date:Dec 18, 2013
fill consumer bags with small-sized tubers in demand for Thanksgiving. The glut of larger spuds likely led to increased packing of consumer cartons, which were aggressively shipped to free floor space.
Prices paid to growers have dropped steadily since peaking at $15.70 in August, prompting growers to kill vines early and flood the market in their efforts to cash in. USDA estimated the average price paid to Idaho potato growers in October was $8 per hundredweight. Prices continued eroding throu