The lack of demand for frozen potato products will impact process potato acres for 2020. Acreage declines range from 10 to 25 percent. “Those are fluid numbers,” explained Donavon Johnson, president, Northern Plains Potato Growers. “Processing plants are still trying to figure things out.” Simplot and Cavendish Farms have enough potatoes in storage to process through October. “Because of the reduced demand, their finished product inventory can only hold so much product and they’ll have to slow down processing. The new crop will have to be stored on farms. Hopefully, there will be a rebound.”
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