Canada: P.E.I. seed potato growers hopeful for compensation soon

Published 2023년 2월 23일

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Seed-potato growers in Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) are expecting to receive $8 million in compensation from the federal government this month for losses incurred when borders were closed due to the discovery of potato wart. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's restrictions resulted in the destruction of hundreds of millions of pounds of seed and table potatoes. Although the border has reopened for table potatoes, seed potatoes remain prohibited from leaving the island. The potato industry is slowly recovering, with efforts underway to establish pest-free areas. The potato board is confident that P.E.I. can regain its pest-free status by permanently removing fields with infection and maintaining cleanliness in other fields.

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Seed-potato growers who destroyed their crops last year because borders were closed to their sale are hopeful promised compensation from the federal government could come this month. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency stopped transport of Seed potatoes, along with table potatoes, in the fall of 2021 after potato wart was found in some Island fields. It ended 20 years of successful management of the pest. A year later, P.E.I. potato growers still feeling impacts of U.S. border closure So far, compensation to seed growers has only covered the cost of running the potatoes through a snowblower, said Greg Donald, general manager of the P.E.I. Potato Board, but those growers heard good news at the annual P.E.I. Potato Conference in Summerside Monday. Greg Donald at podium with microphone. Greg Donald told the P.E.I. Potato Conference on Monday that compensation is expected very soon. (Brian Higgins/CBC) "The government has made a commitment to provide compensation to those seed ...

Source: Argenpapa