. Agri-news. Agriculture. The search for a better potato (cont'd). POTATO TECHNICIAN BOYD HANEL, RIGHT, TALKS WITH A VISITOR AT THE recent field day at the ASCHRC in Brooks There are between 150 and 200 commercial potato growers in Alberta who plant about 24,000 acres of potatoes a year. About half of the crop is processed into chips and fries, while some 30 per cent is sold as fresh potatoes to consumers and about 20 per cent is grown as seed potatoes for Alberta commercial potato growers and for export. Farm gate sales of potatoes are valued at between $25 million and $30 million a year, whi
. Agri-news. Agriculture. The search for a better potato (cont'd). POTATO TECHNICIAN BOYD HANEL, RIGHT, TALKS WITH A VISITOR AT THE recent field day at the ASCHRC in Brooks There are between 150 and 200 commercial potato growers in Alberta who plant about 24,000 acres of potatoes a year. About half of the crop is processed into chips and fries, while some 30 per cent is sold as fresh potatoes to consumers and about 20 per cent is grown as seed potatoes for Alberta commercial potato growers and for export. Farm gate sales of potatoes are valued at between $25 million and $30 million a year, while the potato processing industry is estimated to be worth about $150 million a year. About two-thirds of the potatoes produced in Alberta are grown under irrigation in southern Alberta. These potatoes are produced primarily for the processing industry. The remaining one-third of potato production is spread over the dryland farming areas of central and north central Alberta, with production used for seed or table potatoes. (Cont'd). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Communications Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Print Media Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Publishing Branch. [Edmonton] : Communications Branch, Alberta Dept. of Agriculture
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