Spud Smart

Spud Smart focuses on the issues affecting the Canadian potato industry, reaching potato growers, processors, industry suppliers and policymakers.

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🥔 Could AI help prevent costly potato storage losses?

Manitoba growers are exploring smarter technology to protect crop quality and improve profitability. Read more. 👇

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🥔 Growing insights. Industry news. Global perspectives.

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Soil fumigation can shift the microbial community — but what do those changes mean for potato production? Part 2 explores microbial succession, why it varies by field, and the work still needed to link microbial activity to crop performance.
#Potatoes #SoilHealth #Insiders

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🥔 It takes a village to bring in a potato crop.
From growers to mechanics and researchers, Aron Derbidge celebrates the people behind harvest success. @HZPC
Meet the village.  #Insiders #PotatoIndustry

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🥔 Can drones help fight potato late blight?

Researchers used drone imagery and machine learning to screen 3,200+ potato genotypes for resistance.

See what they found! 👇

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🥔🎶 Bud the Spud is back!

The PEI Potato Board is reviving Stompin' Tom Connors' classic to celebrate P.E.I. potatoes and reach a new generation.
See the campaign! 👇

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🥔 Wet harvest? Your potatoes may be headed for storage trouble.
Rot, bruising and disease risks increase after a rainy season. What can growers do to protect their crop? #PotatoStorage #Insiders @1_4GROUP

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🌡️ A warmer winter could mean fewer free-cooling opportunities for potato storage managers. What might El Niño mean for disease risk, refrigeration and energy costs?

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🥔 Potato news, insights and trends. Delivered every Wednesday in the Spud Smart newsletter!

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Boxes or bulk? 🥔 The best potato storage system isn't always the one with the most control.

From crop quality to costs and efficiency, experts explain what growers should consider before making the switch.

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🐄 Can cattle help rebuild potato soils? P.E.I. research shows rotational grazing is returning nutrients without reducing yields. Longer-term soil benefits remain under study.

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Wild potatoes could hold the key to stronger future varieties. 🥔 Dr. Helen Tai of @AAFC_Canada explores how diploid breeding could unlock disease resistance, drought tolerance and more.

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Record costs. Extreme weather. Growing food insecurity.
But one record offers hope: 246,000+ kg of fresh produce donated in 24 hours. 🥔

What can the potato industry learn from it?

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Fewer chromosomes, more possibilities? 🥔🧬 AAFC trials found promising diploid candidates for creamer and table/chip markets—but the two fry-type clones tested had good quality and very low yields. Researchers are looking for the full package: https://t.co/Huuf9ewqZ9 
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Could future northern potato crops arrive in an envelope? 🥔✉️
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AAFC researcher Dr. Helen Tai is studying true potato seed—a lightweight seed that can be stored for decades — as a possible way to make potato production easier to supply in remote northern communities. The challenge: developing plants that emerge quickly, tolerate the cold, and produce a crop in as little as 60 days.

The research has shown promise, but there are still practical questions to solve, from greenhouse costs to reliable maturity in a short growing season. 🌱❄️

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Going viral is one thing. Making people care is another. 🥔

Potato Ty shares why purpose, vulnerability and authenticity matter more than views when telling your farm’s story.

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🥔 Ugly Potato Day rescued more than 543,000 pounds of produce and set a Guinness World Record. Now, organizer Tyler Heppell is calling for better support to connect farm surplus with communities.

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#FoodRescue #FoodSecurity

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🥔 Food rescue records, cattle in potato rotations and El Niño storage risks. Explore the stories shaping Canada's potato industry in the Fall 2026 issue of Spud Smart.

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🌱 Fumigation disturbs soil biology—but doesn’t leave soil biologically empty. Part 1 of our series explores the “microbial reset”: what persists, what returns and why it may matter for potato production. #Potatoes #SoilHealth #Insiders
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🍟Clone 156 is showing promise against potato mop-top virus. Read what trial results are showing. 🔬 #Insiders #potatoresearch #HZPC @HZPC

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