Black Gold Farms has kicked off the harvest of its red potatoes in Winamac, Ind., just two miles south of Chicago. The company is anticipating a strong yield with exceptional quality, stating that Mother Nature has “smiled on Indiana this summer.”
“We see the Indiana crop as the perfect fit to ensure that we have a year-round supply of Black Gold Farms-grown quality red potatoes for our customers,” said Nathan Libey, Black Gold’s Winamac farm manager, in a press release. “The crop looks great, and we’re very excited to see this product on store shelves.”
With its focus turned exclusively to red potatoes for the fresh market, Black Gold Farms stated that it has customers anticipating Indiana-grown potatoes, including at least one retail chain that will be showcasing the company’s red potatoes with a locally grown promotion.
Premier-quality Norland and Dark Red Norland varieties will be harvested from several hundred acres of the Winamac farm between now and the end of August.
Black Gold Farms provides red potatoes grown on its own farms year-round, beginning in Texas, transitioning to North Carolina, Arkansas and Missouri, then circling back to the Red River Valley in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Nielsen FreshFacts reports red potato sales consistently outperforming other varieties in the overall fresh potato category, providing retailers around a 60 percent higher price per pound than russets.
Source: And Now U Know