Keystone Potato Producers Association Inc.

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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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二月 29, 2012

Simplot, McCain adapt to cope with Manitoba potato shortage

SOME employees at the Simplot potato- processing plant in Portage la Prairie will see their hours cut in coming months due to a looming shortage of locally grown processing potatoes, industry officials say. Simplot spokesman David Cuoio said the Idaho...
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十月 14, 2011

Manitoba Potato Harvest wrapping up

Potato harvest in Manitoba is virtually complete. "There may be a few people still picking their last spots, but for all intents and purposes it's done,"says Gary Sloik of Keystone Potato Producers. "Things went quite well. The southern...
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Phytophthora Infestans on potato leaf
六月 15, 2010

Late blight threatens Manitoba potato crop

A fungus that could seriously damage Manitoba's multimillion-dollar commercial potato industry has been spotted at commercial nurseries, Manitoba Agriculture says. The provincial agency has issued a warning to residential gardeners after "late b...
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Manitoba Potato Growers reach deal with McCain Foods
五月 12, 2010

Manitoba Potato Growers reach deal with McCain Foods

Growers of processing potatoes in Manitoba have approved a deal with McCain Foods which will see production drop by 12 percent, with prices down around 15 percent. Gary Sloik, general manager of the Keystone Potato Producers Association, says growers w...
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