Sweet potato volumes up, exports getting back on track
Australians are getting back to some semblance of normality after the lockdowns caused by the Covid pandemic.
As the markets get back to normal Allan Mahony from Sweet Potatoes Australia said that they kept going right through the lockdowns and never missed day, only some non-essential staff stayed at home.
“During the lockdown the food service trade took a hit, but we were still supplying the same number of people, the market just changed as retail sales increased. Retailers prefer smaller sizes than the fresh cut or processing markets, so we were harvesting early to keep the sizes down to the preferred size, we were lucky in that we were at the end of the crop which helped with this,” explains Allan.