Friedberg explains potato farmers dedicate 10% of harvest to replanting, requiring substantial fuel, labor, and resources.
“Potato farmers today use about 10% of their harvest to replant leftover potato vegetative biomass back in the ground. That's how they're doing planting.”
Friedberg states current potato farming costs can reach 40% of revenue due to labor, fuel, and fumigation.
“It takes a lot of fuel, lot of labor, and it's pretty resource intensive. And then there's obviously a pretty significant fumigation effort that goes on.”