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P.E.I. Potato Board says 99 per cent of crop has been harvested

P.E.I. Potato Board general manager Greg Donald said this week that more than 99 per cent of the Island's crop is already out of the ground. "There's just a handful of acres (remaining)," Donald said.

Indeed, more than 95 per cent of the crop was out of the ground two weeks ago, before a spurt of wet weather reduced the harvest to a crawl.

Darryl Wallace of Cascumpec is one of those growers still with unharvested acreage.

"It's definitely been a challenge," he said, noting the ground has really been absorbing a lot of rain, and available harvesting hours are shrinking.

"We're still a little on the antsy side. I wish we were done, and we should finish in the next couple of days," Wallace said as he waited for the temperature to rise a couple of degrees before powering up the harvesting equipment.

Source: www.theguardian.pe.ca
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