Research from Canada | Page 7 PotatoPro

November 28, 2011

PEI Potato Board Annual General Meeting held December 2

The theme for the Prince Edward Island Potato Board's 2011 annual general meeting is "Connecting with the consumer". Scheduled for Dec. 2, 2011, all are invited to attend to understand the business of Prince Edward Island Potatoes. The one d...

November 24, 2011

Canadian researchers looking for new ways to combat wireworm

Researchers on P.E.I. and in Alberta are looking for new ways to kill wireworms before the larvae destroy farmer's crops. Christine Norohna from Agriculture Canada has already done some research using buckwheat and brown mustard as rotation crops. She...

November 14, 2011

Functional Technologies Announces Next Generation Acrylamide-Preventing Yeast Technology

Functional Technologies Corp. is pleased to report the development of a third (3rd) generation of its proprietary acrylamide-preventing (AP) yeast platform, wherein various improvements made to the Company's original underlying AP technology have enabl...

October 14, 2011

Manitoba Potato Harvest wrapping up

Potato harvest in Manitoba is virtually complete. "There may be a few people still picking their last spots, but for all intents and purposes it's done,"says Gary Sloik of Keystone Potato Producers. "Things went quite well. The southern...

October 12, 2011

Deadline for World Potato Congress Industry Awards Nominations approaching

World Potato Congress Inc. General Manager, John Coady, stated recently that, “We are fast approaching the deadline for submission of nominees for the internationally respected WPC Industry Awards.” To insure that deserving individuals are recognized,...

October 11, 2011

Prince Edward Island Potatoes Will Power Olympic Gold Medalist Heather Moyse

Heather Moyse, Olympic Gold Medalist in Women’s Bobsleigh and native of Summerside, PEI, has embarked on a pursuit of excellence to represent Canada at the elite level in a third national sport. PEI Potatoes will accompany her on this journey. Currentl...

October 02, 2011

Kevin MacIsaac new General Manager United Potato Growers of Canada

United Potato Growers of Canada has hired a potato industry veteran as its new General Manager. Kevin MacIsaac, of Bear River, Prince Edward Island will join United in this senior role, effective Monday, October 3rd. Along with his brother, Kevin has ...

September 23, 2011

New formula to calculate potato selling price applied in PEI

Trends in potato prices are key indicators for potato farmers to keep track of. But average potato price trends can be calculated in a number of different ways. PEI now has become the first jurisdiction in Canada to adopt two new measures - fresh weig...

September 05, 2011

Can composted hog manure protect potatoes against Verticillium?

Researchers with the University of Manitoba will launch a study this fall to assess the value of composted hog manure in improving the yield and quality of Manitoba potato crops. A three-year study being launched this month will compare the effect of ...

August 10, 2011

Nominations open for 2012 World Potato Congress Awards

The President of the World Potato Congress (WPC) Inc. Mr Allan Parker, Canada, and the Chairman of the WPC Awards Committee, Mr Douglas (Doug) Harley, Kinross, Scotland, have announced that nominations are now being called for the 2012 World Potato Con...

August 10, 2011

PEI Potato Board initiates consumer study

In an effort to better understand today’s potato consumer, the Prince Edward Island Potato Board has embarked upon a market study through an online survey. The Potato Board has been working on an in-depth consumer and branding study with Ipsos-Reid re...

Wireworm (left) are the larval stages of the click beetle (right). Courtesy Agriculture Canada)

August 08, 2011

Canadian Potato farmers losing wireworm weapon

Some Prince Edward Island potato farmers are facing a serious infestation of wireworm and the only fix is about to be taken off the market. Wireworm is a pest that spends four years in the ground, feeding on potatoes and other vegetables. Then it turn...

July 20, 2011

El Congreso Mundial de la Papa apoya económicamente la participación de delegados provenientes de países en desarrollo

Allan Parker, presidente del Congreso Mundial de la Papa, a realizarse en Edimburgo, Escocia, entre el 27-30 mayo de 2012, anunció hoy la intención de apoyar económicamente hasta cuatro delegados al evento. La organización proveerá 1,000.00 dólares ca...

July 20, 2011

World Potato Congress offers support to Delegates from Developing Countries

Delegates to the 8th World Potato Congress, from developing and transitional countries, may qualify for financial support from World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC Inc). Allan Parker, President of WPC Inc, said today he is extremely pleased to announce WP...

July 06, 2011

Canadian potato industry responds to study depicting potatoes as unhealthy

The Canadian Potato Council (CPC) is challenging the conclusions of a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on potatoes and potato consumption, which wrongly depicts potatoes as a hindrance to weight loss and maintaining a healt...

June 12, 2011

Wet weather delays potato planting in Eastern Canada

This story is no longer available

June 08, 2011

Potato Research Centre hopes to breed resistant potatoes

Scientists at the Potato Research Centre hope to crossbreed foreign and domestic potatoes to create a new spud that's resilient to disease and requires fewer pesticides.