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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McCain Foods
五月 08, 2010

McCain lays off 10% of Portage La Prairie workforce, cuts price offered to farmers

McCain Foods is laying off about 10 per cent of its workforce in Portage la Prairie this fall and Manitoba potato producers are expecting a leaner crop year.About 40 people out of a workforce of about 400 at McCain's in Portage are expected to be laid ...
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五月 06, 2010

Manitoba Potato Growers still without contracts

In Manitoba, the potato crop is off to a record start - over half the potato acreage has been planted -, but that does not mean potato growers are pleased with how the spring has progressed. Growers of processing potatoes are still without price cont...
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七月 11, 2008

Less potatoes planted in Manitoba in 2008

Potato production is down in Manitoba this year, a result of input costs, market value and a decrease in demand. Labour shortage issues, rising production costs and higher returns in other crops, as well as economic factors, have contributed to less ...
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