Commercial Potato Production and Management
Marketing
- Irrigated Potato Production Costs - 2018 (XLS 215 KB or PDF 56 KB)
- Potato Marketing and Cost of Production (PDF 159 KB) *
Field Selection, Soil Management And Fertilizers
- Field Selection, Soil Management and Fertilizers (PDF1.8 MB) *
- Field Section, Herbicide Residues and Re-Cropping to Potatoes, Field Preparation, Soil Conservation, Fertility
- Soil Management on Potato Land
- Cover Crops To Protect Soil From Erosion After Potato Harvest
- Annual Barriers for Special Crops
- Cover Crops on Special Crops Land
- Suitability of Land for Irrigated Potato Production
Harvest
- Harvest Management (PDF 505 KB) *
- Harvest Timing, Chemical Maturity, Vine Killing, Bruise Prevention
Water Management
Irrigation
- Irrigation (PDF 559 KB) *
- Suitability of Land for Irrigated Potato Production
- Water Rights Licensing
- 2006 Irrigation Survey
Organic And Pesticide Free Production
On Farm Food Safety/ BioSecurity/ Traceability
Pest Management
- Pest Management (PDF 2.9 MB) *
- Weed Identification
- Manitoba Potato News
- Aphid Report & Other Insect Problems
- Colorado Potato Beetle
- Late Blight Forecast
Related Sites
News and Events
- Manitoba Potato News
This site features up-to-date information for potato growers including Late Blight Forecasts, Aphid Report and Crop Status and Crop Water Demand.
Research/Extension
- Herbicide Drift Injury to Potato
- Herbicide Drift Injury to Potato 2013 Presentation (pdf 11.1 MB)
- Canada/Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre
- Northern Plains Potato Growers Association
- Plant Pathology - Potato Late Blight (North Dakota State University)
- Global Potato News
- Aberdeen | Kimberly (University of Idaho)
- Potato Education Guide (University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s)
Planting Management
- Planting Management (PDF 461 KB)
- In-row Seed Spacing, Planting for Better Stand, Yield and Quality
Potato Storage
- Potato Storage Management (PDF 1 MB) *
- Storage Structures and Ventilation, Storage Cycle, Storing Chemically Immature Potatoes, Special Storage Problems, CIPC Sprout Inhibition, Food Safety
Seed Potato Production
- Seed Potato Production Management (PDF 1.1 MB) *
- Seed Potato Act and Regulations, Early Generation Seed Production, Production Practices, Post Harvest Testing, Grading and Marketing
Seed Selection, Storage And Cutting
- Seed Selection, Storage and Cutting (PDF 493 KB) *
- Whole Versus Cut Seed, Sanitation, Handing and Storage of Seed Lots, Seed Cutting, Determining Cut-Seed Size, Planting Rates
The Potato Plant
- Botany of the Potato Plant (PDF 728 KB) *
Varieties
- Varieties (PDF 344 KB) *
- Varieties Selection, Protected Varieties, Registrations of Varieties, Variety Descriptions
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
- Variety Descriptions
* This information is adapted from the publication titled "Guide to Commercial Potato Production on the Canadian Prairies published by the Western Potato Council" (PDF 11 MB), 2003.