date:Feb 01, 2019
se costs cannot be passed on to the customer. What we know for certain is that this situation is not sustainable for Island potato growers and the processing plants on P.E.I.
P.E.I. produced 8 percent fewer spuds
This year P.E.I. had a cold spring which delayed planting, followed by a hot, dry summer and a wet, cold fall. Island farmers estimated they left almost 2,800 hectares of potatoes in the ground last November, and production was down by eight per cent according to Statistics Canada. Ot