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New York potato growers planted 23,500 acres of potatoes this year. This is up 7 percent from 2000 but 10 percent less than 1999. Acres for harvest is forecast at 23,000 acres, up 8 percent from a year earlier. Dry spring weather allowed a rapid planting pace, well ahead of normal. Crop development has been early.

U.S. acreage of fall potatoes this year is estimated at 1.11 million acres, down 10 percent from last year. Harvested area is expected to total 1.09 million acres, down 9 percent from a year ago.

Eastern States have planted an estimated 102,800 acres of fall potatoes this year, the same as last year. Maine's planted acreage is estimated at 62,000 acres, down 3 percent from last year. Pennsylvania's potato acreage gained 4 percent from a year ago. Acreage in Massachusetts and Rhode Island remained the same as last year.

Central States planted an estimated 331,200 acres of fall potatoes this year, down 8 percent from last year. Seven of eight States in the country's mid section have lower acreage than last year. South Dakota dropped 20 percent from last year, Nebraska is off 17 percent, Minnesota fell 14 percent, and North Dakota lost 11 percent from last year's planted acreage. Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin trimmed 3,2, and 1 percent, respectively, from a year ago. Only Indiana planted more acres than last year, up 3 percent.

Western States plantings were estimated at 673,000 acres, down 12 percent from last year. Each of the western States planted fewer acres than a year ago. Water shortages cut California's planted acreage by 71 percent and Oregon's by 18 percent. Idaho's growers planted 11 percent fewer potato acres than last year. Washington growers trimmed their acreage by 8 percent. Colorado's fall potato farmers planted 10 percent fewer acres than a year ago. New Mexico chopped their planting by 41 percent. Nevada potato acreage was cut by 14 percent and Utah dropped 13 percent. Montana's seed acreage was reduced by 17 percent.

U.S. summer potato production is forecast at 1.80 million hundredweight (cwt.) in 2001, down 3 percent from a year ago. Harvested acreage is forecast at 59,100 acres, down 4 percent from the previous year while the average yield of 305 cwt. per acre is up 2 cwt. from last year. Acreage cuts are particularly sharp in Colorado and New Mexico as growers made adjustments after last year's record high fall crop.

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