Chipping potato storage supplies are tightening. New crop harvesting typically begins early June in California.

Storage crop

• To extend storage supplies, suppliers will be allocating or filling orders based on six-week averages
• Suppliers are sorting through product that would normally be culled out in order to fulfill orders
• Some operators may consider shifting to gold/yellow or Russet potatoes until new crop chipping potatoes become available
• Remaining stocks will exhibit multiple quality concerns:
  • Discoloration
  • Thin skins
  • Pressure and shoulder bruising
  • Mixed sizing

©2023 Markon Cooperative, Inc. All rights reserved.