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三月 04, 2025
McCain Foods Launches Regen Fries. Campaign rewards Consumers for Exploring Regenerative Agriculture’s Impact on the Future of Fries
McCain Foods, the maker of 1 in 4 fries worldwide, is making big strides towards its regenerative agriculture commitment, digging in with the aim to help combat climate change over time and secure the future of everyone’s favorite food, the golden French fry.
三月 02, 2025
McCain Foods Releases 2024 Global Sustainability Report
With the release of the global 2024 Sustainability Report, McCain Foods continues to make progress towards its goal to provide products that are more sustainably sourced – delivering good food to consumers, while supporting the communities where it operates.
十月 15, 2024
New funding to support potato growers in New Brunswick, for harvest and storage issues in previous cropyear
New Brunswick potato producers who endured extraordinary costs resulting from excessive moisture during last year's growing season will have access to financial assistance starting this November.
八月 19, 2024
Introducing Custom Critical Levels – A New Way to Elevate Your Potato Fertilizer Strategy
Picketa Systems is thrilled to introduce a significant new feature for our LENS platform: Custom Critical Levels. This innovation provides agronomists unprecedented control over nutrient management, making it easier than ever to optimize crop health and maximize yields. Sponsored Content
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六月 11, 2024
UNB’s McKenna Institute announces investment in digital agriculture led by potato processor McCain Foods
The McKenna Institute at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) announced a CAD 3.75 million (USD 2.7 million) investment from a partnership led by potato processor McCain Foods that will revolutionize digital agriculture, progress regenerative farming practices and minimize the impact of climate change on farmland.
六月 09, 2024
Global Processed Potatoes Market to grow over 5 percent annually according to Technavio report
The processed potatoes market size is forecast to increase by USD 45 billion at a CAGR of 5.34% between 2024 and 2028. Market expansion is contingent on several factors, such as an increasing emphasis on expanding production capacities for potato processing.
十一月 28, 2023
Potato growers can use AI to monitor and predict potato nutrition in real time
Potatoes are the premier vegetable crop in Canada, with CAD 1.5 billion nationwide in potato receipts in 2021. The agricultural significance of potatoes is particularly prominent in provinces like New Brunswick, the home of McCain Foods Limited, the world’s largest potato processor.
十一月 06, 2023
Well-known potato researcher appointed as Acting Dean and Principal, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie
A well-known potato researcher, Dr. Gefu Wang-Pruski will commence a one-year term as Acting Dean and Principal, Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University, effective October 30, 2023.
七月 16, 2023
McCain Foods brings back fan favourite TV character Barb to talk about sustainability on National French Fry Day.
Every year, the earth loses 12 million hectares of farmable land due to erosion. That’s roughly one soccer field every few seconds. Erosion ruins farmable soil, and a lack of farmable soil means that the future of potatoes, and fries, are at stake.
五月 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™.