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Sweet Potato Quick Facts
sweet potato quick facts pdf

Sweet potato nutrition information, per-capita consumption, products and U.S. production statistical information. (PDF Format Only)

The Sweet Truth about Sweet Potato Production in Louisiana
Sweet Potato Harvest

How do sweet potatoes get from the field to your table? This video explains the amazing multi-step, labor intensive process to producing sweet potatoes. It's your chance to learn the "sweet truth" about sweet potato production in Louisiana.

Sweet Potato Scientist: Chris Clark devotes career to better production, higher yields
Photo of Chris Clark

There was a time in Chris Clark’s life that sweet potatoes made a one-time annual appearance – the Thanksgiving table. Little did he know that this delicious, nutritious menu item would help define his career.

Sweet Potato popularity continues to grow
harvesting sweet potatoes

Harvest has begun in Louisiana for one of our most popular crops – the sweet potato. Louisiana farmers produce about 5 million bushels a year. The total value to the Louisiana economy in 2007 was more than $110 million. Louisiana boasts the only sweet potato research station in the country – a 307-acre facility in Chase. The Sweet Potato Research Station will host a field day Aug. 14.

Sweet Potato New Varieties Get Patents
(Distributed 04/08/04) Two sweet potato varieties developed by the LSU AgCenter recently were awarded U.S. patents – the first ones given to sweet potatoes.