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Contract cutbacks could push some growers out
Written by Charlottetown Guardian   
February 28, 2010, Charlottetown, PEI – A major plan to beef up potato sales is well underway by the P.E.I. Potato Board and the province, but some of the air leaked out of the tires this week with the announcement that processing companies are cutting back.

McCains confirmed it would cut about 20 growers from its processing contracts this season while Cavendish Farms is expected to drop about 10 to 15 as well.

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