Pennsylvania State officials headed to a farm Wednesday for a look at the damage done by the flood. Entire crops have been wiped out, leaving farmers looking for help which may be available through FEMA.
Devastation pretty much sums up the potato crops CBS 21 took a look at Wednesday as water just overtook them, destroying millions of pounds of potatoes.
Keith Masser of Sterman Masser Potato Farm is a seventh generation potato farmer, and never in any of his living families’ lives have they seen anything like the flood that just came through these crops in Dalmatia, Dauphin County.
“Turned this all brown, the water just washed over the potatoes and rotted them,” Masser stated.
Sterman Masser will have to buy potatoes from other growers to make good on their obligations with area grocery stores and food services. That will set them back about $2 million.
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Floods destroy potato crop at Sterman Masser potato farm
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