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Canada: P.E.I. potato seed growers offered cash to grow soil-building crops this season

Seed Potato
Canada
Published May 26, 2022

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A new $3 million program is offering seed growers on P.E.I. cash to grow alternative crops this season while they are unable to export their potatoes. While the export of fresh potatoes was allowed to resume in April, seed growers are not allowed to ship to the United States, and can only sell domestically if they meet strict conditions set by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The federal agriculture minister has said there will be no exports of Island seed potatoes until at least 2023. The agency has said seed potatoes carry a greater risk of spreading potato warts because they are not washed and sprout inhibited, the way table stock potatoes are before shipping. P.E.I. Agriculture Minister Bloyce Thompson says he hopes the new program gives seed producers time to decide what they want to do going forward. (Bloyce Thompson/Twitter) To qualify for the Soil Building for Seed Producers Project, growers need to demonstrate they have lost seed potato sales as a result of potato warts.

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A new $3 million program is offering seed growers on P.E.I. cash to grow alternative crops this season while they are unable to export their potatoes. While the export of fresh potatoes was allowed to resume in April, seed growers are not allowed to ship to the United States, and can only sell domestically if they meet strict conditions set by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The federal agriculture minister has said there will be no exports of Island seed potatoes until at least 2023. The agency has said seed potatoes carry a greater risk of spreading potato wart because they are not washed and sprout inhibited, the way table stock potatoes are before shipping. P.E.I. Agriculture Minister Bloyce Thompson says he hopes the new program gives seed producers time to decide what they want to do going forward. (Bloyce Thompson/Twitter) To qualify for the Soil Building for Seed Producers Project, growers need to demonstrate they have lost seed potato sales as a result of potato ...
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