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Size Spread of Idaho Potatoes

Q:

With the new crop now being harvested we were wondering what the “sweet spot” or size spread is of typical Idaho potato russets when it comes to carton counts or ounces?

A:

I just happen to have an interesting chart from the University of Idaho on the Eastern Idaho crop profile:Also, you might want to download this size guide PDF to compare actual visuals of the potato sizes with the above chart: https://idahopotato.comhttps://cdn.idahopotato.com/uploads/media/IPC-carton-count-size-guide.pdf