Source: FRESH PLAZA, 12/12/19

Reports of domestic sweet potatoes supplies across the country are mixed. “In Louisiana, as far as the year-round supply, it is tight. There is no carry over from last year and the crop was just average, almost below average,” says Matt Garber of Iota, La.-based Garber Farms. He adds that different parts of Louisiana got hit with different types of weather which in turn affected different stages of sweet potato growing. “Early rains were an issue and then central Louisiana got hit with some heavy rains for example. And then there were some droughts,” says Garber. “Everything had an affect on the overall harvested amount of potatoes.”

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