There is no shortage of resources in North America for the production and processing of potatoes to meet current market demand.
Strong competition exists between production areas and processors to retain market share.
Effective marketing and transportation systems provide the consumer with a choice of processed product, raw table potatoes or seed from several production areas in North America. Growers must be acutely aware of these factors, whether growing table potatoes for the Manitoba market or processing potatoes for export to the United States and elsewhere. The authors have attempted to provide the type of information that will assist the grower in producing a consistent quantity of high quality, competitively priced product for the world market. This section deals with all aspects of the production of commercial table, French fry or chipping potatoes. The French fry industry requests either Shepody or Russet Burbank, although new varieties may also be contracted.