Keystone Potato Producers Association (KPPA) is the processing potato producer organization for Manitoba (Canada).
Keystone started as the Carberry Growers Association in 1963 and incorporated as Keystone Potato Producers Association Inc. in 1969. KPPA members supply processing potatoes to Simplot Canada and McCain Foods Canada which make up over 85% of the potato production in Manitoba.
The Keystone organization negotiates the contracts for its members with McCain Foods Canada for the Portage la Prairie and Carberry plants and Simplot Canada regarding the Portage plant.
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November 12, 2017
McCain Foods recognizes Fiskel Farms as Champion Potato Grower for its Manitoba Plants
Fiskel Farms of Carberry, Manitoba was named the McCain 2016 Crop Year Champion Potato Grower for the McCain Manitoba plants during the annual Growers’ Appreciation Banquet held at Canad Inns in Portage la Prairie.
December 03, 2016
Swansfleet Alliance named Top Potato Grower for the McCain Foods Manitoba Plants
Swansfleet Alliance of Treherne and Bruxelles was named the Top Potato Grower for the McCain Foods Manitoba plants during the annual Growers’ Banquet held in November in Carberry MB, Canada
April 24, 2016
Manitoba potato acres projected to fall
Potato acres are expected to fall in Manitoba this spring, as french fry companies cut back on process potato contracts.
September 17, 2015
Potato Production Canadian Prairie Provinces Manitoba and Alberta expected up
This year, potato yields should be slightly above average in the Canadian prairie provinces Manitoba and Alberta, but figures aren’t available because the harvest is only 10 to 15 percent complete.
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