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Mark and Yanara Peters say a community potato giveaway has been fun and fulfilling.
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Building their community one potato at a time

Mark and Yanara Peters are turning a potato giveaway into an annual event in Portage la Prairie and beyond

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How does it feel to give away 35,000 lbs. of potatoes in just under five hours? “It was awesome… a lot of fun,” recalls farmer Mark Peters with a wide smile. Peters and his wife Yanara, of Spruce Drive Farms, grow certified seed potatoes 12 miles northwest of Portage la Prairie. On Saturday, October 14,
Harvest goes hands free
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Harvest goes hands free

British researchers have put automation to test in the farm field

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A U.K. research project has planted, tended and harvested the first crop — of spring barley — that’s never seen direct human labour. Hands Free Hectare was aiming to test the concept in the field and consciously chose smaller machinery, said Jonathan Gill, a researcher at Harper University. “There’s been a focus in recent years
It was a tough growing season and potato harvest but in the end, growers saw good yields.
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Good potato yields despite challenging year

A dry summer required a lot of irrigation 
and was followed by a dry fall that 
delayed digging

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Many Manitoba potato growers faced nail-biting times this autumn as they struggled to get the crop off. In the end, however, yields are expected to be similar to last year. Dave Sawatzky, manager of Keystone Potato Producers Association, said he predicts yields will roughly be on par or slightly better than 2016’s harvest, when Manitoba
Researchers think there’s potential potatoes could be grown on Mars.
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Extraterrestrial potato production studied

Researchers from Peru’s potato centres and NASA are trying to 
grow spuds in conditions that mimic Mars

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In a move that mirrors the Matt Damon blockbuster “The Martian,” researchers are trying to prove potatoes can grow on Mars. The International Potato Center (CIP) recently launched a series of experiments to discover if potatoes can grow under Mars atmospheric conditions. CIP’s proof of concept experiment to grow potatoes in simulated Martian conditions began
Ten Manitoba potato operations were named McCain Foods Top Growers last month in Carberry.
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Swansfleet Alliance named top McCain grower

The annual designation acknowledged the top potato growers 
contracting with the company every year in Manitoba

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McCain Foods has named Swansfleet Alliance, of Treherne and Bruxelles, its top Manitoba potato grower for the 2015 crop year. The announcement came at the annual Growers’ Banquet, held last month at the Carberry Community Hall with 190 attendees. Jim Waugh, who heads up McCain’s midwest manufacturing operations, was on hand for the annual event.
white potatoes
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Spud producers pull off second record crop

Prices are low and right now there’s no market for the surplus production

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Manitoba potato growers harvested, on average, a record 348 hundredweight (cwt) an acre this fall, up eight per cent from the previous record of 322 cwt set last year. However, it’s not all good news, Keystone Potato Growers Association manager Dan Sawat­zky told the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ advisory council Nov. 3. “We are struggling to
Blackleg is just one disease that can be caused by strains of the Dickeya pathogen.
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Use only local seed to slow Dickeya and other pathogens

Europe has been grappling with a similar problem for years 
and we should learn from its experience

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Imported seed bearing new pathogens is a threat to the Canadian potato industry, according to a U.S. researcher. Neil Gudmestad, a distinguished professor of plant pathology at North Dakota State University, was in Brandon this January to deliver a lecture on the importance of planting locally produced seed at Manitoba Potato Production Days. “There are
Manitoba potato growers harvested a record crop this year, says Dan Sawatzky, manager of the Keystone Potato Growers Association Inc., which represents processing potato growers.
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Record yields for Manitoba potato growers in 2015

A long growing season boosted yields in a year when farmers had to 
contend with hail, heat, insects and disease

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Manitoba potato growers harvested a record crop of spuds this fall, says Dan Sawatzky, manager of the Keystone Potato Growers Association Inc. Yields averaged 315 (hundredweight) bags an acre on 67,300 acres of processing, table, chipping and seed potatoes,” he said in a recent interview. “Coupled with that, we got a slight increase in prices,”
Late blight infections in tomatoes can spread to potatoes. Late blight can affect tomato leaves, fruit and stems. On leaves spots are not restricted by leaf veins and often have a lighter-green edge.
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Late blight hits Manitoba late, but still a concern

Gardeners can take action now to ensure they aren’t sources of infection next year

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With late blight infections on the rise in Manitoba potato fields this fall, home gardeners should be vigilant so as not to be a source of infection next year, says Vikram Bisht, Manitoba Agriculture, Foods and Rural Development’s potato and horticultural crops plant pathologist. The first case of late blight this season was confirmed Sept.
potato slices
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Are potatoes fattening?

Prairie Fare: Potato Pancakes and Herb and Sweet Onion Scalloped Potatoes

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Mom, why don’t we make these at home?” my daughter asked as she took her first bite of a potato dumpling. We were at the Barnesville, Minnesota Potato Days. I call it my “annual pilgrimage for potato dumplings.” “This wouldn’t be a treat if I made potato dumplings at home,” I said. I was pondering

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