Source: Keith Loria, THE PRODUCE NEWS, 10/22/21


North Carolina growers produce around 16,000 acres of potatoes per year, making it one of the state’s most important crops during the summer. Harvest takes place from mid-June through July and sometimes can stretch into early August. While that amount of acreage may not sound like too much, the entire crop is harvested and shipped within a six-week period, so the potato farmers are hard at work all summer long. “We consider our market window to be a niche market taking place when storage potatoes from the major potato production areas are about...

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