America is out of potatoes

Went to Walmart for groceries Saturday. Plum cleaned out of bakers and smaller Russets. Not a one in the place.

I said to myself, "Self," I said, "somebody done come into the Walmart and took ALL the taters."

Those little Yukon Gold things don't make a good hash brown, so I held out and decided to stop at another store on the way home.

Sure enough, the Super One was out of them, too.

I had to look it up, and it actually is a thing.

NPR: Wait a minute. A potato shortage? In Idaho? Here’s why.

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”There is not a gap. There are just less potatoes being shipped right now than there normally are this time of year because of the shorter supply that we started the season with,” said Higham.

With Idaho potatoes being a multi-billion-dollar industry, Higham has had to explain to more than a few people lately why last year’s crop was considerably lower than expectations, and the fact that the remains from the crop are trickling to stores in Idaho and beyond.

“As the fresh market goes, the grocery stores – your Albertsons, Walmart, WinCo, that stuff – it is not just Idaho that's having high prices right now. It's the other states as well.”

And as for the higher prices, Higham says they could remain higher for a while longer.

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Next thing you know, $1 large fries on the McD app will go away.

Thanks, Biden.