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juli 24, 2023

2023 Potato Crop Canada, update per July 18 – Including Planted Acreage

Statistics Canada released their first estimate of potato acreage in Canadaas a result of data obtained from their survey of potato growers in Canada.

Picketa Systems deploys new LENS™ tissue analysis system with CAD 1.4M Seed Round

mei 26, 2023

Picketa Systems deploys new LENS™ potato plant tissue analysis system with CAD 1.4M Seed Round

In a critical move towards advancing precision agriculture, AgTech startup Picketa Systems has successfully closed a CAD 1.445M (USD 1.059M) (Seed investment round. The funding will broaden the development and deployment of their real-time plant tissue analysis technology, called LENS™.

Moving Forward with the Next Generation on Regen Ag

november 25, 2022

Moving Forward with the Next Generation on Regenerative Agriculture

Alyre Poitras is a McCain Foods potato grower in Saint-André, New Brunswick, Canada. He shares his experience with regenerative agriculture and the changes in potato cultivation over time

Maxime Dumont, cofounder of Picketa systems, Analyzing Nutrient Concentration in potato plantsUsing LENS™

november 16, 2022

LENS™ fertilizer management tool offers real time insight in 13 nutrients in potato plants

Ag start-up Picketa Systems announces the release of their Leaf Evaluated-Nutrient System, LENS™. The LENS™ fertilizer management tool offers real time insight in 13 nutrients in potato plants.

McCain Foods (Canada) and Farm Credit Canada (fcc) support potato farmers financially to boost investment in regenerative agriculture

november 02, 2022

McCain Foods and Farm Credit Canada support potato farmers financially to boost regenerative agriculture

Potato Processor McCain Foods (Canada) teams up with agricultural lender Farm Credit Canada (fcc) to support potato farmers financially when they investment in regenerative agriculture.

juni 14, 2022

Saving Time on Potato Plant Tissue Testing with Picketa

Time is paramount when testing potato crops before spraying and fertilizer applications, which is what Picketa’s new product is all about. For their final engineering project, four University of New Brunswick students decided to help potato growers.

Nova Scotia Couple Heeds the Call cf The Family Farm, Sets Down New Brunswick Roots.

november 05, 2021

Nova Scotia Couple Heeds the Call of The Family Farm, Sets Down New Brunswick Roots

The Covid-19 pandemic moment was a 'now or never' moment for Jonathan Kummer and Emily Ryan. The couple was living well and working in Halifax with an organizational design firm called Symplicity Design – until Covid-19 happened.

oktober 01, 2021

Potato Harvest in Western New Brunswick

In New Brunswick’s potato belt, the spud is king, yielding two billion pounds of product for a $1.5 billion industry during the annual fall harvest. This year’s potato crop is bigger and better than 2020, thanks to warm weather and good rain over the summer growing season.

oktober 15, 2020

Drought dries up potato harvest revenue in New Brunswick

With the harvest season underway, the impact of summer's drought-like conditions is being unearthed in New Brunswick. Due to a lack of rainfall during the growing season, potato farmers say their yields are down significantly for fall 2020.

Production problems plague Canadian Maritime potato farmers

augustus 19, 2020

Could acreage cutbacks, drought and quick COVID recovery cause potato shortage in Eastern Canada?

Potato farmers in Atlantic Canada are worried about their supply with COVID-19 and extreme weather conditions causing complications.

McCain Foods Recognizes Guest Farms Ltd. As Champion Grower

september 04, 2019

McCain Foods Recognizes Guest Farms Ltd. As Champion Potato Grower (Florenceville plant)

Guest Farms Ltd. of Holmesville was named the 2018-2019 McCain Champion Potato Grower for Florenceville-Bristol during the 46th Annual McCain Growers’ Banquet held August 22.

New Partnership Brings Major Agricultural Trade Show to Grand Falls, NB

april 09, 2019

New Partnership Brings Major Agricultural Trade Show to Grand Falls, New Brunswick

A New Brunswick-grown industry partnership will see Grand Falls host an all-new edition of the major farming trade show AgriExpo this summer.

McCain Foods Recognizes Carl Crandlemire As Champion Grower; a 28 year partnership

augustus 29, 2018

Carl Crandlemire named Champion Potato Grower for the McCain Foods Florenceville-Bristol plant

Carl Crandlemire was named the 2017-2018 McCain Champion Potato Grower for Florenceville-Bristol, NB.

mei 03, 2018

New Brunswick Seed Potato Farmers named Atlantic's 2018 Outstanding Young Farmers

Seed Potato Farmers Robert Anderson and Jill Ebbett of East Glassville, New Brunswick (Canada) were named Atlantic’s Outstanding Young Farmers

januari 13, 2018

Lunchtime is over for the Colorado potato beetle

Chemicals in the leaves of potato plants, produced naturally by the plant, may hold the key to a new way to control Colorado potato beetles - a major pest for potato growers.

september 05, 2017

McCain Foods recognises Lakeside Farms as Champion Grower for its Florenceville-Bristol plant

Lakeside Farms Ltd. of Greenfield was named the 2016-2017 McCain Champion Potato Grower for Florenceville-Bristol, NB during the 44th Annual McCain Growers’ Banquet held August 23 at the Northern Carleton Civic Centre.

McCain Foods Canada recognises Les Fermes Lp Thériault & Fils Farms as Champion Grower for the grand Falls Region

september 02, 2017

McCain Foods recognises Les Fermes Lp Thériault & Fils Farms as Champion Grower

Les Fermes LP Thériault & Fils of Drummond was named the 2016-2017 McCain Champion Potato Grower for Grand Falls during the 43rd annual McCain Growers’ Banquet held August 22 at Centre E.& P. Sénéchal

september 11, 2016

Howard Culberson & Sons named Champion Potato Grower for McCain Foods Florenceville

Howard Culberson & Sons of Jacksonville, NB was named the 2015-2016 McCain Champion Potato Grower for Florenceville-Bristol during the 43rd annual McCain Growers’ Banquet.

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