Coronavirus cuts into global french fry demand

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ELTOPIA, Wash. (AP) — For farmer Mike Pink, spring is supposed to be a time of hope, when he can survey a green field of young potato plants and anticipate the bounty to be pulled from the sandy soils of the Columbia Basin.

This year, this is a season when dreams die. Due to an epic potato glut that imploded his market, he has decided to do what was once unthinkable — destroy part of his crop rather than sink more dollars into cultivation.

That grim task unfolded Friday as a diesel tractor began discing under 240 acres of Ranger Russets, plants that if left in the ground until summer would likely have yielded more than 14 million pounds of tubers.

“It is just devastating. I have been dragging my feet, hoping something happens, and someone says they can use these,” Pink said. “Once I destroy them, they’re gone. But I just don’t know what else to do.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/coronavirus-cuts-into-global-french-fry-demand/ar-BB13xr0S?ocid=hplocalnews

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1. Kinda inaccurate. French fry demand is still high

Certainly in this household. It's just that the frozen fries we households usually get aren't the same fries McDonald's gets.

The supply chain is having trouble getting the right product to the consumers in different form, through different channels.

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2. We received one of those air fryers for Christmas

French fries, tater tots, little circle tater tot buttons.....our family snarfs up potatoes. We are doing our part and I was super happy when I found Heinz ketchup on the grocery shelf again. I will let my family know we will need to eat more to help farmer Pink 🧑🏻?🌾