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  *
  • Field Section, Herbicide Residues and Re-Cropping to Potatoes, Field Preparation, Soil Conservation, Fertility
• Annual Barriers for Special Crops 
• Cover Crops To Protect Soil From Erosion After Potato Harvest 
• Cover Crops on Special Crops Land
• Soil Management on Potato Land 

 

Harvest

• Harvest Management  *
  •   Harvest Timing, Chemical Maturity, Vine Killing, Bruise Prevention

 

Water Management

Irrigation

• Irrigation  *
• Suitability of Land for Irrigated Potato Production
• Water Rights Licensing 

 

Organic And Pesticide Free Production

• Regulations and Certification, Production and Pest Management Considerations  *

 

On Farm Food Safety/ BioSecurity/ Traceability

• Canada GAP

 

Pest Management

• Pest Management  *
• Colorado Potato Beetle
• Integrated Management of Late Blight on Potatoes 
• Late Blight Forecast
• Manitoba Potato Weather Network 
• Weed Identification 

 

Related Sites 

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

 Research/Extension

• Herbicide Drift Injury to Potato
• Herbicide Drift Injury to Potato 2013 Presentation (pdf 11.1 MB)
• Manitoba Crop Diversification Centres
• 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.