A new agreement between national food safety agencies would allow Canada to export fresh potatoes to Mexico, whose imports of fresh potatoes for years have been solely from the U.S.
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Path cleared to Mexico for fresh Canadian potatoes, supplanting U.S. spuds
Cereal lodging isn’t just a nitrogen problem
Lack of copper in the soil can also lead wheat crops to lodge during wet seasons on the Canadian Prairies
Lack of copper in the soil can also lead wheat and other cereal crops to lodge during wet seasons on the Canadian Prairies.
CFIA looks for feedback on proposed seed potato rule changes
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is looking for public and industry input on proposed amendments to regulations around seed potatoes.
Harvest wraps up and fall work begins
Eppich News: Appreciation for a bountiful and efficient 2025 harvest
At the Eppich famly ranch in western Saskatchewan, the fall harvest was successful with few breakdowns, cows and calves have been sorted and a new tractor has arrived
Putting down roots, part 2: Potatoes
First We Eat: It didn’t take long for the versatile potato to become a staple in Europe, especially in Ireland
Saskatchewan author and chef dee Hobsbawn-Smith offers a retrospective on the potato’s cultural journey from the Americas to Europe and back, and a recipe for butter-basted baby potatoes with rosemary.
Evolutionary origins of the potato revealed – and a tomato was involved
Study, which analyzed genomes from cultivated and wild potatoes, may improve future breeding
A new analysis of 450 genomes from cultivated potatoes and 56 genomes of wild potato species has revealed that the potato lineage originated through natural interbreeding between a wild tomato plant and a potato-like species in South America about 9 million years ago.
Seeds are in the ground and foals arrive
Eppich News: Springtime has been good on the ranch with cows and bulls in the pasture and healthy foals
Springtime has been good on the ranch for the Eppich family with cows and bulls in the pasture and healthy foals.
Alberta crops 21 points below average but soil moisture improving
Prior to Alberta getting rain over the weekend of June 21 and 22, the province's crops were well below the five-year average for ratings. As of June 17, Alberta Agriculture said they were listed as 50 per cent good to excellent overall compared to the average of 71 per cent.
Powdery scab a puzzling potato problem
Biosecurity, such as avoiding the use of manure from livestock that ate infected potatoes, is a must
Powdery scab, caused by Spongospora subterranea, thrives in cool, moist conditions and can significantly impact potato crops by forming lesions on tubers and galls on roots.
Potatoes Prairie-wide
Practical Research: How Prairie researchers uncovered a serious potato disease’s hiding place
As a consequence of cleaning up potato diseases, the most recent yields in Prairie potatoes, as of 2024, are 20 tons per acre for Alberta and 18 for Manitoba.