date:Dec 30, 2020
ys. In reality, the Washington production was down 8.3% and the Oregon production was down 10.2%, which is only fairly minimal. While the French fry processors in the area cut their contracted acreage by almost 20%, the yields turned out much stronger than expected, Huffaker adds.
In Idaho, there were also yield increases which resulted in an overall increase of production of 4.3%, despite acreage being down, and the total crop volume is comparable to last year.
The year-over-year shipment of