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Top 10 Group (Grand Falls, New Brunswick) Front row L-R: André Levesque, Luc Levesque, Jean-Guy Levesque, Jules Levesque, Marc Thériault, Eric Levesque, Daniel Levesque, Denis Levesque, Edmund Levesque, Luc Côté, Field Department Manager. Middle ro
September 02, 2017
McCain Foods recognises Les Fermes Lp Thériault & Fils Farms as Champion Grower
Les Fermes LP Thériault & Fils of Drummond was named the 2016-2017 McCain Champion Potato Grower for Grand Falls during the 43rd annual McCain Growers’ Banquet held August 22 at Centre E.& P. Sénéchal
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Champion Grower Howard Culberson & Sons with McCain Management: L-R: Allison McCain, Chairman, McCain Foods Limited, Nan Culberson, Blair Culberson, Howard Culberson, Ethan Culberson, Ryan Culberson, Denise Culberson, Emma Culberson, Christine Wentworth,
September 11, 2016
Howard Culberson & Sons named Champion Potato Grower for McCain Foods Florenceville
Howard Culberson & Sons of Jacksonville, NB was named the 2015-2016 McCain Champion Potato Grower for Florenceville-Bristol during the 43rd annual McCain Growers’ Banquet.
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Changes in Planted Potato Acreage (Acres) in Canada by Province for 2016. Data Source: Statistics Canada, Table 001-0014 - Area, production and farm value of potatoes, annual. Data retrieved July 27, 2016.
July 27, 2016
Potato Acreage Canada down 1.8 percent
Statistics Canada reported that potato farmers in Canada planted 342,602 acres (138 647 hectares) of potatoes in 2016. This is down 1.8% from 2015, continuing the overall downward trend of the past 12 years.
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Resson, Inc is a Fredericton, NB based company specialized in agricultural data acquisition - e.g. using drones - and near real time analysis of these data for crop management. (Courtesy: Resson, Inc,)
June 22, 2016
McCain Foods Limited now a strategic partner and investor in agricultural data specialist Resson
Resson, a fast-growing data-driven agriculture technology company, today announced that McCain Foods Limited is now a strategic partner and is part of a $US 11 million (about $CDN 14 million) Series B investment round in the company.
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Potatoes New Brunswick Chair and Farmer Shawn Paget with his wife Natalie and their son Oliver (Courtesy: Hartfeld Images by Natalie)
March 06, 2016
Potatoes New Brunswick Chair balances PNB responsibilities with Potato Farming
New Brunswick’s Shawn Paget is among the new generation of potato farmers working hard to ensure that the industry remains an integral part of Canadian agriculture.
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Does Healthier Soil mean increased Potato Productivity? Study started in New Brunswick
May 18, 2015
Does Healthier Soil mean increased Potato Productivity? Study started in New Brunswick
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has joined forces with McCain Foods Canada and the province’s potato growers in a major project to improve potato yields in New Brunswick by improving soil health.
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September 25, 2010
New Brunswick Potato Crop Development September 2010
The following update on the New Brunswick potato crop was provided by Agriculture and Aquaculture New Brunswick on September 20:
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