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9SUMMER 2015 SPUDSMART.COM in Eastern Canada were well below where they should be because of sizable inventories in the East and the U.S. Still MacIsaac is optimistic that prices will hold stable and might even increase as those surpluses are reduced and new crops become available. A similar glut in Europe and reductions in the number of acres planted there could also bode well for Canadian growers because Canada competes with those countries and we just had too much product in those markets a year ago he said. Eastern Canada especially the Atlantic region suffered through one of the worst winters in recent memory which significantly delayed planting in several provinces this spring. MacIsaac said that could actually turn out to be a positive for growers. A big part of the country does not have an early crop coming on he said. That will be good and will allow us to clean up our existing old crop whereas if it was the opposite it would be a problem because wed have early potatoes coming on before the old ones were done marketing. It extends the market for existing product and thats good for us. NEW BRUNSWICK Potato acreages in New Brunswick are down slightly by 265 acres to a total of 47885 acres. About 60 per cent of those potatoes will be destined for processing with the rest split almost evenly between seed and fresh potatoes. Louis Ouellette market information co-ordinator for Potatoes New Brunswick said in June that contract volumes were expected to remain stable after being cut by nearly 15 per cent last year. New Brunswicks planting season started nearly two weeks later than usual due to last winters heavy snowfall and a touch of frost this spring noted Ouellette. It was just a slow start he said adding that if the weather remained favorable into July we have a good chance of catching up. Ouellette said he expects this years yield to be similar and possibly even slightly higher than last years cut weight-per-acre total of 300 hundredweight. While a few cases of blight might appear he said he doesnt anticipate disease will be a major concern for growers this season. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND The total planted potato acreage in Prince Edward Island is 89500 acres a 1000-acre or -1.1 per cent drop from last year. According to P.E.I. Potato Board Chair Alex Docherty the slight dip can be attributed mainly to economics and market forces. Docherty said in June that planting in P.E.I. was delayed by at least 10 days this spring due to heavy Potato field in Holmesville N.B. in late June. PHOTO LOUIS OUELLETTE PNB. Early on its looking like the potential of having a decent crop is there both in terms of yield and quality. I believe there is reason for optimism. DAN SAWATZKY PROVINCE 2013 2014 2015 CHANGE 2014-2015 Newfoundland and Labrador 500 na na na Prince Edward Island 89000 90500 89500 89500 Nova Scotia 1900 1725 1624 1624 New Brunswick 48000 48150 47885 47885 Quebec 42255 42996 42749 42749 Ontario 38000 35500 34750 34750 Manitoba 70000 63000 67000 67000 Saskatchewan 7000 6413 6000 6000 Alberta 52483 52984 53459 53459 British Columbia 6200 5890 5700 5700 Total Canada 355338 347539 349005 349005 SOURCE STATISTICS CANADA CANADIAN POTATO ACREAGE ESTIMATES 000 ACRES