For reference, last year, the harvest wrapped up Oct. 15. This year, the harvest wasn't completed until Halloween at Alsum Farms & Produce. Beau Hartline, farm manager at Alsum, called it "brutal." He explains that when the temperature is 70 degrees or higher, the spuds can't handle cooling down to the desired 40 degrees in storage. The damage equates to a small percentage, but costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, Hartline says.

For reference, last year, the harvest wrapped up Oct. 15. This year, the harvest wasn't completed until Halloween at Alsum Farms &amp; Produce. Beau Hartline, farm manager at Alsum, called it "brutal." He explains that when the temperature is 70 degrees or higher, the spuds can't handle cooling down to the desired 40 degrees in storage. The damage equates to a small percentage, but costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, Hartline says.

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