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

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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. hubs.li/Q04BbyzK0 #SpudSmart #Potatoes
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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 hubs.li/Q04z_Stt0
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🍟Clone 156 is showing promise against potato mop-top virus. Read what trial results are showing. 🔬 #Insiders #potatoresearch #HZPC @HZPC hubs.li/Q04zqYcC0
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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. hubs.li/Q04zcW-p0  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? hubs.li/Q04zcLm90  #RegenerativeAg #SoilHealth #SpudSmart
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Baking soda blasted at weeds—literally: hubs.li/Q04z9PZl0  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 hubs.li/Q04z7K_c0
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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: hubs.li/Q04x-wW-0
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🔗 Register: hubs.li/Q04xv7g-0  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 hubs.li/Q04xlYXc0
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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. 🌎 hubs.li/Q04xjlzj0 #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 hubs.li/Q04wW8Mv0
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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: 🔗 hubs.li/Q04wznXq0 #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 hubs.ly/Q04vXb2D0
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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: hubs.li/Q04vc8X40  #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? Read more: hubs.li/Q04tTdJt0  #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 hubs.li/Q04tl70x0
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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: hubs.ly/Q04tgCYQ0  #potato #socialmedia #aglife
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A new P.E.I. potato wart detection has renewed debate over plant health regulation and cross-border trade. 🔬 Why industry leaders say science-based safeguards must guide the response: hubs.li/Q04pXpR00 #PlantHealth #PotatoIndustry
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“Steal like an artist.” 👇 Study creators in your niche, copy the hooks that work, then make them yours. Most creators don’t find their style until 20–100 posts — so keep posting. — Potato Ty Read more: hubs.li/Q04skD9J0 #SpudSmart #ContentCreation
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