US: Potato processors may lean on Canada to fill export orders

A weak loonie and shipping disruptions at the Port of Seattle could in-crease demand for Canadian potatoes in 2015, says a spokesperson for the United Potato Growers of Canada. Potato acres have fallen by 25,000, or 6.7 percent, during the last three years as processing companies such as McCain’s and Simplot shifted production to lower cost regions such as the[Read More...]