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Red-skinned varieties will make up half of the total selections that will be released from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) breeders at the annual Potato Selection Release Open House.
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An Islander has heeded the call to mass manufacture a trap to fight P.E.I.'s wireworm pest. Ralph Yeo said he decided to start producing the trap after reading about its invention about a year ago.
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Post-harvest potato storage expert Todd Forbush of Techmark Inc. in Lansing, Mich., says quality potato storage requires just two things: quality storage facilities and quality potatoes to store.
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New Velum™ Prime nematicide makes yield-robbing nematodes a worry of the past. Made to help sustain high plant vigour to maximize yield, it also delivers in-season early blight protection. This non-fumigant nematicide is ideal for growers with existing liquid in-furrow application equipment. Potato growers can simply integrate it into nematode protection programs by applying it in-furrow at planting.
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Potato seed tubers harbouring Dickeya dianthicola and Pectobacterium wasabiae are the only confirmed source of these pathogens. At this point, there is no evidence that either of the two pathogens overwinter in the soil. The generally accepted length of survival time in the soil for these pathogens is one week to six months, depending on climate.
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In 2017, it took an estimated 39 days of work to cover food costs, which landed on Feb. 8, leading the Canadian Federation of Agriculture to coin it “Food Freedom Day.”
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At the University of Georgia, a team of researchers is developing a robotic system of all-terrain rovers and unmanned aerial drones that can more quickly and accurately gather and analyze data on the physical characteristics of crops, including their growth patterns, stress tolerance and general health.
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