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POTATOES


Released January 17, 2001
Seasonal
No. 987-1-01

NEW YORK POTATO STOCKS DOWN 24 PERCENT

Potato stocks held for all purposes on January 1, 2001 by New York growers, dealers, and processors totaled 1.90 million hundredweight (cwt.), down 24 percent from last year. The New York Agricultural Statistics Service estimated disappearance during the month of December at 800,000 cwt. compared with 1.00 million cwt. a year earlier. Storage accounted for 32 percent of the 2000 potato production, down from last year's January 1 storage of 37 percent.

The 15 major potato States held a record high 273 million cwt of potatoes on January 1, 2001, up 14 percent from last year and 4 percent above the previous record set in January 1997. Potatoes in storage accounted for 59 percent of the 2000 fall storage States' production, up 2 percentage points from a year ago.

Eastern States stored 15.5 million cwt. of potatoes on January 1, 2001, down 9 percent from a year ago and 5 percent below two years ago. Maine's holdings were down 4 percent and Pennsylvania's stocks were off 27 percent from last year.

Central States accounted for 57.4 million cwt. of potato stocks this January 1, 10 percent above 2000 but 1 percent below 1999. Minnesota's stocks were up 44 percent and Nebraska's were up 27 percent. Stocks in North Dakota and Ohio were up 14 percent and 11 percent, respectively, from last year. Wisconsin's potato stocks were down 11 percent from a year ago and Michigan dropped 3 percent from last year.

Western States held 200 million cwt. of potatoes in storage on January 1, 2001, up 17 percent from last year and 16 percent above 1999. Washington's potato stocks were up 32 percent from a year ago, while Idaho's stocks were up 16 percent, and Oregon's were up 12 percent. Colorado was up 2 percent and Montana gained 5 percent. California's potato stocks were down 22 percent from a year ago.

Disappearance from the start of harvest to January 1, at 189 million cwt., was a record high. This disappearance was up 5 percent from last year and 4 percent above the previous record set during the 1996 season. December disappearance of 36.6 million cwt. was also record high for the month. Shrink and loss to this point in the season was 22.5 million cwt., up 7 percent from last year and 9 percent above two years ago.

Processingof 2000 crop potatoes totaled a record high 97.1 million cwt. to January 1, up 5 percent from the 1999 crop and 2 percent above the previous record set during the 1996 season for comparable States. In December, processors claimed a record high 18.5 million cwt. of potatoes, up 11 percent from a year ago and 8 percent above the previous high in December 1995 for comparable States.
 
 

FALL POTATOES: Production and Stocks on January 1, 2000-2001

State Crop of 1999 Crop of 2000
Production Stocks
Jan. 1,
2000		 Percent
of
Production		 Production Stocks
Dec. 1,
2000		 Stocks
Jan. 1,
2001		 January
percent of
production
1,000 cwt. Percent 1,000 cwt. Percent
CA 4,005 2,700 67 3,741 2,700 2,100 56
CO 25,762 17,300 67 27,972 20,300 17,700 63
ID 133,330 86,000 65 152,320 110,500 100,000 66
ME 17,813 13,000 73 17,920 14,100 12,500 70
MI 14,963 7,100 47 14,963 8,700 6,900 46
MN 18,020 9,000 50 21,240 14,200 13,000 61
MT 3,325 3,100 93 3,503 3,350 3,250 93
NE 8,904 4,320 49 10,127 6,450 5,500 54
NY 6,758 2,500 37 5,964 2,700 1,900 32
ND 26,400 13,800 52 26,950 18,500 15,800 59
OH 987 190 19 1,134 320 210 19
OR 28,020 20,500 73 30,683 25,000 23,000 75
PA 3,080 1,500 49 3,510 1,700 1,100 31
WA 95,200 41,000 43 108,000 61,000 54,000 50
WI 34,000 17,900 53 33,800 20,000 16,000 47
15 States 420,567 239,910 57 461,827 309,520 272,960 59

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