USDA-NASS-NY NY Potato Release Release 9/26/08

The results of the 2007 potato disposition and utilization survey show the value of New York's 2007 potato crop to be $61.4 million, 10 percent less than the 2006 value, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York field office.

Production was down 8 percent from 2006. Sales decreased 7 percent and the average price per hundredweight (cwt.) was $11.80, or $0.20 less than the 2006 price of $12.00.

FALL POTATOES: Production, farm disposition, season average price, and value,
New York and United States, 2006-2007

	Production	Used for seed	Farm Disposition Used on Farm		Sold	Price per cwt.	Value of
	Production	Used for seed	Seed, feed, household use	Shrinkage and loss	Sold	Price per cwt.	Production	Sales
			1,000 cwt.			Dollars	1,000 dollars
2006
N.Y.	5,700	460	100	480	5,120	12.00	68,400	61,440
U.S.	398,921	23,337	4,482	28,576	365,863	6.65	2,668,287	2,442,474

2007
N.Y.	5,216	432	94	370	4,752	11.80	61,371	55,912
U.S.	407,517	21,547	3,899	27,796	375,823	7.05	2,879,247	2,649,705

2007 U.S. POTATO PRODUCTION UP 1 PERCENT

Potato production in 2007 is revised to 447 million cwt, down 1 percent from the estimate in the January Crop Production 2007 Summary but 1 percent above the 2006 crop. Harvested area, at 1.13 million acres, increased 1 percent from 2006. The average yield of 396 cwt per acre is a record high, up 3 cwt from 2006, which had the previous record high.

Fall potato production is finalized at 408 million cwt for 2007, 2 percent above the 2006 crop. Area harvested in 2007 is 996,800 acres, up 1 percent from the previous year. The average yield, at 409 cwt per acre, is a record high, 3 cwt above the previous record high set in 2006.

The value of all potatoes sold in 2007, at $3.11 billion, increased 5 percent from the previous year. The average price, at $7.51 per cwt, is up $0.21 from 2006. The quantity of potatoes sold from the 2007 crop totaled 414 million cwt, up 2 percent from2006. Sales account for 93 percent of 2007 production, up slightly from the previous year.

Processors used 278 million cwt of raw potatoes from the 2007 crop, up 4 percent from 2006. Table stock sales totaled 112 million cwt, 2 percent below the previous year. Seed sales of 22.3 million cwt are down 6 percent from 2006. Sales for livestock feed, at 1.23 million cwt, decreased 26 percent from a year earlier.

Potatoes used for chips and shoestrings totaled 53.6 million cwt in 2007, down 18 percent from the previous year. Frozen french fries and other frozen products utilized 168 million cwt of raw potatoes, which increased 12 percent from 2006. Potatoes used for dehydrating totaled 49.5 million cwt, 2 percent above 2006. Canning use, at 3.34 million cwt, is up 16 percent from the previous year. Starch, flour, and other products were made from 4.08 million cwt of potatoes, about 3 times more than in 2006.

This report, in addition to many others, is available free of charge at our website at www.nass.usda.gov/ny/.

POTATOES: Utilization of Crops, United States, 2005-2007

Utilization Items	2005	2006	2007
	1,000 cwt.
Sales
Table Stock	114,123	113,909	111,835

Processing
Chips and Shoestrings	52,294	65,199	53,492
Dehydration 1/	43,387	48,564	49,491
Frozen French Fries	126,429	125,438	140,878
Other Frozen Products	25,376	24,083	26,992
Canned Products	2,174	1,947	2,528
Other Canned Products (Hash, Stews, Soups)	958	925	808
Starch, Flour, and Other	1,622	1,362	4,082
Total	252,240	267,518	278,271

Other Sales
Livestock Feed	1,999	1,660	1,230
Seed	22,254	23,671	22,271

Total	24,253	25,331	23,501

Total Sales	390,616	406,758	413,607

Non-Sales
Seed Used on Farms Where Grown	3,595	3,503	2,985
Household Use and Used for Feed on Farms Where Grown	1,196	1,235	1,119
Shrinkage and Loss	28,519	29,852	29,096

Total Non-Sales	33,310	34,590	33,200

TOTAL PRODUCTION	423,926	441,348	446,807

1/ Dehydrated products except starch and flour.