Manitoba potato growers signed a contract with McCain Foods last week, but their prices won’t increase from last year.?
Garry Sloik, manager of the Keystone Potato Producers Association, said it’s a relief to finally sign a deal for 2013, but production costs have risen so a deal without a price increase equates to a loss.?
“It’s not necessarily good news in that we accepted a rollover price,” he said.?
“So any cost increases this year are strictly out of the grower’s pocket.”?
McCain’s and Manitoba potato growers had been locked in a stalemate over the last few months. ?
McCain’s had offered a five percent price decrease, but producers were unwilling to accept that deal.?
Growers are disappointed because Simplot, the other potato processor in Manitoba, had previously offered a slight price increase. ?
Contract language now allows Simplot to reduce its contract and match McCain’s lower price.?
The contracts will also significantly reduce potato acreage in Manitoba.
McCain Foods Canada had earlier expressed that a lower price was needed to be competitive with potato production in the United States
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May 21, 2013
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