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P.E.I. potatoes rotting in storage
Written by CBC News   
January 11, 2010, Charlottetown, PEI – Some Island farmers are losing their entire potato crop to rot in storage, but the provincial agriculture minister says he is not considering it a disaster yet.

Grower Holland Cahill of Kildare in western P.E.I. has dumped all his potatoes — 900 tonnes. He was able to salvage a few to give away as cattle feed. The rest he has spread on his fields as fertilizer.

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