Commercial Potato Production and Management

Marketing

• Potato Marketing & Cost of Productions

Field Selection, Soil Management and Fertilizers

• Field Selection, Soil Management and Fertilizers
  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
  Harvest Timing, Chemical Maturity, Vine Killing, Bruise Prevention

Water Management and Irrigation

• Irrigation
• Irrigation Development Program
• Suitability of Land for Irrigated Potato Production
• Water Rights Licensing
• 2006 Irrigation Survey

Organic and Pesticide Free Production

• Regulations and Certification, Production and Pest Management Considerations

On Farm Food Safety/BioSecurity/Traceability

• Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC)
• Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
• Canada GAP

Pest Management

• Pesticide Resistance Management
• Insect Management
  • Manitoba Potato News
    Aphid Report & Other Insect Problems
  • Potato Insect Management Chart
  • Colorado Potato Beetle
• Weed Management
  • Weed Control Chart
  • Weed Seedling Identification Guide
• Disease Management
  • Late Blight Forecast
  • Integrated Management of Late Blight on Potatoes
  • Potato Storage Rots
    Rots, Pythium, Blight and Silver Scruf
• Sprout Inhibition in the Field

Related sites

• Simplot
• McCain Foods Ltd.
• Naleway Foods Ltd
• Old Dutch Foods Ltd.
• Peak of the Market

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
• Potato Research Group
  University of Manitoba
• Canada/Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre
  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Potato Research Network
  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• 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
  In-row Seed Spacing, Planting for Better Stand, Yield and Quality

Potato Storage

• Potato Storage Management
  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
  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
  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

Varieties

• Varieties
  Varieties Selection, Protected Varieties, Registrations of Varieties, Variety Descriptions
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
  Variety Descriptions

For further information, contact your GO representative.