Growers Seed Without Contracts

Afrustrating year lies ahead for Manitoba potato farmers as they face severe price cutbacks for a crop off to its best start in years. Growers of processing potatoes were still without 2010 production contracts from the province’s two largest processors as of early this week. Over 80 producers last week rejected a contract offer from

Alberta French Fries For The World

Driving past McCain’s french fry plant on Highway 3, you don’t see much more than a few steam stacks and the white walls of the facility. Inside, though, is a whole other story. There’s more french fries and potatoes than you could ever imagine. A tour of the facility reveals one of the most technologically