Bad weather means bad year for potato harvest

Dec 26, 2019 at 08:18 AM CST
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Fresh potato prices have roughly doubled after a poor growing year and a frosty harvest caused American production to drop 6% in 2019. Idaho spud growers who were able to get their harvest out of the ground, and who sell their spuds on the fresh market, are benefiting from the sky-high prices. Few of those growers are in the Magic Valley, where most producers sign contracts with major potato processors in order to lock in their prices. While production did drop significantly this year, experts don’t expect there to be a potato shortage.

Dec 26, 2019 at 08:18 AM CST

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Fresh potato prices have roughly doubled after a poor growing year and a frosty harvest caused American production to drop 6% in 2019. Idaho spud growers who were able to get their harvest out of the ground, and who sell their spuds on the fresh market, are benefiting from the sky-high prices. Few of those growers are in the Magic Valley, where most producers sign contracts with major potato processors in order to lock in their prices. While production did drop significantly this year, experts don’t expect there to be a potato shortage.