ASSOCIATED PRESS • September 12, 2021
Potato growers anticipate a solid crop and stronger demand thanks to reopening restaurants – providing a sense of optimism heading into the harvest in northern Maine. Another positive indicator: A decline in acreage was reversed with an extra 8,000 acres planted this summer. Growers are looking for something to cheer after a dismal 2020 in which some farmers gave away potatoes to avoid having them go to waste, and crops withered from heat and drought in northern Maine.