Source: Tom Karst, THE PACKER, 9/3/21


Sweet potato harvest is gearing up in Southern states, and market conditions were steady in mid-August.
Eastern North Carolina 40-pound cartons of 2020 crop sweet potatoes were priced at mostly $16-18 per carton on Aug. 16, with demand moderate and prices steady. Growing conditions in eastern North Carolina were favorable, with a good bit of wet weather followed by a long period of dry, warm days, said Rebecca Scott, grower accounting and marketing director for Nash Produce LLC , Nashville, N.C. 

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