b'EYE ON THE NATION BRITISH COLUMBIA QUEBECHugh Reynolds with Reynalda Farms Sarah-Maude Larose, project officer for Les in Delta, B.C. Producteurs de pommes de terre du QubecBritish Columbia experienced a series of cold lows from AprilAs of mid-June, storage holdings were still above average in all and May which has held up our maincrop planting. Plantingsectors. Though we had strong movement throughout the year, a continues now into mid-June. Early Warba potatoes were mostlyrecord harvest in 2021 has us running longer on the old cropplanted on sandy fields in March and B.C. has been diggingplus cleaning seed supplies up has been slower this year due to a since the end of May before much of the late crop was planted.delayed planting season.The seed we are now planting is as much sprout as potato and is In such an inflationary episode, the industry remains ready to go.optimistic for the upcoming season, the persisting challenge is to There has been some wet seeded seed that wont make aftermatch supply and demand in an efficient manner.being submerged. However, much of our fields are leveled and Quebec overall acreage should be aligned with what we drained. Potatoes use lots of water and so I hope the weatherplanted last year. The demand for processing potatoes continues gods dont forsake us in August. The crop is going in extremelyto be strong and is driving acreage numbers higher. Seed late this year. However, at this time Im still confident we willnumbers are also on the rise. However, table and chip stock have a good crop. acreage are down slightly. Within the table sector, theres no surprise as the reds are down while the yellows are up four to six per cent. Planting was slightly behind normal due to cold and wet conditions. Frequent showers have been persistent causing losses to a few growers as of mid-June, with reseeding was necessary for some. Although moisture levels have been higher so far, the crop is progressing well, and emergence is good.VISIT OUR BOOTH AT THE CANADIAN SPUD CONGRESS50SPUDSMART.COM Winter 2022'