Saskatchewan Seed Potatoes Only Settle for the Best!

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Saskatchewan Seed PotatoesOnly Settle for the
Best!

• Connie Achtymichuk
• Manager SSPGA

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Welcome to Saskatchewan

• 49,600,000 acres of cultivated farmland
• 51 of Canadas total farmland
• only 13,500 acres in potatoes
• Roughly half of that is seed
• Rest is tablestock no processing in province
• Excellent isolation
• Long rotations
• Seed is our highest profile potato sector

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Saskatchewan Potato Production
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Irrigation

• 73,000 acres under irrigation in SK
• additional 160,000 acres with potential to
  develop irrigation
• Lake Diefenbaker area
• 80 of our total potato acreage is irrigated

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Advantages

• Superior quality
• Isolation from other commercial growers
• Long rotations
• Long harsh winters with little snow cover reduces
  pest and culls from over wintering
• Northern VigorTM

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Northern Vigor Superior Plant Vigor
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Northern Vigor Superior Yields
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Northern Vigor Superior Storage
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Innovative Research

• Research support from the University of
  Saskatchewan Canada-Saskatchewan Irrigation
  Diversification Centre
• Work with new growers
• Address industry concerns
• New variety development

AC Peregrine
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Saskatchewan Seed Potato Growers Association

• Created to promote the interests of Saskatchewan
  seed potato producers
• Publish annual seed potato directory
• Help interested buyers locate seed growers
• Over 95 of SK seed potato growers belong to
  SSPGA
• www3.sk.sympatico.ca/sspga

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Saskatchewan Seed Potato Growers Association

• 30 seed potato growers in the province
• Grow reds, russets, yellows
• Main seed markets are Manitoba, Maritimes and the
  Pacific Northwest
• Provide late blight and aphid monitoring to our
  growers
• Stage grower seminars on recent research,
  marketing and quality control