The weather didn’t always cooperate during Idaho’s 2017 potato-growing season, but in the end, producers turned out high-quality potatoes around the state. “There is a lower yield this year, primarily driven by too much cold and too much heat at the wrong times,” says Frank Muir, president and CEO of the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC). “Growers are good at what they do, but Mother Nature has the last word.” Still, although fewer potatoes came out of the ground than expected, Muir says the ones that did were of a good quality and were a good tuber size, meaning they will be easier to sell on the market. In Idaho, 308,000 acres of potatoes were grown this year, which is 15,000 fewer acres than in 2016. More
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The weather didn’t always cooperate during Idaho’s 2017 potato-growing season, but in the end, producers turned out high-quality potatoes around the state. “There is a lower yield this year, primarily driven by too much cold and too much heat at the wrong times,” says Frank Muir, president and CEO of the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC). “Growers are good at what they do, but Mother Nature has the last word.” Still, although fewer potatoes came out of the ground than expected, Muir says the ones that did were of a good quality and were a good tuber size, meaning they will be easier to sell on the market. In Idaho, 308,000 acres of potatoes were grown this year, which is 15,000 fewer acres than in 2016. More
