Record #:

6757

Author(s):

Oesterreich, Bryan A.

Abstract:

Potatoes are a profitable crop in North Carolina's coastal counties because the soil there is fertile and potato-friendly. Currently around 17,500 acres are under cultivation. The potato crop generates between $15 million to $17 million into the local economies of Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Currituck, Hyde, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties. During a five-week harvest season, Pat McCotter, of Vandemere, will ship between fifteen to twenty tractor-trailer loads a day.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 3, Aug 2004, p106-109, il

Subject(s):

Potato industry--North Carolina, Eastern; Potato growers--Vandemere