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You’d be hard pressed to find an Island potato farmer who disagrees: having good quality seed is the foundation of a good crop.

Dr. Meghan Cameron knew anxiety and depression were a problem for farmers, but she did not suspect just how bad it was.

A P.E.I. farmer and an Alberta politician are warning of higher food prices if producers are required to change the way they use fertilizer. Ottawa has set a 30 per cent reduction target for fertilizer emissions by 2030 as part of the federal government's overall climate change plan.

Potato farmers in Prince Edward Island are feeling the impact of lost customers one year after a four-month ban of table potato shipments to the United States began.

It has been one year since the U.S. border was closed to P.E.I. potatoes because of the discovery of potato wart. It was a long, worry-filled winter for Island potato growers, and many worry it could happen again.

Potato farmers in Prince Edward Island are feeling the impact of lost customers one year after table potato shipments to the United States were banned for four months.

CHARLOTTETOWN - Potato farmers in Prince Edward Island are feeling the impact of lost customers one year after a four-month ban of table potato shipments to the United States began.

Prince Edward Island (PEI) potato farmers say they are concerned excessive moisture in the fields caused by the storm Fiona may lead their produce to rot in storage - though they hope that is not the case.

P.E.I. potato farmers say they're concerned excessive moisture in the fields caused by Fiona may lead their produce to rot in storage — though they hope that's not the case.

Fiona may be over. But for many Islanders, the work to rebuild is yet to begin.