Westward Ho! Maine potatoes travel far after western drought
In this photo provided Jay LaJoie, russet potatoes produced by Maine growers are packaged to be loaded on a rail car headed for Washington State, at a warehouse owned by LaJoie Growers LLC, in Van Buren, Maine, Jan. 17, 2022. Maine is shipping potatoes all the way to the West Coast over the winter of 2021-2022, thanks to a banner harvest in Maine and a drought for growers in the West. (Jay LaJoie via AP)
By DAVID SHARP
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s potato growers had such a bumper crop this past season that they stepped in to help their big brothers out west who were short on spuds....
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