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POTATOES
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Released January 2009 Seasonal No. 987-1-09
NEW YORK POTATO STOCKS DOWN 14 PERCENT
Potato stocks held for all purposes on January 1, 2009 by New York growers, dealers, and processors totaled 1.80 million hundredweight (cwt.), down 14 percent from last year. The New York Agricultural Statistics Service estimated disappearance during the month of December at 800,000 cwt. the same as a year earlier. Storage accounted for 32 percent of the 2008 potato production, down from last year's January 1 storage of 40 percent.
The 13 major potato States held 213 million cwt of potatoes in storage January 1, 2009, down 9 percent from a year ago and 6 percent below January 1, 2007. Potatoes in storage accounted for 58 percent of the 2008 fall storage States' production, down 1 point from January 1, 2008. Klamath Basin stocks totaled 3.30 million cwt on January 1, 2009, down 3 percent from a year ago. Klamath Basin stocks include potatoes stored in California and Klamath County, Oregon.
Potato disappearance, at 155 million cwt, was 5 percent below both January 1, 2008 and 2007. Season-to-date shrink and loss, at 14.8 million cwt, was down 10 percent from the same date in 2008 and 8 percent below 2007.
Processors in the 9 major States have used 87.3 million cwt of potatoes this season, down 3 percent from the same period last year and down 4 percent from 2 years ago. Dehydrating usage accounted for 14.6 million cwt of the total processing, down 13 percent from last year and 24 percent below the same period in 2007.
FALL POTATOES: Production and Stocks on January 1, 2008-2009 1/
| State |
Crop of 2007 |
Crop of 2008 |
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| Production |
Stocks |
Percent |
Production |
Stocks |
Stocks |
January Percent of Production |
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| 1,000 cwt. |
Percent |
1,000 cwt. |
Percent |
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| CA |
3,792 |
1,600 |
42 |
3,939 |
1,900 |
1,500 |
38 |
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| CO |
20,981 |
13,200 |
63 |
21,338 |
16,400 |
14,500 |
68 |
|
| ID |
130,010 |
82,000 |
63 |
114,805 |
83,000 |
73,500 |
64 |
|
| ME 2/ |
16,668 |
11,400 |
68 |
14,769 |
11,300 |
10,000 |
68 |
|
| MI |
14,700 |
7,000 |
48 |
14,875 |
8,300 |
6,500 |
44 |
|
| MN |
21,560 |
11,600 |
54 |
20,400 |
13,000 |
11,300 |
55 |
|
| MT |
3,696 |
3,400 |
92 |
3,465 |
3,400 |
3,300 |
95 |
|
| NE |
8,217 |
4,500 |
55 |
8,342 |
5,500 |
4,900 |
59 |
|
| NY |
5,216 |
2,100 |
40 |
5,696 |
2,600 |
1,800 |
32 |
|
| ND |
23,660 |
12,500 |
53 |
22,680 |
14,800 |
12,500 |
55 |
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| OR |
20,293 |
16,100 |
79 |
18,676 |
16,100 |
14,100 |
75 |
|
| WA |
100,800 |
52,000 |
52 |
93,000 |
49,500 |
43,800 |
47 |
|
| WI |
28,160 |
16,700 |
59 |
25,730 |
17,500 |
14,800 |
58 |
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| 13 Sts 2/ |
397,753 |
234,100 |
59 |
367,715 |
243,300 |
212,500 |
58 |
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| Klamath Basin 3/ |
3,400 |
4,000 |
3,300 |
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| 1/ Stocks include processor holdings and most of
the seed to plant the following year's crop. |
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