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INDUSTRYNEWS Cover your crops with the Right Recipe for Success - RAMPART FUNGICIDE. New registration in Canada. www.uap.ca to increase potato productivity in the province and across Atlantic Canada by improving soil health through compost application. Compost returns stable organic matter to the soil and can help retain nutrients improve soil structure and water holding capacity and reduce soil compaction caused by farm equipment. Because of the inherent variability of compost products researchers aim to identify which kinds provide the most beneficial effects on processing potato production. Bacterial DNA Found in Cultivated Sweet Potato A team of researchers with members from Belgium China Peru and the U.S. has found evidence of bacterial DNA in the genome of the cultivated sweet potato. In a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the team describes its findings as an example of a naturally occurring transgenic food crop. Sweet potatoes have been growing wild in South America for thousands of years over time they were cultivated by people and have since become a popular food in many parts of the world. It now appears that a type of bacteria similar to the kind used by modern scientists to create many GMOs found its way naturally to cultivated sweet potatoes many generations ago and modified its DNA. Promoting Sustainable Potato Cultivation in Europe Bayer CropScience and Farm Frites recently started the Food Chain Partnership initiative designed to implement sustainable agricultural practices in potato cultivation in the Netherlands and Belgium. The goal of the partnership is to support a bottom-up approach with potato farmers addressing value-adding sustainable potato-growing practices at individual farm levels. This is intended to minimize the environmental impacts of agricultural production in order to keep potato farming attractive in the long term. Potato is a valuable crop for farmers in Western Europe and a key raw material for the potato processing industry for example for flakes mash and french fries says Leon Boer director of potato procurement of Farm Frites. Therefore the implementation of sustainable practices is a must for local farmers. With this collaboration we want to enable our contract growers to consistently meet our high quality standards and stay competitive. Submissions to Industry News are welcome. Email Spud Smart editor Mark Halsall at mhalsallissuesink.com.