U.S. fresh red potato shipments dropped to 12.7 million hundredweight in 2019-2020 from 13.8 million hundredweight in 2018-2019. United Potato Growers of America CEO Mark Klompien says the drop isn’t too surprising. “With the situation that happened with Mother Nature, we would expect that. The drop should probably be bigger than that. The Red River Valley alone will likely be down 1.1. million hundredweight in red shipments this year.” Klompien says there are other areas doing ok. “Some of the later shipping areas like Texas, Florida and California will likely see an increase.” Klompien also says fresh red potato acres could be up five to six percent in 2020. He was part of the Potato Business Summit.
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