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POTATOES
Released April 17, 2003
Seasonal
No. 987-4-03
NEW YORK POTATO STOCKS UNCHANGED
Potato stocks, held for all purposes on April 1, 2003 by New York growers, dealers, and processors, totaled 300 thousand hundredweight (cwt.), unchanged from the same date last year. Storage accounted for 5 percent of the 2002 potato crop, the same as the previous year.
The 15 major potato storage States held 125 million cwt of potatoes on April 1, 2003, up 4 percent from last year but 19 percent below 2001. Storage accounts for 30 percent of the 2002 fall storage State's production, down 1 percentage point from last year.
Eastern States stored 6.95 million cwt. of potatoes on April 1, up 18 percent from last year but 5 percent below the 2000 crop. Maine's stocks are up 19 percent and Pennsylvania's gained 17 percent.
Central States account for 24.2 million cwt. of potato stocks this April 1, down 8 percent from last year and 14 percent below two years ago. North Dakota's stocks dropped 33 percent, Wisconsin's stocks are down 7 percent from a year earlier, but Minnesota's stocks are the same as last year. Potatoes stored in Michigan are up 87 percent from last year, while stocks in Nebraska and Ohio together are up 42 percent.
Western States held 93.9 million cwt. of potatoes in storage on April 1, up 7 percent from last year but 21 percent below two years ago. Idaho's potato stocks are up 9 percent from last year and Colorado's are up 30 percent. Washington's potato stocks are 2 percent above last year but Oregon's storage is down 12 percent. California's stocks are double last year and Montana's are up 1 percent.
Disappearance, at 286 million cwt., from the start of harvest in 2002 to April 1, is up 7 percent from the same period last year but 6 percent below two years ago. March disappearance was 38.9 million cwt., up 1 percent from a year ago but 12 percent below two years ago. Shrink and loss, at 23.9 million cwt., is up 2 percent from last year but 28 percent below two years ago.
Processors used 145 million cwt. of 2002 crop potatoes so far this season, up 10 percent from a year ago but 4 percent below two years ago. March usage of 18.2 million cwt. is 6 percent above last year but 8 percent below two years ago. Dehydrators used 31.9 million cwt. to date.
FALL POTATOES: Production and Stocks on April 1, 2002-2003 1/
| State | Crop of 2001 | Crop of 2002 | ||||
| Production | Stocks
Apr. 1, 2002 |
Percent of
Production |
Production | Stocks
Apr. 1, 2003 |
Percent of
Production | |
| 1,000 cwt. | Percent | 1,000 cwt. | Percent | |||
| CA | 1,424 | 300 | 21 | 4,450 | 600 | 13 |
| CO | 21,357 | 7,300 | 34 | 27,885 | 9,500 | 34 |
| ID | 120,200 | 45,000 | 37 | 133,385 | 49,000 | 37 |
| ME | 16,430 | 5,300 | 32 | 16,960 | 6,300 | 37 |
| MI | 13,950 | 1,500 | 11 | 13,878 | 2,800 | 20 |
| MN | 18,425 | 6,100 | 33 | 18,700 | 6,100 | 33 |
| MT | 3,296 | 1,790 | 54 | 3,224 | 1,800 | 56 |
| NE 2/ | 8,400 | 8,611 | ||||
| NY | 5,942 | 300 | 5 | 5,500 | 300 | 5 |
| ND | 26,400 | 10,400 | 39 | 23,460 | 7,000 | 30 |
| OH 2/ | 1,097 | 1,008 | ||||
| OR | 20,730 | 8,500 | 41 | 24,936 | 7,500 | 30 |
| PA | 3,173 | 300 | 9 | 2,590 | 350 | 14 |
| WA | 94,400 | 25,000 | 26 | 95,200 | 25,500 | 27 |
| WI | 31,955 | 6,700 | 21 | 31,125 | 6,200 | 20 |
| Other States | 1,460 | 2,080 | ||||
| 15 States | 387,179 | 119,950 | 31 | 410,912 | 125,030 | 30 |
| 1/ Stocks include processor holdings and most of the seed to plant following year's crop. Seed usage for all seasons in 2002 totaled 29.3 million cwt 2/ Combined into "Other States". | ||||||
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