Despite farmer challenges such as high input costs and adverse weather conditions in many areas, Canada saw an overall increase in total production and yield numbers from 2021. Still, 2022 was a challenging year. Victoria Stamper, general manager of United Potato Growers of Canada, says producers felt the financial strain from high fertilizer, fuel, transport and labour costs throughout 2022. “It has been a really tough year for a lot of the growers.”
Dan Sawatzky, general manager of Manitoba’s Keystone Potato Producers Association, says he doesn’t see much relief in sight. “The ability to buy fertilizer when the prices are lower is gone,” he explains. “I anticipate they will continue to be high throughout this spring, so there’s no window of opportunity this year to buy cheaper inputs.”
Source: country-guide.ca