Working for Sustainable Potato Production

Our Mission
Our mission is to provide potato industry information, intelligence, and analysis, that allows producers to make timely informed production and marketing decisions.
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Our Vision
The United Potato Growers of Canada aims to be the source for information on the potato industry across Canada. With membership from coast to coast in all of the major potato-producing provinces, we work continuously to bring up-to-date information to the growers about the supply and demand of potatoes in Canada as well as the USA and Europe.
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Our Values
  • Integrity
  • Quality
  • Collaboration
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Working for Sustainable
Potato Production
With 9 members, representing 8 provinces, uniting to share best practices in potato production
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Planting 395,389 acres to produce 128,114,000 potatoes in 2023
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Of potatoes sold annually!!
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per person on average are eaten by Canadians each year
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Sponsor of the month

Capital Equipment is a company providing equipment for washing, polishing, sorting and packaging many types of fruits and vegetables. Our machines are designed for potatoes, carrots and onions. In addition, we are distributor of agricultural machinery of world recognized brands for agricultural harvesting. Capital Equipment designs turnkey solutions for complete lines of equipment in order to automate your processes and facilitate your operations. We understand the challenges that people working in the agricultural world face and we are able to offer you quality equipment. We make great effort to respond to our customers year after year showing our design, manufacturing and automation know-how.

Our Members

Canadian Potato Statistics:
Harvest Area (acres): 387,061. Number of Potato Farms in Canada: 951. Production (tonnes): 6,543,393. Total Sales Value: $ 1.5 billion in 2022.

Source: Potato Market Information Review, 2021-2022