Chinese exports of french fries are grabbing market share in Asia and southeast Asia, cutting into North American exports of frozen potato products.
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China becoming a french fry superpower
Canadian potato acres down 1.5-2.0 per cent
Producers report favourable potato crop yields
Early results suggest the Canadian crop could be one of the largest on record and a dramatic increase from five years ago
WINNIPEG — Potato growers won’t duplicate last year’s record crop, but 2024 will likely be a solid year for yields and national production. Statistics Canada and United Potato Growers of Canada don’t have official figures because the harvest is still underway but early results suggest the crop will be smaller than the 128 million hundredweight […] Read more
Canadian potato production increased last year
Alta. now top-producing province with output of 32.063 million hundredweight surpassing previous year’s 26.813 million
There was reshuffling of Canada’s leading potato-producing provinces in 2023, according to a recent report from Statistics Canada. At 32.063 million hundredweight of potatoes this year, Alberta vaulted from third to first place as it improved on the previous year’s crop of 26.813 million. Manitoba moved into second spot from third with its harvest of […] Read more
Record potato crop harvested
There will be no shortage of french fries in 2024. Canada and the United States produced a massive crop of potatoes in 2023, so french fry processing plants in Alberta, Manitoba and elsewhere will need to operate at full capacity to work through the huge stockpile of spuds. Statistics Canada data, released in early December, […] Read more
Record spud crop grown on Prairies
Western Canadian farmers are expected to produce 48 percent of the country’s potato crop this year as yields boom
After several years of tight potato supplies in North America, growers on the Prairies and the western United States produced an excellent crop in 2023. Acres and yields were both up in Alberta, and the province will set a record for potato production. United Potato Growers of Canada has pegged Alberta’s production at 31.4 million […] Read more
