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POTATOES
Released April 25, 2001
Seasonal
No. 987-4-01
NEW YORK POTATO STOCKS UNCHANGED
Potato stocks, held for all purposes on April 1, 2001 by New York growers, dealers, and processors, totaled 300 thousand hundredweight (cwt.), down 57 percent from this time last year. Storage accounted for 5 percent of the 2000 potato crop, down 5 percentage points from the previous year.
The 15 major potato States held a record high 154 million cwt. of potatoes on April 1, 2001, up 20 percent from last year and 4 percent above the previous record set April 1, 1997. Potatoes in storage accounted for 33 percent of the 2000 fall storage States' production, up 2 percentage points from a year ago.
Eastern States stored 7.20 million cwt. of potatoes on April 1, 2001, down 14 percent from a year ago but 6 percent above two years ago. Maine's holdings were down 8 percent and Pennsylvania's storage was down 40 percent from last year.
Central States accounted for 27.3 million cwt. of potato stocks this April 1, 17 percent above April 2000 but 3 percent below 1999. Minnesota's stocks were up 72 percent and the Nebraska-Ohio combination was up 42 percent. Stocks in North Dakota were up 32 percent from last year. Wisconsin's stocks were down 13 percent and Michigan's potato stocks were 44 percent below a year ago.
Western States held 120 million cwt. of potatoes in storage on April 1, 2001, up 24 percent from the last two years. Washington's potato stocks were up 61 percent from a year ago, while Idaho's stocks increased 19 percent, and Oregon's were up 5 percent. Colorado's stocks increased 2 percent from last year and Montana's were up 27 percent. California's potato stocks were down 29 percent from a year ago.
Disappearance from the start of harvest to April 1 was a record high 308 million cwt. This disappearance was up 5 percent from the last two years and 4 percent above the previous record set during the 1996 season. The disappearance during March was 44.3 million cwt., up 7 percent from last year. Shrink and loss, to this point in the season, was 35.4 million cwt., up 31 percent from last year and 32 percent above two years ago. This disappearance and loss total includes potatoes diverted and destroyed by growers under a cooperative program to reduce surpluses.
Processing
of 2000 crop potatoes totaled 151 million cwt. to April 1, up 1 percent
from last year in comparable States. In March, processors used 19.9 million
cwt. of potatoes, down 5 percent from last year in comparable States.
FALL POTATOES: Production and Stocks on April 1, 2000-2001 1/
| State | Crop of 1999 | Crop of 2000 | ||||
| Production | Stocks
Apr. 1, 2000 |
Percent
of Production |
Production | Stocks
Apr. 1, 2001 |
Percent
of Production |
|
| 1,000 cwt. | Percent | 1,000 cwt. | Percent | |||
| CA | 4,005 | 1,400 | 35 | 3,741 | 1,000 | 27 |
| CO | 25,762 | 10,100 | 39 | 27,972 | 10,300 | 37 |
| ID | 133,330 | 50,000 | 38 | 152,320 | 59,500 | 39 |
| ME | 17,813 | 7,200 | 40 | 17,920 | 6,600 | 37 |
| MI | 14,963 | 2,700 | 18 | 14,963 | 1,500 | 10 |
| MN | 18,020 | 4,700 | 26 | 21,240 | 8,100 | 38 |
| MT | 3,325 | 1,650 | 50 | 3,503 | 2,100 | 60 |
| NE 2/ | 8,904 | 10,127 | ||||
| NY | 6,758 | 700 | 10 | 5,964 | 300 | 5 |
| ND | 26,400 | 6,900 | 26 | 26,950 | 9,100 | 34 |
| OH 2/ | 987 | 1,134 | ||||
| OR | 28,020 | 13,000 | 46 | 30,683 | 13,600 | 44 |
| PA | 3,080 | 500 | 16 | 3,510 | 300 | 9 |
| WA | 95,200 | 20,500 | 22 | 108,000 | 33,000 | 31 |
| WI | 34,000 | 7,700 | 23 | 33,800 | 6,700 | 20 |
| Other States | 1,360 | 1,930 | ||||
| 15 States | 420,567 | 128,410 | 31 | 461,827 | 154,030 | 33 |
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Stocks include processor holdings and seed to plant 2001 potatoes.
2000 crop seed usage totaled 29.7 million cwt. 2/ Nebraska and Ohio combined into "Other States". |
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