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POTATOES
Released May 2008
Seasonal
No. 987-5-08
U.S. MAY 1 POTATO STOCKS UP 17
PERCENT
FROM MAY 1, 2007
The 13 major potato States held 92.7 million cwt of potatoes in storage May 1, 2008, up 17 percent from last year and 22 percent above May 1, 2006. Potatoes in storage accounted for 23 percent of the 2007 fall storage States' production, up 3 percentage points from last year. Klamath Basin stocks totaled 570 thousand cwt on May 1, 2008, down 5 percent from last year.
Klamath Basin stocks include potatoes stored in California and Klamath County, Oregon.
Disappearance from the start of harvest to May 1 was at 307 million cwt, 1 percent below last year but up 3 percent from 2006. Shrink and loss, at 23.4 million cwt, was down 3 percent from the same period in 2007 but up 6 percent from 2006.
Processors have used 158 million cwt of the 2007 potato crop so far this season, down 3 percent from last year's season-to-date usage but up 6 percent from 2 years ago. Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon total processing decreased 1 percent from a year ago and Maine's total processing was 3 percent below 2007. Washington and the rest of Oregon total processing was 4 percent lower than last season. Dehydrating usage accounted for 33.4 million cwt of the total processing, down 8 percent from last year but 11 percent above the same period in 2006.
California's, Idaho's, Oregon's, and Washington's potato stocks were up 2, 12, 33, and 79 percent from May 1, 2007, respectively, while Colorado's stocks were down 24 percent from a year ago. Wisconsin's potato stocks were down 8 percent from last year; North Dakota's stocks were 19 percent below 2007; and potato stocks in Nebraska were down 29 percent from the previous season. Minnesota's stocks increased 17 percent from the same date in 2007 and Michigan's potato stocks were 129 percent higher than a year ago. Maine's potato stocks were 25 percent lower than last year.
FALL POTATOES: Production and Stocks on May 1, 2007-2008 1/
| State |
Crop of 2006 |
Crop of 2007 |
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| Production |
Stocks |
Percent |
Production |
Stocks |
Percent |
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|
1,000 cwt. |
Percent |
1,000 cwt. |
Percent |
|||||
| CA |
3,870 |
450 |
12 |
4,223 |
460 |
11 |
||
| CO |
22,686 |
5,800 |
26 |
20,981 |
4,400 |
21 |
||
| ID |
128,915 |
33,000 |
26 |
131,650 |
37,000 |
28 |
||
| ME |
17,980 |
5,300 |
29 |
16,530 |
3,950 |
24 |
||
| MI |
14,190 |
700 |
5 |
14,700 |
1,600 |
11 |
||
| MN |
20,400 |
4,100 |
20 |
20,680 |
4,800 |
23 |
||
| MT |
3,518 |
3,696 |
||||||
| NE |
8,730 |
1,400 |
16 |
8,051 |
1,000 |
12 |
||
| NY |
5,700 |
5,216 |
||||||
| ND |
25,480 |
4,800 |
19 |
23,660 |
3,900 |
16 |
||
| OR |
18,533 |
4,800 |
26 |
20,238 |
6,400 |
32 |
||
| WA |
89,900 |
14,000 |
16 |
102,300 |
25,000 |
24 |
||
| WI |
29,370 |
4,000 |
14 |
28,160 |
3,700 |
13 |
||
| Other States |
700 |
500 |
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| 13 States |
389,272 |
79,050 |
20 |
400,085 |
92,710 |
23 |
||
| Klamath Basin 3/ |
600 |
570 |
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| 1/
Stocks include processor holdings and most of the seed to plant
following year's crop. |
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