Potato harvest in full swing near Carberry By: Tim Smith Posted: Last Modified:

Manitoba's potato harvest has been in full swing for well more than a week for producers in western Manitoba, and according to last week's harvest update on the Manitoba Potato Weather Network, growers say yields are fairly good.

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Manitoba’s potato harvest has been in full swing for well more than a week for producers in western Manitoba, and according to last week’s harvest update on the Manitoba Potato Weather Network, growers say yields are fairly good.

The next potato harvest update on the organization’s website, likely later today or tomorrow, should give a better idea of what the week of harvest has been like for area producers.

In the meantime, Brandon Sun photographer Tim Smith went out to a farm site near Carberry to check in on this year’s harvest.

Workers at E & B Farms northeast of Carberry sort debris from freshly harvested potatoes moving along a conveyor belt from a truck to a storage cellar on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

Workers at E & B Farms northeast of Carberry sort debris from freshly harvested potatoes moving along a conveyor belt from a truck to a storage cellar on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

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A giant mound of freshly harvested potatoes fill a storage cellar at E & B Farms northeast of Carberry on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

A giant mound of freshly harvested potatoes fill a storage cellar at E & B Farms northeast of Carberry on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

A harvester pulls up potatoes from a field northeast of Carberry and loads them into a truck at E & B Farms on Wednesday. E & B Farms began this year's potato harvest on Sept. 14. The potatoes will eventually go to McCain Foods. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

A harvester pulls up potatoes from a field northeast of Carberry and loads them into a truck at E & B Farms on Wednesday. E & B Farms began this year's potato harvest on Sept. 14. The potatoes will eventually go to McCain Foods. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

Eric Adriaansen with E & B Farms northeast of Carberry oversees potatoes being emptied from a truck onto a conveyor belt at his farm on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

Eric Adriaansen with E & B Farms northeast of Carberry oversees potatoes being emptied from a truck onto a conveyor belt at his farm on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

Kayla Link, co-owner of E & B Farms northeast of Carberry, oversees freshly harvested potatoes being emptied from a truck onto a conveyor belt at the farm on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Kayla Link, co-owner of E & B Farms northeast of Carberry, oversees freshly harvested potatoes being emptied from a truck onto a conveyor belt at the farm on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Potatoes missed by the harvester sit in the field at E & B Farms northeast of Carberry on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Potatoes missed by the harvester sit in the field at E & B Farms northeast of Carberry on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Workers at E & B Farms northeast of Carberry sort debris from freshly harvested potatoes moving along a conveyor belt from a truck to a storage cellar on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Workers at E & B Farms northeast of Carberry sort debris from freshly harvested potatoes moving along a conveyor belt from a truck to a storage cellar on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
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