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Scotian Gold expands packing line

Federal government representatives were at Scotian Gold’s Coldbrook facility recently to announce an investment of up to $1.75 million in support of the cooperative’s new state-of- the-art apple packing facility.


Good potato yields in Manitoba

Many Manitoba potato growers faced nail-biting times this autumn as they struggled to get the crop off.


Bayer expands Nunhems watermelon product line

Bayer’s Vegetable Seed Division is introducing a new watermelon concept.
 
 
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Examining potatoes’ past could improve spuds of the future

The old adage of looking to the past to understand the future certainly applies to improving potatoes.
Examining the ancestors of the modern, North American cultivated potato has revealed a set of common genes and important genetic pathways that have helped spuds adapt over thousands of years. The study appears in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Events 
 

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

November 3-12, 2017
Location: Guelph, Ontario
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Fall Harvest – Meetings on the Hill

November 6-8, 2017
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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2017 Irrigation Show

November 6-10, 2017
Location: Orlando, Florida
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2017 Dickeya & Pectobacterium Summit

November 9, 2017
Location: Bangor, Maine
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