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Big increase in potato acreage in the U.S.

June 20, 2011 – The United Potato Growers of America
sponsored a conference last week in Bloomington, MN, to discuss the transition
from the summer to fall crop.  The
meeting was open to all growers and shippers including non-United members.

June 20, 2011 – The United Potato Growers of America
sponsored a conference last week in Bloomington, MN, to discuss the transition
from the summer to fall crop.  The
meeting was open to all growers and shippers including non-United members.

Bruce Huffaker, publisher of the North American Potato
Market News and a consultant for the United Potato Growers of America, supplied
numbers at the meeting that showed over 51,000 more acres will be planted to
potatoes this spring compared to 2010.

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