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Wait a minute. A potato shortage? In Idaho? Here’s why.
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| 8-9-22
| George Prentice
Posted on 08/13/2022 4:27:42 PM PDT by dynachrome
Idaho has a potato shortage. If you haven't heard about it already or noticed fewer and fewer potatoes in your grocery store's produce section, you will soon.
So, what's the problem? The weather. Not this year’s weather, mind you. It’s the weather from over a year ago that’s to blame.
“I'm not sure if you remember last June, but we had some just unbelievably hot temperatures here in Idaho. It did a number on our potato crop,” said Jamey Higham, president and CEO of the Idaho Potato Commission. “And so, our yields were significantly down last year.”
Now, keep that in mind when you learn that a previous year's potato crop cycle is supposed to last through the following August. And before the 2022 harvest comes into the pipeline (it’s just now beginning), consumers are facing the shortage from last year's crop.
(Excerpt) Read more at boisestatepublicradio.org ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Humor; Weather
KEYWORDS: food; idaho; potato; shortage; supply
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To: dynachrome
Potatoes are that old when you buy them? Who knew?
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posted on
08/13/2022 6:16:55 PM PDT
by
TalBlack
(We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
To: dynachrome
The price of potatoes has skyrocketed
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posted on
08/13/2022 6:31:17 PM PDT
by
LibertyWoman
(America, the Handwriting is on the Wall. )
To: dynachrome
I harvested my potatoes today. I was a bit disappointed. In about a month I will harvest my sweet potatoes.
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posted on
08/13/2022 7:04:56 PM PDT
by
killermosquito
(Buffalo, Detroit (and eventually France) is what you get when liberalism runs its course.)
To: virgil
......” here” ...
Are you in Canada ?
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posted on
08/13/2022 7:05:03 PM PDT
by
leopud
To: dynachrome
I harvested my potatoes today. I was a bit disappointed. In about a month I will harvest my sweet potatoes.
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posted on
08/13/2022 7:08:21 PM PDT
by
killermosquito
(Buffalo, Detroit (and eventually France) is what you get when liberalism runs its course.)
To: leopud
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posted on
08/13/2022 7:38:45 PM PDT
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them )
To: virgil
Wait till the potatoes have to be ‘free range’.
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posted on
08/13/2022 8:37:35 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
To: McGavin999
Ohhh noooooz, the great potato famine of 2022 I want one of those giant taters they used to drive around, or at least one of the brand new trailer trucks...fergit the actual spuds!
To: dynachrome
Life is not worth living without potatoes. IMO
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posted on
08/13/2022 8:52:11 PM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
(Sometimes when you get to where you're supposed to be, it's too soon.)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
08/13/2022 8:58:44 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
To: dynachrome
Jonathon Swift had the answer.;)
...ouch.
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posted on
08/13/2022 10:36:02 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: dynachrome
Damn. I was hoping for more ammo for my potato gun this year ...
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posted on
08/14/2022 8:30:27 AM PDT
by
RideForever
(Oh damn! Another dangling par ...)
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