Potatoes in Canada

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Canadian potato yield increased in 2013

Nov. 27, 2013, Canada – Recent stats from Statistics Canada have indicated that potato yield increased in 2013, despite a decrease in harvested area.

Potato production for 2013 is estimated at 102,704,020 hundredweight (4,658,576 tonnes), up 2.6 per cent from 2012, according to Statistics Canada.

Potato yield was 292 hundredweight per acre (32.7 tonnes per hectare), up 6.8 per cent from 2012. Harvested area was down four per cent to 351,800 acres (142,369 hectares) from 2012.

November 27, 2013  By Potatoes in Canada



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