E-mail: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov (518) 457-5570 POTATOES Released February 2011 Seasonal No. 987-2-11 POTATO STOCKS DECREASE The 13 major potato States held 176 million cwt of potatoes in storage February 1, 2011, down 14 percent from a year ago. Potatoes in storage accounted for 50 percent of the 2010 fall storage States' production. Klamath Basin stocks totaled 2.50 million cwt on February 1, 2011, down 11 percent from a year ago. Klamath Basin stocks include potatoes stored in California and Klamath County, Oregon. Potato disappearance, at 176 million cwt, was 3 percent below February 1, 2010. Season-to-date shrink and loss, at 16.6 million cwt, was down 12 percent from the same date in 2010. Processors in the 9 major States have used 91.9 million cwt of potatoes this season, up 1 percent from the same period last year. Dehydrating usage accounted for 13.6 million cwt of the total processing, down 20 percent from last year. Fall Potato Stocks by Type as Percent of Total Stocks 10 Selected States: February 1, 2010 and 2011 Potato Types Reds Round Whites Long Whites Yellows Russets State Feb Jan Feb Feb Jan Feb Feb Jan Feb Feb Jan Feb Feb Jan Feb 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) CO 3 2 2 2 3 3 - - - 11 10 10 84 85 85 ID 2 2 2 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 96 95 95 ME 3 2 2 38 43 43 - - - 3 2 2 56 53 53 MI 1 1 1 89 88 86 - - - - - - 10 11 13 MN 9 8 6 4 1 2 - - - 1 1 1 86 90 91 NY 3 3 2 96 95 97 - - - 1 2 1 - - - ND 14 14 13 9 12 13 5 4 5 1 1 1 71 69 68 OR 1 1 1 6 7 5 - - - 1 3 2 92 89 92 WA 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 1 1 1 87 87 87 WI 3 2 2 15 10 46 - - - - 1 - 82 87 52 10 State Avg. 3 3 3 8 10 12 1 1 1 2 2 2 86 84 82 - Represents zero. FALL POTATOES: Production and Stocks on February 1, 2010-2011 [Stocks include processor holdings and most of the seed to plant following year’s crop. Seed usage for all seasons in 2010 totaled 23.7 million cwt] Crop of 2009 Crop of 2010 State Stocks Percent Stocks Stocks February Production Feb. 1, of Production Jan. 1, Feb. 1, Percent of 2010 Production 2011 2011 Production 1,000 cwt. Percent 1,000 cwt. Percent CA 3,960 1,300 33 2,280 1,400 1,200 53 CO 22,080 12,200 55 21,528 13,300 11,400 53 ID 132,500 78,500 59 114,440 73,500 64,000 56 ME 15,263 9,300 61 15,892 10,800 9,300 59 MI 15,660 5,300 34 15,660 7,600 5,900 38 MN 20,700 9,900 48 17,010 9,600 8,400 49 MT 3,298 3,200 97 3,673 3,500 3,400 93 NE 8,756 4,100 47 7,719 4,100 3,400 44 NY 4,950 1,400 28 5,120 1,500 1,200 23 ND 19,125 9,000 47 22,000 12,000 10,300 47 OR 21,460 12,900 60 20,058 14,500 12,700 63 WA 87,230 42,000 48 81,740 39,300 33,800 41 WI 28,980 14,400 50 24,293 13,400 10,700 44 United States 383,962 203,500 53 351,413 204,500 175,700 50 Klamath Basin1/ (NA) 2,800 (NA) (NA) 3,000 2,500 (NA) (NA) Not available. 1/ Includes potato stocks in California and Klamath County, Oregon. Included in the 13 States total.