At Skyline Potato Co. in Center, CO, Les Alderete is not exactly sure what to expect as harvest nears for his russet potato crop.
“The pipeline is getting emptied out, so there is limited availability of old crop and new crop will be starting seven to 10 days late,” Alderete, general manager of Skyline, told The Produce News on Aug. 9. “We’ll see what happens in September.”
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May 6, 2021
Noting that “there are still a lot of potatoes out there,” Skyline Potato Co. General Manager Les Alderete said his Center, CO, shed will ship the remainder of its 2020 crop into August this year.
He added, “We have quite a bit left, and we think we’ll go the first two weeks into August, about a week or so longer than normal if demand keeps up.”
Alderete told
The Produce News in late April the new crop, which is planted during May, is planned for a traditional start around Labor Day, giving the operation two weeks to make upgrades to the shed.