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Manitoba processing potato growers have agreed to be paid the same price as last year for their spuds, plus produce fewer acres, says Gary Sloik, manager of the Keystone Potato Producers Association. photo: allan dawson

Manitoba processing potato growers settle contracts

By Allan Dawson May 14, 2013

Manitoba processing potato growers will be paid the same prices for their 2013 crop as they were for 2012 but they have agreed to cut acres by about 10 per cent, Gary Sloik, manager of the Keystone Potato Producers Association, said in an interview May 10. “The new contract doesn’t cover our cost increases and

Crops

Irrigation challenges highlighted in 2012

By Gord Gilmour March 7, 2013

After a couple of challenging wet seasons, the spring of 2012 looked like it was off to a good start. Dry, workable soils led to one of the earliest planting completions in the history of the potato business in Manitoba, and growers were looking forward to a successful season. However, that planting season was only

Crops, News

India potato story underscores need for reform

By Manoj Kumar August 21, 2012

Reuters / Buried in recent monthly data for wholesale prices in India, the wild gyrations of a humble vegetable tell the tale of an economy trapped in inflation by its own rigidities. Back in December, after a bumper harvest of potatoes, furious farmers dumped tonnes of their crop on roads in protest over a crash

Crops, News

Row cropping potatoes may be headed over the hill

By Gord Gilmour June 30, 2012

While potato growers in other regions have seen bed planting come into fashion over the past few years, it’s very early days here in Manitoba. In fact there’s just one operation in the province using the system, the Berry family, at their Glenboro-area Over and Under the Hill Farms. Chad Berry says this is the

Crops, News

Time to put your potatoes to bed

By Gord Gilmour June 30, 2012

Those long, arrow-straight rows of carefully hilled potato plants are one of the key features of any potato production region — but in a few years they might be a thing of the past, says a soil scientist from USDA. David Tarkalson, a member of the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service based in Kimberly, Idaho, thinks

Crops, News

Canadian potato industry faces new challenges: McCain exec

By Gord Gilmour March 14, 2012

The 1990s were the Good Old Days for Canadian potato industry. The U.S. economy was growing, providing strong markets just to the south — markets that were suddenly available as never before due to NAFTA. The Canadian dollar was in the tank, so you could sell in greenbacks and get 30 per cent more in

Crops

Get Big, Or Get Small

By Daniel Winters September 29, 2011

In 1999, the Peters family reached a crossroads, with Walter and Erna eyeing retirement, and son Marlin and wife Deb looking to make a start in farming. But taking over a 1,000-acre grain farm wasn t an appealing prospect. We were kind of at the point where the equipment was aging, and something needed to

Country Crossroads

Just Don’t Reach For The Ketchup Or Mayo

September 22, 2011

The American Chemical Society reports that just a couple of servings of spuds a day reduces blood pressure almost as much as oatmeal without causing weight gain. But don t reach for the ketchup, vinegar or mayonnaise. The research was not done with French fries, but with potatoes cooked without oil in a microwave oven.

News

Potato Growers Make Slight Gains In 2011 Contracts

By Ron Friesen May 19, 2011

Manitoba potato growers have made up a little ground in their 2011 contracts with processors, but still haven’t recovered from losses suffered last year. Growers voted April 20 to accept an offer from McCain Foods for an eight per cent price increase for 2011, said Gary Sloik, Keystone Potato Processors Association general manager. Average prices

Country Crossroads

Start Fresh This Spring, Says Vegetable Expert

April 28, 2011

After last year’s late blight apocalypse, many home gardeners have spent a dreary winter opening tin cans instead of jars of their own delicious preserved tomatoes. Added to that disheartening experience, was the sinking feeling one gets when reaching into the potato bin and pulling out the odd stinky, mushy tuber. There are no guarantees

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Manitoba processing potato growers settle contracts

Irrigation challenges highlighted in 2012

India potato story underscores need for reform

Row cropping potatoes may be headed over the hill

Time to put your potatoes to bed

Canadian potato industry faces new challenges: McCain exec

Get Big, Or Get Small

Just Don’t Reach For The Ketchup Or Mayo

Potato Growers Make Slight Gains In 2011 Contracts

Start Fresh This Spring, Says Vegetable Expert

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