Insights and Stories on Potato

Canada’s potato crop edges up in 2022

Feb. 9, 2023 at 4:54 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada (StatCan) issued its potato production report Thursday, which noted a 1.5 per cent increase in the country’s crop in 2022. Across Canada, nearly 122.9 million hundredweight (cwt) of potatoes were harvested last year, with an average national yield of 322.3 cwt/acre on 381,351 acres. Alberta rose […]

Potato storage research to get boost

Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:29 pm CST

By Staff

P.E.I. seed potato producers backed for ‘soil-building’

May. 20, 2022 at 10:23 pm CDT

By Liam O’Connor

P.E.I. testing finds potato wart in another field

Mar. 8, 2022 at 8:10 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Feds put up funds toward managing P.E.I. potato surplus

Dec. 20, 2021 at 9:50 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

End date sought for P.E.I. potato export ban

Nov. 25, 2021 at 12:29 am CST

The federal Conservatives want to see a clearly defined end zone for the Canadian government’s suspension of Prince Edward Island potato exports to the U.S. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced the suspension of certification for P.E.I. potato exports to the U.S., — a move which, according to […]

By Dave Bedard

P.E.I. potato exports to U.S. halted

Nov. 22, 2021 at 4:26 pm CST

Canada has moved to halt exports of Prince Edward Island potatoes to the United States after findings of potato wart in the province last month — on what federal officials describe as the threat of a U.S. ban. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday it has “temporarily suspended” exports […]

By Dave Bedard

Insights and Stories on Potato

Canada’s potato crop edges up in 2022

Potato storage research to get boost

P.E.I. seed potato producers backed for ‘soil-building’

P.E.I. testing finds potato wart in another field

Feds put up funds toward managing P.E.I. potato surplus

End date sought for P.E.I. potato export ban

P.E.I. potato exports to U.S. halted

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