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Amanda Crook, lead agronomist at McCain Food (left), and Ashley Wagenaar, conservation agronomist for Farming Smarter, show off a drip tape irrigation demo at a field day at Farming Smarter's field day.

Alberta research group digs into potato research

Farming Smarter embarks on second growing season of potato research to support the multibillion-dollar industry

Farming Smarter embarks on second growing season of potato research to support the multibillion-dollar industry

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McCain Foods has entered into a partnership with Farming Smarter Association, using one of its commercial plots to do a trial growing four different varieties, using six treatments. Hopes are best management practices can be adopted that have better efficiencies, water fertility, pest and disease tolerances than the commonly-grown Russet Burbank for processing.

McCain Foods looks for new processing potatoes

Company works with Farming Smarter Association as it searches for options other than the century-old Russet Burbankvariety

McCain Foods has entered into a partnership with the Farming Smarter Association


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Farm goods holding up U.S.-India trade talks

U.S. and India trade negotiators were pushing on Wednesday to finalize a tariff-reducing deal ahead of President Donald Trump's July 9 negotiating deadline, but disagreements over U.S. dairy and agriculture remained unresolved.



Cory Nelson, a member of the Palliser Triangle Marketing Group, stands next to one of the tents he sets up in seed canola and alfalfa fields in southern Alberta to manage leafcutter bee colonies for pollination services.

Alberta marketing club looks back at its successes

Palliser Triangle Marketing Group credited with helping many southern Alberta farmers thrive in new agricultural realities

The Palliser Triangle Marketing Group may be more of a social club now, but in the mid-1990s, it meant economic survival for some southern Alberta farmers.





Free spuds recognize international potato day

Free spuds recognize international potato day

The lower-cost potato vegetable compared to other produce items is a key to global food security and overall nutrition

The lower-cost potato vegetable compared to other produce items is a key to global food security and overall nutrition