<p>It has been a rocky season for Potato growers as spring presented weather issues that complicated the planting and growing processes.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">At this point potato shippers are down to the last few weeks of Idaho Potato storage crop inventory and what is left has major quality issues. One Idaho potato grower, told AndNowUKnow, that having good product to ship is difficult for most and impossible for some as reflected in Potato shipments during the last week of July and the first week of August. Volumes were down nearly 20%, he tells us, and most shippers felt they had ample inventories though quality issues from storage and a delay to the new crop harvest due to weather quickly changed that.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Some parts of Idaho have started to harvest early varieties and with markets as high as they are due to the shortage anyone that can or will is trying to get product to market as quickly as possible.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Stay tuned to AndNowUKnow as we follow the potato market.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
