date:Aug 21, 2018
ducers and industry representatives. At this event, the researchers created an opportunity to explain their work.
Across Alberta some 55,000 acres are currently planted to potatoes, with about 40,000 of those contracted to processors, about 5,000 going to the fresh market, and the balance to seed potatoes. While theyre also produced in other provinces, southern Alberta and a part of Manitoba are the only areas where theyre grown on irrigated land.
That creates challenges as well as opportuniti