North Dakota State University, dives into the genetics of SHDI fungicide resistance during the 2018 Manitoba Potato Production Days.
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Fungicide issues worse in U.S.

Boscalid and other early blight fungicides are facing down resistance in the U.S., but the issue hasn’t quite reached fever pitch in Manitoba

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It’s not time to panic on boscalid resistance, at least not north of the border. The U.S. potato industry, including potato producers directly south in North Dakota, have noted a substantial downturn in both boscalid fungicide efficiency and the wider group of SHDI fungicides in general, something that could rob them of one of their
Dr. Alison Nelson outlines her ongoing study on seed potato management and what it means for processing crops the next year during the 2018 Manitoba Potato Production Days in Brandon.
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Warming seed potatoes had outsized effect on crop

Pre-seed storage may have more impact on processing crop than how the seed crop was managed in the field

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The quality of a potato harvest might have more to do with how seeds were stored than how they were treated in the field the previous year. Alison Nelson, agronomist and researcher at Carberry’s Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre, says warming up seed before planting may have more impact on a processing crop than most in-season

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