Me ka hoʻomaka maikaʻi ʻana o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ka Idaho Potato Commission i kēia makahiki me he mea lā i lanakila, e like me ka hōʻike a RFD-TV. Ua ʻōlelo ke Komisina ʻoiai ua puni ka ʻāina i nā wahi āpau, manaʻolana nā mea hana i ka maikaʻi o ka ʻuala o kēia makahiki.
"ʻO ka ʻōlelo hoʻokahi aʻu e lohe nei me ka leo nui mai nā mea a pau, he maikaʻi loa ka maikaʻi i kā mākou mea kanu i kēia makahiki," wahi a Jamey Higham, ka Pelekikena o ka Idaho Potato Commission. "He pupule nā kumukūʻai hoʻokomo, akā i ka manawa like ke manaʻo nei mākou ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi hua e lawe mai i nā kumukūʻai maikaʻi, a me kekahi mau hoʻihoʻi maikaʻi i kā mākou mea kanu i kēia makahiki."
Hoʻohui ʻo ia i ka nānā ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku i ka wā hoʻomaha, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo nā helu hua ikaika e hauʻoli nā mea kūʻai i kahi koho maikaʻi o nā spuds.