Almost 200 potato farmers in the New Brunswick province of Canada will receive a multimillion-dollar settlement from their Federal government after a court ruling ended a 20-year legal battle over a virus outbreak. The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear an appeal from the federal government in a lawsuit over a virus that devastated the province’s [...]
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has completed the testing of Canada’s seed potato fields for the 2008 crop and potato cyst nematode (PCN) was not detected. Soil samples were collected and tested for PCN as part of Canada’s national PCN detection survey and to meet various countries’ import requirements. The CFIA collected and tested [...]
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Potato growers from the Canadian province Alberta who want to sell seed potatoes into the U.S. can resume exports Wednesday (Jan. 28). Ottawa announced Friday that it has “taken all actions necessary to comply fully with U.S. import requirements for Alberta seed potatoes.” In a public press release issued by the Canadian Food and Inspection [...]
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Northern Ireland Potato Stakeholder Forum Chairman Derek Shaw and Ulster Farmers’ Union Potato Policy Chairman James Lawrence have jointly voiced their concern at the Agriculture Ministers decision to cease the collection of the Seed Potato Levy. James Lawrence said, “The UFU and the NI Potato Stakeholders Forum have opposed the revocation of the Seed Potato [...]
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Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew MP, MLA has announced the cessation of collection of the statutory Seed Potato Levy in December 2008. The Minister said: “The Fund has been under subscribed for some years and the amount of income has fallen to such an extent that its retention is no longer economically justifiable.” The seed potato [...]
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