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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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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🌡️ A strong El Niño could tilt the Pacific Northwest toward a warmer winter—and fewer reliable cool-air windows for potato storage. https://t.co/7Gp7z8VUFK 
Now’s the time to stress-test cooling plans, equipment and energy assumptions. How are you preparing? 🥔
#PotatoStorage #ElNino #SpudSmart

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Regenerative agriculture isn’t a product or a single practice. It’s a soil-first approach: understand what’s limiting soil function, build resilience and support biology—at a pace that fits your farm. 🌱 What’s one change you’re making? https://t.co/W9Wd5aVaBx 

#RegenerativeAg #SoilHealth #SpudSmart

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Baking soda blasted at weeds—literally: https://t.co/0cTGW1l7Ib  After 4 years of trials, projectile treatments showed promise against broadleaf weeds and reduced seed production. The catch? Baking soda alone cost nearly $500/ha. Could it work for seed or organic growers? 🥔💥
#PotatoResearch #WeedControl #SpudSmart

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🏒🥔A hocky trade and a potato storage decision have more in common than you’d guess. Bill Orr explains why change can be good. #Insiders #PotatoFarming #StorageSeason @1_4GROUP

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Tomorrow at 9 a.m. PT: Join NAPSO and Spud Smart for a timely webinar on bulk vs. box potato storage and what a potentially powerful El Niño could mean for agricultural operations. Featuring Blake Isaacs, Shane Zerr and Dr. Muhammad Azhar Ehsan.
👉 Register now: https://t.co/dzQAZj0JOW

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🔗 Register: https://t.co/hGi0QsoZzP 
Bulk or boxes? What could a strengthening El Niño mean for potato production and storage? 🥔🌦️
Join NAPSO + Spud Smart on Sept. 22 for expert insights from Blake Isaacs, Shane Zerr and Dr. Muhammad Azhar Ehsan.
9 a.m. PT | 10 a.m. MT | 11 a.m. CT | noon ET | 1 p.m. AT
Register today! ⬆️
#PotatoStorage #AgTech #ElNino #SpudSmart

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Your potato bins might be leaking money. 💸Bill Orr explains why sprouts are the quiet thief you should be watching for. 🥔#Insiders #PotatoStorage #PotatoGrowers @1_4GROUP

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🥔 Ugly Potato Day set a Guinness World Record after distributing more than 543,000 pounds of fresh produce in Surrey, B.C. 🌎 https://t.co/wECkSyqcpv

#FoodSecurity #FoodRescue #PotatoIndustry #CanadianAgriculture

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🌱 Trial report cards are in for fresh market potatoes. 💯 Read about the star ‘students’ here: #Insiders #HZPC #PotatoBreeding @HZPC

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Canada’s 2026 potato crop may be close to last year’s total—but the story beneath the number is far more complicated. 🥔 Read the full September Market Update: 🔗 https://t.co/4VIhFgxThu

#Potatoes #AgNews #MarketUpdate

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A good August doesn’t erase a rough June. 🌧️➡️🥔 A solid plan can protect your stressed spuds through storage. #Insiders #PotatoStorage @1_4GROUP

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🥔 Canada’s potato quarantine system is becoming more targeted — not less vigilant.
Potatoes are returning to parts of Central Saanich after 40+ years, while Manitoba surveillance and new P.E.I. shipment safeguards show how science, traceabilit,y and biosecurity are reshaping pest management.
👉 Read more: https://t.co/aRdjnqcnvI 

#Potatoes #AgTwitter #CropProtection #CanadianAgriculture

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Can cattle fit back into P.E.I.’s potato rotation? Early results show rotational grazing can return nutrients to forage ground without reducing the potato yield that follows. The long-term test: can grazing rebuild soil organic matter and improve water-holding capacity?
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#PEIPotatoes #SoilHealth

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🥔 Nobody notices a potato bin that just… works. That’s the point.

✅ Bill Orr looks at how off-season prep makes storage a breeze.

#Insiders #PotatoBin

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You don’t have to reinvent farm content. Study what works. Borrow the best ideas. Make them your own. Potato Ty shares how in his latest column: https://t.co/qRPKzcRTgx 

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