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Kroeker’s Contribution To Potato Industry Honoured

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Don Kroeker, potato producer and industry leader, has received a certificate of merit for degree graduates from the University of Manitoba’s faculty of agricultural and food sciences. Kroeker graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1957 with a bachelor of science in agriculture specializing in agricultural economics. He received the Lieutenant-Governor’s Gold Medal for outstanding
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McCain Potato Cuts A Little Less Than Expected

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“It’s the least cut of any McCain plant in Canada.” – GARY SLOIK, KEYSTONE VEGETABLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION The final word is out on McCain Foods’ volume reductions to Manitoba potato growers and the pain isn’t quite as bad as feared. The McCain plant in Portage la Prairie is cutting volumes for processing potatoes by 12.5
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Growers Seed Without Contracts

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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
Crops

Dark French Fries And Salinity Go Hand In Hand

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“It dictates that you just can’t grow potatoes in those soils.” – BLAIR GEISEL, GAIA CONSULTING You know there’s something wrong with a potato if the tip of a french fry turns dark when it hits the oil. It’s a phenomenon potato processors hate: a disorder called “sugar-end defect.” The sugar caramelizes, leaving the tip
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U. S. Spud Dumping Ongoing In B. C.

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Afour-month review by Canada’s customs agency predicts U. S. potatoes will likely be dumped in British Columbia if seasonal antidumping duties don’t remain in place. As has been the case every five years since 1990, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in late December launched an investigation of its most recent anti-dumping order in September
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Peak Does Damage Control

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Peak of the Market did some serious damage control late last week when it negotiated a so-called “cease fire” in what had come to be known as this province’s Potato Wars. The marketing agency for Manitoba’s potato and root crops was in an untenable position – under attack by a vocal coalition of locavores dedicated
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Year-Round Farmers’ Markets Seen At Risk

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New provincial regulations for small potato growers will jeopardize the ability of farmers’ markets to operate year round in Manitoba, opponents say. The new rules make it illegal for a farmers’ market to sell seasonally grown local potatoes after Oct. 31. That could threaten plans for a year-round farmers’ market in downtown Winnipeg. It could
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New Potato Rules Rile Small Producers

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“We are not a threat to orderly marketing of potatoes in Manitoba.” – ALAN GRAHAM, FMAM Anewly formed coalition of farmers’ markets, small producers and independent grocers will oppose recent provincial regulations for in-season table potatoes. Called COFARM (Coalition of Farmers and Retailers Manitoba), the group plans a lobbying effort to get the new regulations
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New Rules Require Permits For Small Potato Growers

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New provincial regulations require small potato growers who sell to farmers’ markets and roadside stands to have permits, although the rules won’t be enforced for the next three years. However, growers who supply seasonal vegetable retailers will require permits, beginning this year. The new regulation under the Farm Products Marketing Act means all potato growers
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Manitoba Potato Farmers Face Steep Contract Cuts

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“People just aren’t eating out as often as they used to.” – CALLA FARN, MCCAIN FOODS A sharp downturn in exports has Manitoba’s processing potato growers bracing for major cuts in contracted acres this year. McCain Foods Inc., the province’s largest potato processor, will cut potato contracts by 15 to 20 per cent this year,

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