Soil-borne potato disease powdery scab thrives in cool, moist conditions and is hard for crop researchers to study, but there are things Manitoba farmers can do to keep it out of fields.
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Powdery scab a puzzling potato problem
Biosecurity helps avoid powdery scab infections in Manitoba potato fields, like avoiding the use of manure from livestock that ate infected potatoes
New money to pad Manitoba farms against tariff pain: UPDATED
Farm business risk management support announced as part of Manitoba’s anti-tariff economic defence
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said the province would be bolstering the safety net offered by agricultural business risk management programs with more than $150 million in provincial funds, including $10 million to match federal AgriStability funding and $140.8 million for other programs such as AgriInvest, AgriInsurance and wildlife damange compensation.
Cut contracts alarm Manitoba potato sector
Manitoba potato growers have been dealt a blow by companies who have cut producer contracts, citing trade strife and lower consumer demand
Manitoba potato growers are seeing companies cut their contracts with trade uncertainties and low demand hurting the once-profitable crop.
Push-pull system focus of Colorado Potato Beetle control research
Using natural compounds, like cannabis mulch, can help repel the beetles from potato fields
New ways to control Colorado Potato Beetle are marrying pheromones, volatiles and potentially natural repellants.
Researchers look for genetic key to cold sweetening
Being able to turn off the problem would open up more potato varieties for commercial use
Being able to turn off the genetic predisposition for cold sweetening would open up more potato varieties for commercial use.
New national potato wart plan in place for 2025 growing season
The new National Potato Wart Response Plan is complete and will take effect for the 2025 potato crop.
CFIA’s 2024 potato wart survey comes back clean
Canadian Food Inspection Agency potato wart survey turns up no cases of the disease for 2024.
Tariffs mute Manitoba welcome for new potato processor
European potato company Agristo will break ground on a new North Dakota plant this year, but U.S. tariffs may stop Manitoba producers from taking advantage
New North Dakota potato plant offers potential for Manitoba producers, but looming US tariffs threaten trade. Explore how this expansion and Canada-US trade tensions impact potato exports.
Potato growers’ feedback wanted in final response plan consultation
Potato growers are once again asked to give their feedback on a national potato wart response plan as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) launches a final round of public consultations.
Alberta harvest wraps up
Harvest operations in Alberta are virtually complete for 2024, the province’s crop report said. Combining advanced three points to 99 per cent finished as of Oct. 22 as well as being three points above the five-year average.
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