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.

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.

Our Values

Integrity
Quality
Collaboration

Working for Sustainable
Potato Production

Representing 8 provinces uniting to share best practices in potato production

Planting 395,389 acres to produce 128,114,000 potatoes in 2023

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Latest News

Summit to discuss the critical role of efficient storage practices in the potato industry’s success

Action Plan to Combat Late Blight is Needed in Europe

One of the latest planting years on record in Ireland

Rendement de pommes de terre par acre le plus élevé au monde, record mondial dans l’État de Washington

Drought-resistant potato genes identified in PEI will help food security

Volm at CMPA in Vancouver

Sponsor of the month

A well-established family business since 1950, Émile Sénéchal and Fils Ltd. is recognized both in Canada and the United States for its packaging products such as potato bags and other agricultural and industrial products. In 2014, Émile Sénéchal et Fils acquired its distributor of several years Sac Drummond inc. Founded in 1969, Sac Drummond has many years of experience in the agricultural bag market but also in the food, feed and chemical sectors. To date, Émile Sénéchal et Fils serves North America as a whole by offering a wide variety of multiwall paper packaging products.