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The Leguee Farms family members from left: Jake and Stephanie Leguee with their three children Asher, 8, Grayson, 5, and Tristan, 2; Russ and Sharon Leguee with Russ holding Bo, 2, (Amber and Erik’s son); Sarah Leguee ; and Erik and Amber Nikolejsin and their other two children Dax, 7, and Hazel, 4.
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A glimpse into bright, young farming operations

From potatoes to cranberries, eggs to pork, beef to veal and millions of seeds — this is what these farmers do

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Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers will experience the hospitality of Quebec in late November as regional nominees and alumni gather in Laval for the national awards competition. Along with the seven OYF regional nominee farm families, about 200 alumni and guests from the program will attend the 43rd national awards event that runs Nov. 23-26. Nominees […] Read more
Potatoes harvested from container-grown Melody potato plants from EarthApples. Melody has smooth skin, dry flesh and can be boiled and mashed. It also has high yield potential and overall good resistance to late blight on plants and common scab and bruising on tubers.
Farm Life

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Singing Gardener: Plus a few things you may not know about potatoes and melons

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My grandma on my mother’s side loved to go berry picking. She was a berry picker through and through, seeking out wild saskatoon and chokecherry bushes. Together, we often picked raspberries from canes at her home garden patch too. If there was anything she taught me I was qualified to do, it was picking raspberries. […] Read more
File photo of a Prince Edward Island potato field. (Onepony/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Potatoes

P.E.I. potato growers, CFIA to draft plan for ‘pest-free places’

Plan would support movement of seed potatoes, feds say

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A system of “pest-free places of production” (PFPP) is now on the drawing board for Prince Edward Island’s potato sector, following a meeting between federal and industry officials. Federal Agriculture Minister and P.E.I. MP Lawrence MacAulay on Friday reported meeting with staff and representatives of the P.E.I. Potato Board, to discuss next steps in the […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. food companies go deal hunting as pandemic growth fades

Twinkies maker Hostess exploring a sale

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Reuters — U.S. packaged food companies are set for a flurry of deals in a push to revamp their brand portfolios as their pandemic-era fortunes fade and benefits of price hikes start to taper off. Last month, Campbell Soup struck a $2.7 billion deal for Rao’s sauce maker Sovos Brands (all figures US$). Unilever bought […] Read more
File photo of Province House, home of the Prince Edward Island legislative assembly, in Charlottetown. (Benedek/iStock/Getty Images)
General

P.E.I. names new deputy ag minister

Gordon MacFadyen replaces Brian Matheson

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Prince Edward Island’s Premier Dennis King has named a new top bureaucrat for the province’s agriculture ministry and others, to manage a fresh round of post-election ministerial mandate letters. Gordon MacFadyen, most recently executive director of fiscal management and assistant secretary to Treasury Board with the provincial finance department, was announced Aug. 8 as deputy […] Read more
File photo of a potato field in Alberta’s Lacombe County. (COrthner/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Potatoes

Alberta potatoes chip in $2.9 billion for Canadian economy

New report verifies what many in industry suspected

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Alberta’s potato industry is making a big impact — not just on that province but the entire country. A new report — dubbed a “landmark study” by the Potato Growers of Alberta — revealed the sector drove a total contribution of $2.87 billion to Canada’s economy in 2022. It also notes the nationwide creation of […] Read more
Dustin McLaren, a territory manager for Corteva Agriscience, inspects lentils
Features, Lentils, Pulses

New tool for anthracnose control in lentils

Zetigo PRM targets disease with a novel mode of action and helps farmers manage fungicide resistance

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Anthracnose can be a serious problem in lentils in Western Canada. As Mike Brown, agronomy manager for Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, points out, the disease can result in heavy yield losses due to premature leaf drop and plant death. “Anthracnose is a polycyclic disease, which means it can go through multiple life cycles during the growing […] Read more
This Prairie Magic apple tree has scarring on the lower trunk. The wound appears to have healed over well but it should be monitored closely for any change.
Farm Life

Protect your fruit trees from fire blight

Singing Gardener: Plus some tips for disinfecting garden tools

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Hi folks! It’s Ted here. I’m back again and so glad my gardening companions are tracking right along with me on the Grainews Singing Gardener page. Thanks for coming by this way.  Gardening is an art, a craft and an opportunity to be the student of a lifelong teacher. She shouts out to us, “Learn from me. […] Read more
File photo of a CFIA vehicle. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Weather

Gene-edited crops clear CFIA’s regulatory bar

Agency guidance puts gene editing on level of conventional breeding

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Plants gene-edited for efficient use of water or nutrients or to better withstand pests or drought now won’t have to clear the same regulatory hurdles in Canada as any crops that are modified for herbicide tolerance or include foreign genes. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Wednesday announced updated guidance from the Canadian Food Inspection […] Read more

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