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Alberta's potato industry is worth more than $1 billion to the province's economy. But it's threatened by a tiny bacterium that causes zebra chip disease, which has already affected crops in the United States, Mexico and New Zealand. This year, a Lethbridge scientist reports, it hasn't shown up in the province.
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Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has developed a novel approach to more efficiently convert potato waste into ethanol. This process may lead to reduced production costs for biofuel in the future and add extra value for chip makers.
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Researchers have tested more than 2,000 seedlings over a period of years, resulting in the V12B445 variety that promises 30 per cent more yield than the Covington variety.
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Greentronics recently introduced the RITETRACE system. RiteTrace uses a combination of scanners, transponders, and sensors allowing growers to track loads from known locations in the field to known locations in their storage bins. RiteTrace produces clear Field and Bin maps with summary statistics by load, field, and harvest date. It fulfills many food safety related traceability requirements. It also offers agronomic benefits in allowing growers to track quality in storage back to the field.
Reports can be reviewed or made available to shippers, buyers and processors to provide transparency and settle questions quickly. Data can be used to study and report on efficiencies and traffic flow.
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Before going off to university, Dusty Zamecnick was fed the typical line many farm kids hear: The farm will be here for you. “But that’s a weird [concept] to think about because if you try something different and it doesn’t work out, then it’s: ‘I guess I’ll go back to the farm.’ I hate that [negative] connotation, because what [I’m] doing now, I can’t ever consider that a fall back.”
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Three types of potatoes genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine have been approved by Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency as safe for the environment and safe to eat.
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The Canadian Federation of Agriculture, the American Farm Bureau Federation and Consejo Nacional Agropecuario have sent a joint letter to Canadian, American and Mexican government officials, reiterating their calls that re-negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) should aim to modernize the agreement, rather than dismantle it. The three ag group presidents agreed on the need to build on the original agreement's success by looking for ways to increase trade volumes.
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