Alberta potato production surged

Alberta’s potato crop increased from 24.6 million hundredweight in 2021 to 26.8 million last year, vaulting it from third to top position in provincial potato production.

Prince Edward Island has perennially been in top spot, but last year its production declined from 27.2 to 26.6 million hundredweight.

Statistics Canada’s report released recently has Manitoba in third spot, New Brunswick and Quebec tied and Ontario sixth at 8.16 million hundredweight.

Ontario was sixth in 2022 at 8.16 million hundredweight, down from 8.95 million in 2021.