Potato growers in Manitoba are looking back on a very productive year.
Vikram Bisht, plant pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture, is expecting near record production in the province.
He explains how many potatoes where grown in Manitoba this year.
"This year we had about 64,000 acres, which is slightly less than last year but our productivity was much higher than last year," said Bisht. "Our total production may come out to be about the same."
Bisht says in general quality was very good, however there were wide spread incidents of late blight. He notes the disease was a bigger problem in tomatoes, as potato growers where able to control the disease with fungicide.
Source : Steinbachonline