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Following drought, Klamath Basin potato growers hope for good harvest
By Ron
Brown
KDRV, Medford, Oregon
October 6, 2010
NEAR MERRILL, Ore. - The potato harvest is underway in the Klamath
Basin, and despite drought worries earlier this year, growers are
looking forward to a good harvest and improved prices.
At Wong Potatoes near Merrill, workers are packaging specialty and
organic spuds that now make up about 60 percent of the company's
production. Wong Manager Dan Chin says to meet his contracts, he had
to spread out into other areas last spring to find ground with
adequate water.
"We ended up having to go to the Swan Lake-Bonanza area to find some
potato ground. We went to Burney, California, which is 125-miles
south of here to find some potato ground. So, it's been a trying
year for us," said Chin said.
Growers in the basin have also hired a marketing director, thanks to
a grant, that they hope will help boost sales of Klamath Basin
potatoes into new markets.
Wong says they are selling their potatoes as far away as Taiwan.
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