Canada: Prince Edward Island seed potato growers hopeful for compensation soon

Published 2023년 2월 15일

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Seed potato growers in Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) are expecting to receive compensation from the federal government this month for the destruction of their crops in 2021 due to border closures and the discovery of potato wart. So far, growers have only been reimbursed for the cost of processing the potatoes through a snowblower. This development was announced at the annual P.E.I. Potato Conference.

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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, as Kevin Yarr reports for CBC News. 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. 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. “The government has made a commitment to provide compensation to those ...

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