Potato harvesting season is just around the corner, and once more grower-shippers, industry officials, buyers and other interested parties are left to wonder: What can we expect this year?
Last year at this time, the industry was faced with a situation it probably doubted it would ever see again, given the years of overproduction and deflated markets.
Spuds were scarce, and shippers were doing all they could to stretch the last of their storage crop until late summer and fall harvests began.
That was then. This is now.