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POTATOES
Released March 18, 2002
Seasonal
No. 987-3-02
Potato stocks, held for all purposes on March 1, 2002 by New York growers, dealers, and processors, totaled 650 thousand hundredweight (cwt.), 35 percent less than a year ago. Storage accounted for 11 percent of the 2001 potato crop, down 6 points from the previous year.
The 15 major potato States held 168 million cwt. of potatoes in storage March 1, 2002, down 15 percent from last year and 1 percent below 2000. Storage accounts for 43 percent of the 2001 fall storage States' production, the same percentage as a year ago.
Eastern States stored 8.3 million cwt. of potatoes on March 1, 2002, down 21 percent from a year ago and 27 percent below two years ago. Both Maine and Pennsylvania holdings are down 20 percent from last year.
Central States accounted for 37.4 million cwt. of potato stocks this March 1, down 4 percent from 2001 but 16 percent above 2000. North Dakota's stocks are up 7 percent and Wisconsin's holdings are up 10 percent from this date last year. Michigan's potato stocks are 6 percent lower than last year and Minnesota's are off 22 percent from a year ago. Combined Nebraska and Ohio stocks are 29 percent below a year ago.
Western States held 122 million cwt. of potatoes in storage on March 1, 2002, down 18 percent from last year and 3 percent below 2000. Idaho's potato stocks are down 14 percent from a year ago, while Washington is down 13 percent and Oregon is off 32 percent. Colorado's stocks are down 28 percent and Montana's dipped 9 percent from a year ago. California's potato holdings are down 85 percent from a year ago.
Disappearance from the start of harvest to March 1, at 226 million cwt., is down 13 percent from the 2000 crop and 10 percent below two years ago. This is the lowest disappearance since 1993. February disappearance of 33.9 million cwt. is down 7 percent from a year ago and 10 percent below 2000. Shrink and loss to this point in the season is 21.2 million cwt., down 27 percent from last year and 18 percent below two years ago.
Processing of 2001 crop potatoes totaled 114 million cwt. to March 1, down 13 percent from the 2000 crop and 10 percent below two years ago. In February, processors used 18.3 million cwt. of potatoes, slightly below a year ago and 8 percent below two years ago.
FALL POTATOES: Production and Stocks on March 1, 2001-2002 1/
| State | Crop of 2000 | Crop of 2001 | ||||
| Production | Stocks
Mar. 1, 2001 |
Percent
of Production |
Production | Stocks
Mar. 1, 2002 |
Percent
of Production |
|
| 1,000 cwt. | Percent | 1,000 cwt. | Percent | |||
| CA | 3,741 | 1,300 | 35 | 1,113 | 200 | 18 |
| CO | 27,972 | 13,000 | 46 | 21,357 | 9,400 | 44 |
| ID | 152,320 | 76,500 | 50 | 127,980 | 66,000 | 52 |
| ME | 17,920 | 8,700 | 49 | 16,120 | 7,000 | 43 |
| MI | 14,963 | 3,400 | 23 | 14,030 | 3,200 | 23 |
| MN | 21,240 | 10,100 | 48 | 18,425 | 7,900 | 43 |
| MT | 3,503 | 2,800 | 80 | 3,040 | 2,550 | 84 |
| NE 2/ | 10,127 | 8,512 | ||||
| NY | 5,964 | 1,000 | 17 | 5,942 | 650 | 11 |
| ND | 26,950 | 11,500 | 43 | 26,400 | 12,300 | 47 |
| OH 2/ | 1,134 | 984 | ||||
| OR | 30,683 | 17,000 | 55 | 20,730 | 11,500 | 55 |
| PA | 3,510 | 830 | 24 | 3,173 | 660 | 21 |
| WA | 105,000 | 37,500 | 36 | 94,400 | 32,500 | 34 |
| WI | 33,800 | 10,500 | 31 | 31,955 | 11,500 | 36 |
| Other States | 3,540 | 2,510 | ||||
| 15 States | 458,827 | 197,670 | 43 | 394,161 | 167,870 | 43 |
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Stocks include processor holdings and seed to plant 2002 crop.
Seed usage in 2001 totaled 27.4 million cwt. 2/ Combined into "Other States". |
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